Tag Archives: 2011 releases

What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Poison Tree’

Posted on 29 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly Pamela Dorman • $26.95 • ISBN 9780670022403 On sale January 10, 2011 January and February are usually big months for releasing debut novels, and this year is no exception. One of the most anticipated … Continue reading →

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Magical new release from Kevin Brockmeier

Posted on 28 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Kevin Brockmeier is something of a writer’s writer—his two adult novels and two short story collections have generated a lot of critical buzz and solid sales, but despite being deemed one of the best young American novelists by Granta in … Continue reading →

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Meg Wolitzer returns from a three-year snooze

Posted on 21 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

I admit, I let out a gasp when I came across the catalog listing for The Uncoupling (Riverhead) by Meg Wolitzer. Her 2008 novel The Ten-Year Nap was one of my favorites of the year [read our interview here]; that was … Continue reading →

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Two talked-about February debuts

Posted on 20 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The beginning of the year is the perfect time for publishers to introduce new faces, and two February debuts are already building up some buzz. Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown (Feb. 17, 2011; Amy Einhorn Books): Three sisters named for … Continue reading →

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Mary Doria Russell heads West in new book

Posted on 17 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

A book club favorite for novels like The Sparrow and A Thread of Grace [read our interview], Mary Doria Russell has never been afraid to take on new frontiers. That’s exactly what she’s doing in her fifth novel (after 2008′s … Continue reading →

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A two-book deal for Karin Slaughter

Posted on 17 September 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Do you agree with BookPage mystery columnist Bruce Tierney that Karin Slaughter‘s books are “superbly crafted, relentlessly plot-driven and populated with admirably flawed characters“? If so, then you’ll be happy to learn that Slaughter has signed a deal to write … Continue reading →

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Montaigne, Renaissance man, makes a comeback

Posted on 14 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The next few months will bring two books inspired by the life and work of a long-dead French essayist. The first is a straight biography: in How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at … Continue reading →

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More from the author of ‘Memory Keeper’s Daughter’

Posted on 13 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Kim Edwards hit the big time in a big way with her 2005 debut novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. The novel became a word-of-mouth hit and a book club favorite. We said this family drama about a doctor and his … Continue reading →

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T.C. Boyle takes on the natural world

Posted on 8 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

This February, T.C. Boyle returns with “a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.” When the Killing’s Done (Viking) is set off the coast of Santa Barbara, … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to Fforde

Posted on 7 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

This just in—everyone’s favorite genre-bending writer, Jasper Fforde, has another Thursday Next book coming out . . . March next. March 8, 2011, to be exact. Sounds like things are just as twisted as usual in Thursday’s world, from this … Continue reading →

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Opening lines: Karen Russell’s ‘Swamplandia’

Posted on 3 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

We’ve already shared our excitement about Karen Russell’s first novel, Swamplandia! (Feb., Knopf). Galleys recently hit the BookPage office, and I’m tempted to nab it for my Labor Day weekend reading if our fiction editor is feeling generous. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Annie Proulx memoir to look forward to in 2011

Posted on 2 September 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

I’m not sure why, but I had Annie Proulx set firmly in the anti-memoir crowd. Maybe it’s because looking back on one’s life is a luxury that her hard-working, taciturn characters would either not have time for, or sneer at. … Continue reading →

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Mama has her say

Posted on 11 August 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

After being called nothing short of crazy in the best-selling memoirs by her two sons (Augusten Burroughs and John Elder Robison), poet Margaret Robison is having her say. The Long Journey Home (Spiegel & Grau) hits bookstores on March 1, … Continue reading →

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Book deal of the day: Pets you can’t forget

Posted on 3 August 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

If you’ve ever been laughed at for including your pet in your family photos, this may be your chance for revenge: Following in the footsteps of its sister site, AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com, AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com has gotten a book deal from Random House—and they’re looking … Continue reading →

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More from Maeve

Posted on 21 July 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

It doesn’t seem that long ago that Maeve Binchy was regretfully informing her public that she would write no more. After the announcement, she released two more novels with then-publisher Dutton and lapsed into silence for 3 years. Whatever Knopf … Continue reading →

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