Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” celebrates the cuisine and community of his youth. Now he’s paying it forward. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-18 10:00:53 UTC ]
Author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka embarked on a public library book tour from June 21–August 2, billing his New England stops as “JJK’s Summah Readin’ Roadtrip.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
The veteran tech journalist is promoting her memoir with tech bros like Sam Altman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2024-03-06 10:50:00 UTC ]
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth revealed a longtime health condition had ended his book tour plans: 'This news is utterly distressing. ... [M]y memoir, 'Sonic Life,' means so much to me.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-12 00:21:43 UTC ]
Since releasing a book earlier this month, Rep. Katie Porter has been everywhere trying to pump sales. The tour has had the added effect of boosting her U.S. Senate bid. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-02 12:00:49 UTC ]
The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using UlyssesCeleste Ng, 42, is the award-winning author of three novels, including Little Fires Everywhere, which was made into... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-22 17:00:15 UTC ]
Behold the 103 best book covers of the year, as picked by the experts. | Lit Hub How much pain should we tolerate for publicity? Or, when your book tour is interrupted by a near-death experience. | Lit Hub Memoir How Paul McCartney responded to the Beatles’ slow but inevitable disintegration.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-17 11:30:31 UTC ]
I was halfway through my book tour when the pain started. Sharp, but strangely light; like the nub of a feather lodged in my right side. Must be all that signing with my right hand, I joked to my husband, who was traveling with me, along with our two dogs. A six-week book tour of […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-12 09:54:19 UTC ]
Isaac Fitzgerald's book tour takes a cross-country jaunt from 'Dirtbag, Massachusetts,' #9 on our hardcover nonfiction list. Plus 'The World's Worst Assistant,' Sona Movsesian, lands at #10 on that list, and the Netflix adaptation of Mark Greaney's 'The Gray Man' premieres. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Knopf announced March 8 that it will publish two novels by Cormac McCarthy this fall, his first in 16 years, but don’t expect a book tour. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author lives an entirely private life. “He doesn’t give interviews, doesn’t give lectures, and doesn’t do book signings,” Michael... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-15 08:55:34 UTC ]
Bestselling author Ann Patchett talks about book tours, Tom Hanks and 'These Precious Days,' her new book of essays. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-23 14:00:12 UTC ]
On Friday, Michael Caine appeared on the BBC radio program “Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review,” to talk about his new film Best Sellers, in which he plays a cranky, alcoholic novelist who goes on a book tour with his publisher, played by Aubrey Plaza, who is trying to save the company. (Reviews are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-18 14:00:04 UTC ]
Jason Mott’s novel starts out as a relatively straightforward story. Then reality and fantasy blur. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-13 12:00:00 UTC ]
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that Austin’s (Lincoln-drivin’, Wild Turkey-suppin’, Longhorns-boostin’, emergency-broadcastin’, naked bongo-playin’, UT professorin’) favorite son, Matthew David McConaughey, is actually a far busier man than his famously laid-back public persona... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-19 18:40:38 UTC ]
The bestselling crime writer reflects on how Covid-19 may alter the landscape of promotional book tours—and shares a tale or two of tours past... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 14:25:21 UTC ]
We’ve all had to adapt to the pandemic, and some have adapted more quickly than others—maybe none more so than Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, who is touring his new book Ready Player Two on the virtual platform Roblox. The Ready Player Two promotional event will start with a Q&A... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-24 18:01:53 UTC ]
Real book tours aren’t practical during a pandemic, but the virtual kind might suit at least one author very nicely. Ernest Cline is showcasing his new novel Ready Player Two in a Roblox event, and it will appropriately include a treasure hunt. While... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2020-11-23 18:00:53 UTC ]
On June 7, 2019, I got off a plane to a frantic voice mail from my friend, Michelle. I was in the middle of the book tour for No Visible Bruises, with people spilling out their stories of domestic violence to me in book signing lines; I had come to both love and dread these […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-10 08:48:03 UTC ]
Michelle Obama's Becoming (Penguin) has returned to the Audible weekly chart number one, after the Netflix docuentary following her book tour dropped. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-21 01:46:08 UTC ]
Following the publication of Michelle Obama's autobiography Becoming (Viking) in 2018, Netflix is releasing a documentary film of the same name, directed by Nadia Hallgren. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 03:41:08 UTC ]