The Book of Stone by Jonathan Papernick ISBN: 978-1-94149-304-5–From the very first page, the author enfolds the reader in a sensory gauze of descriptive words—“rooftop water tanks hunched like things about to spring.”
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Announcing Recipients of the 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund
The Translation Fund, now celebrating its twelfth year, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. The Fund received a record number of applications this year—226 total—spanning a wide array of languages of origin, genres, and eras. From this vast...
Kobo Expands ABA Partnership with eRead Local Program
Kobo, a Rakuten company and leading innovator in the digital reading space, today announced the eRead Local program for American Booksellers Association (ABA) members, created to encourage customers to try eReading. With the belief that eBooks have a place in the...
BISG Names New Executive Director
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced today that Mark Kuyper, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), has been hired as the organization’s new executive director. Mr. Kuyper will join the organization...
Women’s Media Foundation Awards Courageous Journalists
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) announces the 2015 Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Award winners: Mwape Kumwenda, a reporter for Muvi Television in Zambia; Anna Nemtsova, a contributor for The Daily Beast and Newsweek in Russia;...
Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced- 2015
Kobo, a Rakuten company and leading innovator in the digital reading space, today announced the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize shortlist. The annual award, designed to kick-start the careers of debut authors, will award a $10,000 CAD cash prize to a book in each of three...
Book Expo to Showcase Publishing Startups—2015
Publishing technology startups will be making their pitches to leaders in Venture Capital, Technology, and Publishing organizations at this year’s BookExpo America (BEA) conference. Once again, starting on Wednesday, May 27th, there will be a Startup Alley at BEA,...
Griswold, Howe, and Jones Among 2015 Pen Literary Awards Recipients
PEN American Center today announced the winners for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. Among the recipients are Eliza Griswold, winner of the prestigious PEN Translation Prize for I Am the Beggar of the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Tina Howe, who will receive the...
KOBO Offers Free in Flight eBook Access – 2015
Furthering its promise to enable booklovers to “Read Anywhere,” Kobo, a Rakuten company and leading innovator in the digital reading space, today announced a new partnership with Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (“GEE”) (Nasdaq: ENT), a market-leading media and...
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
Vanishing Girls Lauren Oliver ISBN: 978-0-06-222410-1 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a compelling story of two sisters." Nicole and Dara are more than just sisters; they are best friends. They were inseparable until Nicole, Nick for short, decides...
