Tag Archives: Southern fiction

Best Books of 2012: #33, ‘Heading Out to Wonderful’

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Eliza, Associate Editor

As part of our Best Books of 2012 coverage, our editors weigh in on some of their personal favorites from the list. In his runaway bestseller A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick showcased his irresistible ability to combine artful sentences with drawn out, … Continue reading →

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Robert Goolrick’s haunting new novel

Posted on 12 June 2012 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Robert Goolrick, the author of the hugely successful A Reliable Wife, dropped by the BookPage office a couple of months ago to talk about his new novel, Heading Out to Wonderful. The interview appears in our June issue, and I … Continue reading →

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A real town benefits from ‘Calico Joe’

Posted on 17 May 2012 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Calico Joe, John Grisham’s novel about a rookie baseball player whose career is cut short, is currently enjoying its fourth week on the New York Times bestseller list. I also predict it will soon get another boost for Father’s Day. … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Lawrence is ‘Serena’

Posted on 25 April 2012 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Since being nominated for an Academy Award at the age of 20, Jennifer Lawrence hasn’t lacked for work offers. She landed the Hunger Games trilogy and the role of Mystique in the latest X-Men installment; now she’s hard at work … Continue reading →

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Another Texas story from Leila Meacham

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Eliza, Associate Editor

When we last checked in with Leila Meacham she had just published Roses, her epic novel that spans 70 years in the history of the Toliver family, owners of a cotton plantation in Texas. That soapy saga had it all: … Continue reading →

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Writing the series character

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Trisha, Managing Editor

guest post by Jaden Terrell Readers never tire of reading about their favorite characters. Sherlock Holmes’ fans were so insatiable that his author killed him off and was forced to resurrect him through a series of prequels. When I started my … Continue reading →

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Ron Rash returns with ‘The Cove’

Posted on 28 July 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

I’m feeling a teeny bit guilty for blogging so much about 2012 releases lately. But Ron Rash is a real in-house favorite here at BookPage, so when we heard that he was publishing a new book with Ecco in April, … Continue reading →

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What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty’

Posted on 27 July 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty by Joshilyn Jackson Grand Central • $24.99 on sale January 25, 2012 The race for best novel of January 2012 is heating up: Joshilyn Jackson‘s latest book just crossed my desk. Trouble comes for three generations … Continue reading →

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An interview with debut novelist Jenny Wingfield

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

When I published a “What We’re Reading Wednesday” post on May 18 about The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, several of you commented that you would add this novel to your list of must-reads. Well, the novel is out today! It’s … Continue reading →

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What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘The Homecoming of Samuel Lake’

Posted on 18 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield Random House • $25 • ISBN 9780385344081 On sale July 12, 2011 At BookPage, we get a lot of requests for must-read debut novels and Southern fiction. Ever since the publication of … Continue reading →

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Trailer for ‘The Help’!

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

This post needs little introduction—in fact, you’ve probably already skipped this sentence and hit “play” to watch the trailer for the movie version of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help: Here are my initial thoughts: 1) It’s more upbeat than I expected. … Continue reading →

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What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Sweet Jiminy’

Posted on 6 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Sweet Jiminy by Kristin Gore Hyperion • $23.99 • ISBN 9781401322892 April 19, 2011 In November, we told you about Kristin Gore’s Sweet Jiminy—a departure from her comedies about life in D.C. politics (a subject for which she was uniquely … Continue reading →

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On sale today: A Southern debut with a big heart

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The first paragraph of BookPage’s review for The Dry Grass of August immediately caught my attention: When a new novel gets compared to some of the biggest hits of the last 10 years like The Help and The Secret Life … Continue reading →

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Naked werewolves & a secret under the peach tree

Posted on 22 March 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Hooked you with that headline, didn’t I? For today’s Trailer Tuesday post, I thought I’d share a couple of short book trailers that are not related in any way (ha). First up: a preview for Sarah Addison Allen‘s The Peach … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to CeeCee Honeycutt’s follow-up

Posted on 20 January 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Big news for Saving CeeCee Honeycutt fans! We finally have some info about Beth Hoffman‘s second novel. If you follow Hoffman on Twitter, you already knew the title was Looking for Me. A tweet from August: But yesterday, Publishers Marketplace … Continue reading →

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