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Empathy and Imagination Help Stories Shine
In his latest collection of short stories, Nights I Dreamed of Hubert Humphrey (Outpost 19 Books), author Daniel Mueller presents an array of misfits and outsiders looking for love and their place in the world. From the new kid who hangs out with the neighborhood sociopath to the boy who finds love with a registered sex offender and dreams of Hubert Humphrey, Mueller offers an insightful, open-hearted look at some very interesting characters Read more »
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Golem and Jinni Meet in Helene Wecker’s Debut Novel
When a woman made of clay and a man of fire meet in the immigrant neighborhoods of turn-of-the-century New York will sparks ignite? A peculiar man with mysterious powers on a compulsive quest who cares not who might be harmed in the process is but one more of the fascinating characters populating Helene Wecker’s debut novel of history and fantasy, titled The Golem and the Jinni Read more »
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Easy as Pi: An interview with Wendy Mass
“If you think it’s tough being the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, try being his son. Or, more precisely, his seventh son.”
So laments young Joss, narrator of award-winning author Wendy Mass’s latest novel for tweens, Pi in the Sky (Little, Brown, 2013).
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Two Shattered Souls Find Hope in Novel by Charles Martin
Unwritten (Center Street/Hachette, May 2013) Charles Martin AUDIO Interview with Charles Martin New York Times bestselling author discusses his latest novel, Unwritten 20-minute audio interview (File could take a minute to load) Read more »
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Why Does One Stay in a Life One Doesn’t Want? Douglas Kennedy Asks
“With FIVE DAYS, Douglas Kennedy has crafted a brilliant meditation on regret, fidelity, family, and second chances that will have you breathlessly turning pages to find out what happened in the past and what will happen next. At once heartbreaking and hopeful, it is a powerful new work of fiction by an internationally acclaimed writer at the height of his powers.” Read more »
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Nathaniel Rich Crafts a Novel for the Age of Anxiety
Every now and then a novel comes along that completely captures the tone and tenor of our times. Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich is that novel, a story that captures the physical and psychological implications of living in a time marked by catastrophe and terrorism Read more »
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Taiye Selasi Discusses Retying the Family
Renowned surgeon, failed husband and father Kweku Sai stumbles out of his home in Ghana one morning and dies. Years earlier, he had walked out of his family home in America and never returned. His estranged wife and now grown children have each dealt with his abandonment in their own private way and it has taken a toll on their lives Read more »
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Why Y? by Marjorie Celona
A baby is abandoned on the doorstep of the YMCA. She becomes Shannon as she passes through foster homes where she is sometimes abused or neglected. Her life turns for the better when she is adopted by Miranda, a single mother raising another daughter. But she still never quite feels as if she fits in Read more »
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Meg Wolitzer Explores the Meaning of Early Talent and the Nature of Envy in The Interestings
Like Virginia Woolf in The Waves, Meg Wolitzer gives us the full picture here, charting
her characters lives from the self-dramatizing of adolescence, through the resignation of middle age, to the attainment of a wisdom that holds all the intensities of life in a single, sustained chord, much like this book itself Read more » -
Ron Rash Explores Time in Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash Buy this Book at Amazon.com The greatest challenge of the collection was exploring this idea and showing how cultural geography influences how people live…" RASH An Authorlink Exclusive Interview with Ron Rash Author of Nothing Gold Can Stay By Ellen Birkett Morris March 2013 In his latest Read more »
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VIEW ALLChristian Booksellers Post 8.5 Percent Gain in 2012
The Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) reported that sales for 2012 rose 8.55% over 2011, with a few high-performing stores boosting the average while many independents reported declines or flat performance. The CBA’s 2013 State of the Industry Report was based on aggregated reults from more than 600 of about 1,100 member stores collected. About 33% Read more »
Book by Literacy Charity Helps Kids With Reading
To mark its 40th anniversary, Beanstalk, the national literacy charity, will today publish 16,000 copies of a special book, to be gifted to every child the organisation has helped this year, as well as to their Beanstalk reading helpers and schools for their school libraries. Jack and the Beanstalk and Other Beany Stories, Poems and Read more »
Barnes & Noble to Announce Year-end Earnings
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the company will announce year-end earnings for 2013 on Tuesday, June 25th, before the market opens. The company will host an investor conference call at 10:00 AM eastern time on Tuesday, June 25th, to review the company's Read more »
Big-Name Authors to Keynote Brooklyn Book Fest
On Tuesday, June 4, the office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined the Brooklyn Book Festival, members of the Brooklyn Literary Council and top authors, publishing industry leaders, editors and literary agents to publicly reveal the more than one hundred and forty national and international authors who have already agreed to participate in the Read more »
E-Books Fuel Growth in Trade Publishing
Fueled by a year of strong new releases and even more widespread popularity of e-books, BookStats reports that trade publishing (adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction, and religion) experienced significant growth in calendar year 2012. While the US book industry remained relatively flat overall in 2012 at $27.1B, the trade sector grew significantly from $ Read more »
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Oscar Wilde and the Murders At Reading Gaol by Gyles Brandreth
Writer and poet Oscar Wilde lived a flamboyant, extravagant life, right up until he was sentenced to two years of hard labour in her majesty’s gaol for gross indecency, or what is now termed homosexuality. During this time, Wilde suffers on small portions of skilly, long days of picking oakum, and unbearable hours of staring into nothing but the inky blackness of his own cell without the mental stimulus which had intoxicated him in his previous life Read more »
Seduction by M.J. Rose
In her book Seduction, M. J. Rose uses themes of reincarnation, the afterlife and satanic possession to stir the reader’s curiosity and anticipation for what will come next Read more »
Advent by James Treadwell
Thrill-seekers, puzzle investigators and paranormal lovers, there is no way to say it better than: THIS is the book you’ve been dying to read Read more »
Lifetime by Liza Marklund
A character that has grown popular all over the world – Annika Bengtzon comes back to prove she is the hard-headed, dedicated reporter who will solve a crime no matter what it takes Read more »
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Although many have tried, no writer has quite been able to reach the ‘top rung’ on the ladder when it comes to the ‘best’ in tween fantasy (top spot being held by Harry Potter)…until now. This is a fairytale/adventure/thriller/fantasy with humor and characters readers will never forget, and everyone from tweens to adults will want to walk in this world! Read more »