Category Archives: News

PEN/Hemingway honors magical Polish love story

Posted on 4 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

PEN New England and the JFK Presidential Library have just announced that Brigid Pasulka won the 2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True. Pasulka joins the ranks of many BookPage favorites, such as Joshua … Continue reading →

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Remembering Barry Hannah

Posted on 2 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The Associated Press reported this morning that Barry Hannah, Southern author extraordinaire and creative writing professor at the University of Mississippi, died Monday. He was 67. Hannah’s death came just a few days before the 17th Oxford Conference for the … Continue reading →

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Put yourself in a book

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

You might remember that in 2005, a woman paid $25,100 for the privilege of having a Stephen King character—a zombie, in fact—named after her brother. (The book was Cell, and the zombie’s name was “Huizenga.”) The proceeds, earned in an … Continue reading →

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The political and the personal

Posted on 25 February 2010 by Kate, Associate Editor

There’s been no shortage of major books about political figures recently—think Going Rogue and Game Change, just for starters—but a few titles coming out this spring will be sure to generate even more interest in these very public lives. President … Continue reading →

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Sharyn McCrumb heads back to the mountains

Posted on 25 February 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Fans of Appalachian literature, take heart—after 7 years, Sharyn McCrumb is returning to her acclaimed Ballad series on June 22 with The Devil Amongst the Lawyers. From the catalog: In 1934 all the national publications sent their star reporters to remote … Continue reading →

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'Bad Mother' author returns to fiction with 'Red Hook Road'

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

I don’t know yet if I’m taking a vacation this summer, but if it happens, Ayelet Waldman’s latest will be tucked in my suitcase. Red Hook Road is being published in July 13. It’s her first novel since 2006′s Love … Continue reading →

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Nebula news

Posted on 19 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. announced the Nebula Award Nominees today. The awards celebrate—you guessed it—the best in science fiction and fantasy writing. The Awards honor a short story, novelette, novel, YA book and movie. View … Continue reading →

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Can Avatar work as a book?

Posted on 18 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I have a confession that will probably embarrass my co-workers: I loved Avatar. Yes, there were holes in the plot. And yes, I thought it was predictably annoying that a white guy had to swoop in and save the natives … Continue reading →

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Fiction that translates

Posted on 17 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Last night the fiction finalists for the Best Translated Book Awards were announced at Idlewild Books in New York City. The awards are sponsored by Three Percent, a program at the University of Rochester (the name comes from the fact … Continue reading →

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Music to my ears

Posted on 16 February 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

This morning brought news that one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Josh Ritter, had sold his debut novel to the Dial Press. According to the always informative Pub Marketplace, Bright Passages is set in rural West Virginia in the aftermath of … Continue reading →

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The Patterson empire expands

Posted on 16 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

USA Today reported yesterday that James Patterson—the creator of Alex Cross who outsells Stephen King, John Grisham and Dan Brown—is venturing into new territory: the graphic novel. Due first is a five-part graphic series based on Witch & Wizard, Patterson’s … Continue reading →

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Madeleine L'Engle's granddaughter makes YA debut

Posted on 15 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I’ve made my love for the late Madeleine L’Engle known around the office, so I wasn’t surprised when Lynn showed me a notice from the spring 2010 Farrar, Straus & Giroux catalog: On April 27, L’Engle’s 1949 novel And Both … Continue reading →

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Dick Francis, 1920-2010

Posted on 15 February 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The popular Welsh novelist and former RAF pilot and jockey died yesterday at his home in the Grand Cayman islands. His son, Felix, who collaborated with his father on four recent novels, says: “My brother, Merrick, and I are, of … Continue reading →

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Another side of The Blind Side

Posted on 12 February 2010 by Kate, Associate Editor

If you saw this holiday season’s hit movie The Blind Side, you may think you know all about Michael Oher, the young black man who was taken in by a well-off white family and eventually became a star left tackle … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley adults

Posted on 11 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

For those of us born in the ’70s and ’80s, all this news about beloved teen series might be too much to handle. (In case you missed the updates, The Baby-Sitters Club is coming back and Sweet Valley High might … Continue reading →

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