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Weekly links: Bill C. on LBJ; Stephen King’s scolding; heavy characters; and more

This week on BookPage.com, Roger Bishop praises Robert Caro’s The Passage of Power (which I squealed about in November) by writing, “Political biography doesn’t get any better than what Caro does.”  This installment of Caro’s incredible Lydon Johnson biography covers … Continue reading

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Monday contest: Four much-anticipated books

Have you been keeping up with our 30 most anticipated books of 2012? If so, you know that March, April and May pack some big book releases: 17 of our 30 most anticipated books! We’re giving away four picks from … Continue reading

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May 2012: a major month for fiction

Last week, we told you about Toni Morrison’s Home (Knopf). Yesterday, we told you about Richard Ford’s Canada (Harper). Well, add two more big names to the May 2012 release list: John Irving and Peter Carey. Irving’s In One Person comes … Continue reading

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New book, publishing house, for John Irving

The publishing world is all abuzz: Simon & Schuster’s publicist Jonathan Karp poached John Irving from Random House and signed a two-book deal. S&S will be releasing best-selling author Irving’s much-anticipated next novel, In One Person, in June 2012, with … Continue reading

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Under the BookPage Christmas tree…

For fun, we asked 14 authors what books they plan to give away for the holidays. And then we turned around and asked ourselves. Read on for staff selections. What books did you give away this year? This is pretty … Continue reading

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The 12 books of Christmas: Last Night in Twisted River

OK, so choosing a John Irving novel for our 12 books of Christmas series isn’t exactly going out on a limb—the book was one of the most anticipated releases of the fall and got some serious attention back in November, … Continue reading

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