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ALA Annual Schedule 2011, New Orleans!

ALA Annual Schedule 2011, New Orleans!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ali Fisher

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June 23th–28th, 2011, Booth #1126

Friday, June 24th

  • 5:30pm Julie Cross will sign copies of TEMPEST in our booth #1126.

Saturday, June 25th*

  • 10:00am John Hart will sign copies of IRON HOUSE in the Baker & Taylor booth #2049.
  • 11:00am Rhys Bowen and Jane Cleland will sign copies of BLESS THE BRIDE and DEADLY THREADS in our booth #1126.
  • 12:30pm Mary Kay Andrews will sign copies of SUMMER RENTAL in our booth #1126.
  • 1:30pm Mary Kay Andrews will speak on the LIVE! @ your library Reading Stage at the back of the 1400 aisle.
  • 1:30pm "Celebrating Southern Writers" with John Hart (IRON HOUSE) at MCC #335-336.
  • 4:00pm "Tales from the Heart: Literary Memoirs" with Margaux Fragoso (TIGER, TIGER) at MCC #283.

 

*Saturday is also Mystery Day on the Pop Top Stage featuring Minotaur authors Ro Harris, Jane Cleland, Nancy Martin, Michael Wiley, Steve Hamilton, Barbara Fister, Rhys Bowen and Cathy Pickens!

  • 10:00am "Traditional Mysteries: Who are the new Jane Marples?" with authors Rhys Bowen, Nancy Martin, Rosemary Harris, and moderator Jane Cleland.
  • 11:00am "Tough Guys" with authors Steve Hamilton and Michael Wiley.
  • 12:00pm An interview with Cathy Pickens.
  • 1:00pm BrownBag Lunchtime Interview with Rosemary Harris.
  • 2:00pm "Attention to Detail: how research adds to the mystery" with authors Rhys Bowen, Jane Cleland, and moderator Michael Wiley.
  • 3:00pm "Laugh or I’ll Kill You" with authors Rosemary Harris, Nancy Martin, and Cathy Pickens.
  • 4:00pm "Mystery Chicks and Private Dicks" with author Barbara Fister.

Sunday, June 26th

  • 9:00am Coffee Klatch featuring Steve Hamilton (THE LOCK ARTIST) and Alden Bell (THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS) at J.W. Marriott (614 Canal Street) and lle de France Ball Room sponsored by YALSA.
  • 9:00am Rosemary Harris will sign SLUGFEST in our booth #1126.
  • 10:30am The Alex Award winners panel and book signing with featured speakers Steve Hamilton (THE LOCK ARTIST) and Alden Bell (THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS) at MCC #383-385.
  • 10:30am ALTAFF’s “Mysteries @ your Library” with featured speakers Erica Spindler (WATCH ME DIE) and Bill Loehfelm (THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS) at MCC #268.
  • 12:30pm From the Inside(rs) Out: AAP/ Book Buzz Editor’s Panel with Nancy Pearl and John Sherer.
  • 1:30pm ALTAFF’s “First Author, First Book” panel with featured speaker Ellen Bryson (THE TRANSFORMATION OF BARTHOLOMEW FORTUNO) at MCC #269.

Monday, June 27th

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Now You See Me: The Creepy Summer Crime You Need

Now You See Me: The Creepy Summer Crime You Need

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ali Fisher

S.J. Bolton's latest mystery NOW YOU SEE ME is covered in stars like midnight in backcountry Colorado. But you don't have to take my word for it...

"Bolton (BLOOD HARVEST, 2010, etc.) provides excruciating tension and much else. Romantics can drool over Jonesbury’s turquoise eyes; amateur psychologists can mull Lacey’s one-nighters; and Ripperologists can ponder theories of Jack’s real identity, one of which helps tie up the plot." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Bolton's fourth thriller, a complex psychological puzzler, stands head and shoulders above other such efforts featuring a modern copycat Jack the Ripper. [...] Avoiding gratuitous violence, Bolton (BLOOD HARVEST) skillfully plays with the reader's expectations. Minette Walters fan will be pleased." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Bolton’s latest gothic mystery (after BLOOD HARVEST) is almost impossible to put down. [...] The twists keep coming, and the truth is not revealed until the final page in Bolton’s best novel yet." —Library Journal (starred review)

Not convinced? You will be after watching the book trailer:

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BEA 2011 Recap

BEA 2011 Recap

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Sorry for the late post, everyone!

I got a little caught up celebrating over my Publishers Weekly article that ran this morning and lost track of time. Okay, okay; I also had to watch this ridiculously cute cat video that people have been sending around the office. But now I'm really getting down to business, so I thought I would post a super quick recap of our BEA 2011 events.

Monday night we kicked off the conference with the Annual BookExpo America Librarians Dinner, presented by AAP and Library Journal. Nancy Pearl hosted the event with some great authors including, Dava Sobel, author of A MORE PERFECT HEAVEN. Oh, and the dessert was divine!

Tuesday we started off with The Great Readalike. If You Like This…You’ll LOVE That! in which a few of our favorite librarians sounded off about which books you might have missed in a few popular categories. If you want a taste, Lesa posted her readalikes on her blog! Then there was Back to Basics. Why Home Economics Books are the New Retro Chic, a fun panel introducing some great DIY topics to share with your crafty patrons. The BEA Librarians Author Lunch hosted by Nora Rawlinson of EarlyWord was overflowing with very excited (and very hungry!) librarians. We ran out of chairs fast, but thankfully everyone was fed. During the lunch Tom Perrotta, author of THE LEFTOVERS, told stories about his library experiences alongside other great speakers such as Chuck Palahniuk, David Baldacci, and more. Talia finished up the day giving book recommendations at the AAP Annual Librarians Book Buzz and a panel on Hot Fall Book Club Titles. Curious what she recommended? To name a few:

THE LETOVERS (Perrotta)
GLOW (Ryan)
THE SISTERS (Jensen)
THE AMERICAN HEIRESS (Goodwin)
THE HYPNOTIST (Kepler)
KILLED AT THE WHIM OF A HAT (Cotterill)
FREEDOM (Franzen)
BY NIGHTFALL (Cunningham)
THE MARRIAGE PLOT (Eugenides)
BEST FRIENDS, OCCASIONAL ENEMIES (Scottoline & Serritella)

Wednesday we sat in on a few informative panels discussing the future of collection development considering financial cutbacks, technological transition, and the ever-changing role of the librarian. Hearing about how these changes are tangibly taking shape in libraries straight from the mouths of librarians is invaluable to us and makes conferences like BEA entirely worthwhile. We finished up our conference at the 3rd Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share which was a riot! Talia and I both added a few books to our TBR piles, were serenated with a little BROETRY, and learned a valuable lesson: never give librarians squeaky horns!

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Alive and Well After BEA

Alive and Well After BEA

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Well folks, we made it through the week and thank the heavens we're coming up on a long weekend because we need it! 

This is just a quick check in to say that we survived and will be back with your regularly scheduled programming after Memorial Day.

Here's a picture of Shmackies to tide you over:

Shmackies' Belly

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BEA! A-OK!

BEA! A-OK!

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ali Fisher

opens in a new windowLadies and gents, BEA 2011 is upon us!

As always when we disappear into the conference-twilight-zone, updates may get a little spotty around here, but don't you worry. We'll be back by the end of the week with the full BEA rundown. 

If you're joining us at the BEA zoo, please stop by the Macmillan booth #3352 to chat us up. If we're not in the booth we'll be somewhere awesome; come find us!

Our full BEA 2011 schedule is available here. 

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Nonfiction Naked with Rob Kirkpatrick #3

Nonfiction Naked with Rob Kirkpatrick #3

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Ali Fisher
Nonfiction Naked is brought to you by Rob Kirkpatrick, a senior editor with Thomas Dunne Books at St. Martin's Press!

See all of Rob's Nonfiction Naked articles here.

Hi everyone, I’m back to tell you about two great titles for 2011…

Jackie as Editor: The Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Greg Lawrence

In case you missed it earlier this year, you should check out JACKIE AS EDITOR: THE LITERARY LIFE OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS by Greg Lawrence. History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. But many people forget that after JFK and after Aristotle, Jackie enjoyed a long career as a book editor for almost two decades and worked on more than 100 books at Viking and Doubleday during the industry’s Golden Age. Lawrence, one of the authors whom Jackie edited, draws from interviews with more than 125 of her former collaborators and acquaintances in the publishing world.

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Our Rapture Reading Recommendation: The Leftovers

Our Rapture Reading Recommendation: The Leftovers

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Ali Fisher

 

Should the Rapture fail to claim us (or, at least, some of us) tomorrow, we have a great Rapture reading recommendation to look forward to: THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta.

What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or what if it wasn’t the Rapture at all, but something murkier, a burst of mysterious, apparently random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After, leaving no one unscathed? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event?

If you're still around to read it...

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the Day: Oceana Authors Ted Danson and Michael D’Orso

Image of the Day: Oceana Authors Ted Danson and Michael D’Orso

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Oh, how we love the Shelf Awareness gurus! They keep us updated, they get us thinking, and they tickle our funny bones every morning over coffee.

Today, they published the most charming picture of our buddy Ted Danson with OCEANA co-author Michael D'Orso and Prince Books owner Sarah Pishko.

Ted won us over during his keynote interview at the ALA Midwinter President's Program and now we just can't get enough of that smile!

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