by | Mar 5, 2008 | Literary News
FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED ForeWord Magazine announces the finalists in the tenth annual Book of the Year Awards. These books represent some of the best work coming from today’s independent press community. Nearly 1,600...
by | Mar 3, 2008 | Literary News
Thirty-One Things to do for Small Press Month for Small Presses & Independent Publishers (Sponsored by The New York Center for Independent Publishing (NYCIP) and PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association) Click for the Small Press Month press release....
by | Mar 2, 2008 | Literary News
Sleepy-Eyed Writer, Wandering Byzantium By CHARLES McGRATH in the New York Times Published: March 2, 2008 YOU might not know it to look at him, but the novelist Richard Price has over the years picked up what one of his characters might call some cheddar. He has a...
by | Mar 2, 2008 | Literary News
Hardcover Fiction Published: March 9, 2008 This Week Last Week Weeks On List 1 THE APPEAL, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste. 1 4 2...
by Editor | Mar 1, 2008 | Literary News, Los Angeles
Friday, April 25, 2008 8 p.m. • Royce Hall, UCLA The 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will be awarded Friday evening, April 25, 2008, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Master of Ceremonies Gay Talese Presenters •Jim Newton/Biography •Scott Simon/Current Interest •Ngugi Wa...
by | Mar 1, 2008 | Literary News
snipped from ShelfAwareness newsletter “Once I could have sold my books to any number of local used bookshops for a reasonable sum–now nobody much wants anything, aside from rarities–because everything is available online. I myself understand the...
