Would you like to understand how the "new" Harper Lee novel, Go Set a Watchman, came to be billed as a long-lost, blockbuster sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird - one of the definitive books of the American 20th century - when, by all the known facts, it's an uneven first draft of the famous novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following news that Harper Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman' will pub in July, sales for Lee's landmark first book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' nearly tripled. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee to publish second novel and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roger Tagholm imagines how other characters from fiction would react to the news that Harper Lee is giving Scout Finch a second chance at life. The post How Are Famous Fictional Characters Reacting to Scout’s Return? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee has said she is “alive and kicking and happy as hell” with the reaction to her new book. Cornerstone division William Heinemann announced on Tuesday (3rd February) that it would publish Go Set a Watchman, a novel written by Lee before she penned To Kill a Mockingbird and featuring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
We should resist the easy cynicism that has greeted the sudden emergence of Go Set a WatchmanFew 88-year-old one-hit wonders could expect more than a shrug if they announced they were producing their second piece of work in 55 years. But news that Harper Lee is publishing what is essentially a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee's second novel 'Go Set a Watchman' was discovered by her attorney. The new novel – a sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird' – is due to be published July 14, 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was recently announced that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' writer Harper Lee, who famously only released her classic novel, will publish a second book this summer. 'If you read the book ... only Harper Lee could have written this novel,' said Jonathan Burnham, senior vice president and publisher of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Agent reveals plan for abandoned third novel and dismisses manipulation claims as ‘nonsense’Harper Lee’s agent revealed on Thursday that To Kill a Mockingbird was originally intended to be the first of a three-book series, and described as “total nonsense” claims that the 88-year-old author was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins will publish 2 million copies of "Go Set a Watchman," a novel Harper Lee wrote in the 1950s and then “put aside.” It will come out on July 14. The post HarperCollins to Publish 2m Copies of New Harper Lee Novel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that "Go Set a Watchman," a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The surprise second novel from Harper Lee, set for release this summer over 50 years since To Kill a Mockingbird was published, will be “the most sure-fire hit of the century” according to Waterstones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee's second novel 'Go Set a Watchman' was discovered by her attorney. The new novel – a sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird' – is due to be published July 14, 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
News an unpublished novel by Harper Lee is to be released more than 50 years after To Kill a Mockingbird causes a "trade frenzy" and concern over how it has come to be published. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recently discovered novel by Harper Lee, featuring characters from To Kill A Mockingbird, is to be published this summer. Go Set a Watchman was written by Lee in the mid-1950s, before she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, her only published novel so far, and features that book's narrator, Scout,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, will publish a sequel called Go Set a Watchman. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
An unpublished novel by Harper Lee is to finally see the light of day, 60 years after the US author put it aside to write To Kill a Mockingbird. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The AP reports that Harper Lee will publish her second novel this summer, a sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. The book, entitled Go Set a Watchman was completed in... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter reactions to news of a follow-up to To Kill a Mockingbird including one from a BBC editor flub one rather important detail: its author is femaleNever mind terrible book covers for female authors – this is, frankly, small potatoes in the world of gender and literature. Because even if... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee, whose single work of fiction, 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' earned her the National Medal of Freedom and the distinction of having written one of the bestselling novels ever published, is going to be releasing a second book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]