News & Updates
august 27, 2026
HOCUS POCUS gets a starred PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW! - " Spectacular ... Charry vividly describes Samuel's stagecraft and lays bare the sordid racist tropes of early American entertainment. It's a marvel."
August , 2026
HOCUS POCUS gets a starred KIRKUS REVIEW! - " A fresh literary experience. The witty decorous tone stays true to the time, and Boston comes to life as a vigorous city full of contradictions ... Eschewing fantasy or quirkiness, Charry created a rare sense of wonder plus gravitas."
August , 2026
HOCUS POCUS is to be published in India by Hachette, a Pan Macmillan imprint.
August 12, 2026
HOCUS POCUS; OR THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN is published! (SCRIBNER USA, AUGUST 2026)
August 11, 2026
The East Indian wins the 2025 NH Humanities Award and the Outstanding Work of Fiction Award.
October 2025
The East Indian wins the 2025 Society of American Historians Prize (formerly the James Fenimore Cooper Prize) for Historical Fiction
April 15, 2025
The East Indian short-listed for Crossword Prize (Literary Fiction)
December 1, 2024
The East Indian long-listed for Mark Twain Voices in American Literature Prize
October 2024
The East Indian figures in BBC's list of best books of 2023
October 16, 2023
BBC Culture’s pick of the best fiction of the year so far.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230420-12-of-the-best-books-of-the-year-so-far-2023
The East Indian is longlisted for India's prestigious JCB Literary Prize.
September 30, 2023
The East Indian is longlisted for India’s prestigious JCB Prize for Literature https://www.thejcbprize.org/
The East Indian is a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize
September 27, 2023
The East Indian is shortlisted for Barnes and Noble’s Discover Prize
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/discover-prize-shortlist-2023/
The East Indian is Barnes and Noble's " Discover Pick" for May 2023.
May 2, 2023
The East Indian is Barnes and Noble’s “Discover” program selection for May 23. The program highlights new, up-and-coming, relatively unheard literary voices.
The East Indian in Washingon Post's Noteworthy Books List - t - May `23
May 1, 2023
With May flowers comes a bounty of wonderful books: a moving memoir about gardening, novels about colonial Jamestown, Louis XIV’s Paris, a dying shopping mall, a diabolical serial killer, a self-made pirate queen and more. Fill up your bookshelf with something you love.
The East Indian in Amazon's Best Book of the Month List - May `23
May 1, 2023
Amazon’s Editor’s Picks: Literature and Fiction.
The East Indian figures in May 23 Indie Next List
april 5, 2023
The Indie Next List is issued every month and figures select books chosen by independent booksellers across America.
The East Indian gets starred review in Publishers Weekly
march 17, 2023
“… keen exploration of identity, place, and the power of imagination … luminous achievement…”
The East Indian Figures in 2023 Historical Novels List
February 10, 2023
Interesting things are happening of late in the realm of historical fiction. And by interesting, we mean encouraging. In recent years, we’ve been seeing more stories…
The East Indian is longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature
September 30, 2023
The East Indian is longlisted for India’s prestigious JCB prize .
https://www.thejcbprize.org/
The East Indian is Barnes and Noble's " Discover Pick" for May 2023.
May 2, 2023
The East Indian is Barnes and Noble’s “Discover” program selection for May 23. The program highlights new, up-and-coming, relatively unheard literary voices.
The East Indian in Washingon Post's Noteworthy Books List - t - May `23
May 1, 2023
With May flowers comes a bounty of wonderful books: a moving memoir about gardening, novels about colonial Jamestown, Louis XIV’s Paris, a dying shopping mall, a diabolical serial killer, a self-made pirate queen and more. Fill up your bookshelf with something you love.
The East Indian in Amazon's Best Book of the Month List - May `23
May 1, 2023
Amazon’s Editor’s Picks: Literature and Fiction.
The East Indian figures in May 23 Indie Next List
april 5, 2023
The Indie Next List is issued every month and figures select books chosen by independent booksellers across America.
The East Indian gets starred review in Publishers Weekly
march 17, 2023
“… keen exploration of identity, place, and the power of imagination … luminous achievement…”
The East Indian Figures in 2023 Historical Novels List
February 10, 2023
Interesting things are happening of late in the realm of historical fiction. And by interesting, we mean encouraging. In recent years, we’ve been seeing more stories…