Lynn Brunelle remembers that her “inner geek” first began to show itself in the middle of her fifth and sixth grade “horse phase.” She didn’t just like horses; she wanted to know every single scientific and beautiful thing about them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wisdom Publication is showcasing two titles that offer advice about life: Brave Parenting: A Buddhist Inspired Guide to Raising Resilient Children by Krissy Pozatek (Mar.) and Don’t Worry, Be Grumpy: Inspiring Stories for Making the Most of Each Moment by Ajahn Brahm (Oct.). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Lev Grossman celebrates the August release of The Magician’s Land, the final volume in his Magicians trilogy, and Deborah Harkness celebrates the July release of The Book of Life, the final volume in her All Souls trilogy, the two credit the zeitgeist, as well as the skills they honed in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The world’s bestselling children’s author, R.L. Stine, is here today to sign books in the Autographing Area. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Justin Timberlake is to pop stars, Mario Batali is to chefs, yet that’s not how he sees it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing his behind-the-scenes As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride, actor Cary Elwes says, has been a “wonderful trip down memory lane.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first time Maggie Stiefvater attended BEA, to promote her 2009 Scholastic release, Shiver, a fan rushed up to her as she sat huddled in a booth with her editor, exclaimed, “You’re Maggie Stiefvater,” and fell down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a gala awards ceremony at New York University's Kimmel Center on Wednesday, the Independent Book Publishers Association named the Gold winners for the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Awards, which recognize “excellence in book editorial and design.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martin Short has done just about everything a star can do: television, movies, the Broadway stage, and lots and lots of talk show appearances. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the last BookCon panel of the day (4:15–5:15 p.m., in Room 1E07), Veronica Roth, bestselling author of the Divergent series, will moderate a discussion that asks, “Dystopia Futures: Are They Science Fact or Fiction?” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is digging in for a lengthy fight with one of the Big Five publishers, Hachette, and flexing its extraordinary market muscle while the two companies negotiate a new contract. It’s understocking Hachette books so as to create shipping delays, cutting discounts, suggesting alternative... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you’re looking for three of today’s top authors—Ruth Reichl, Jodi Picoult and Kathy Reichs—they can easily be found, on bestsellers lists everywhere. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
This morning at BookCon, 10–11 a.m., Room 1E07, two literary stars from south of the Mason-Dixon line, Carl Hiaasen and John Grisham, are in conversation with each other for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rosemary Tonks was a feted poet, trenchant reviewer and literary socialite. And then she 'disappeared'. Following her death last month, Neil Astley traces her extraordinary storyThe "disappearance" of the poet Rosemary Tonks in the 1970s was one of the literary world's most tantalising... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republican Party has a lot of problems, and if there’s one that doesn’t get enough attention, it’s the party’s broad appeal to provocateurs, faux martyrs, and grifters. Just look at the speakers list for the Republican Leadership Conference, which began on Thursday. There’s Donald Trump, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
All that hard work promoting The Fault in Our Stars—which started three years ago with John Green signing pages to be bound into the 150,000 copies of the novel’s first print run from Dutton—has paid off. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
On May 1, responding to criticism of the lack of diversity among featured authors at BookCon, a grassroots coalition of authors and other book people launched a social media campaign, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, that quickly went viral. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham is best known as the creator and star of the hit HBO series Girls, where she plays 20-something aspiring writer Hannah Horvath. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recently discovered work by two classic children’s authors will appear on bookstore shelves in the coming months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Publishing wants booksellers to know that it’s not just their grandparents’ publishing company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]