by | Jul 30, 2014 | Literary News
from Paste Call Me Ishmael: The Phenomenon Revolutionizing How We Talk About Books By Emelia Fredlick “Call me Ishmael.” It’s one of the most recognizable opening sentences in literature (right up there with “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” and “it was...
by | Jul 29, 2014 | Literary News
from Pioneer Press Former Hells Angel and cop who chased him share their unlikely friendship By Kristi Belcamino Former Hennepin County Sheriff’s Captain Chris Omodt, left, collaborated with Pat Matter, former president of the Minneapolis Hells Angels, to write...
by | Jul 27, 2014 | Literary News, Projects
from Publisher’s Weekly No Lack of Major Prose Houses at Comic-Con By Rich Shivener From samplers and author panels to signings and galleys of science fiction and fantasy novels, major book publishers such as Penguin Random House and HarperCollins are once again...
by | Jul 6, 2014 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News, Projects
from Publishers Weekly BEA 2014: Big Children’s Books at BEA By Diane Roback, Carolyn Juris, John Sellers, and Matia Burnett Endgame by James Frey is HarperCollins’s big YA title of the show; it releases in September with a one-million-copy first printing....
by | Jul 5, 2014 | Literary News
from The New York Times Jim Brosnan, Who Threw Literature a Curve, Dies at 84 By BRUCE WEBER Jim Brosnan in Chicago in 1964. “The Long Season,” his groundbreaking 1960 book, began as a diary. Credit Associated Press Jim Brosnan, who achieved modest baseball success as...
