January was full of fabulous fiction, covering everything from an exploration of a remote village to the inner workings of a tech startup, and more. Check out some of what’s on sale now! THE END OF DRUM-TIME by Hanna Pylväinen 2 starred reviews! “Ambitious and resonant, a vivid, fascinating, and moving novel… Beautifully written and […]
Tag: Aleksandar Hemon
Literary Fiction Spotlight (10/20/22)
Today we’re diving into literary fiction with a sweeping tale spanning decades and continents, a haunting novel of murder and cults, and a powerful story about healing a fractured community. THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS by Aleksander Hemon Available for download on Edelweiss know more. “Hemon easily immerses readers in the characters’ various […]
Kirkus Best of 2019–Nonfiction
Kirkus Reviews continues their Best of 2019 round-up with their Nonfiction picks, including these 16 Macmillan titles! THE BRITISH ARE COMING: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson THE UNDYING: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care by Anne Boyer COVENTRY: Essays by Rachel Cusk THE […]
Meet the Author: Aleksandar Hemon
Acclaimed author Aleksandar Hemon returns at his most dazzling and untempered with MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU, two books in one in a flip dos-à-dos format: the story of Aleksandar Hemon’s parents’ immigration from Sarajevo to Canada and a book of short memories of the author’s family, friends, and […]
Three Stars for MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU
Aleksandar Hemon’s two-book-in-one MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU has received THREE starred reviews! “Two very different memoirs within the same cover address memory, identity, history, and mortality from different perspectives… An incisive combination of literature that addresses the function of literature and memories that explore the meaning of memory.”–Kirkus […]
Library Journal’s Day of Dialog 2015
Today we saw many of you at Library Journal‘s Day of Dialog (hello!). For those who couldn’t make it, Sloane Crosley charmed on a First Novels author panel, promoting THE CLASP, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux editor Sean McDonald presented his top five titles as part of an Editor’s Buzz Panel: THE CLASP by Sloane Crosley | […]
2013 National Book Critics Awards Finalists
The National Book Critics Circle has named the finalists for its best books of 2013 and Macmillan is thrilled to have nine nominees from Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Bloomsbury!
FICTION
SOMEONE by Alice McDermott
NONFICTION
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE by David Finkel
THE UNWINDING: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
POETRY
METAPHYSICAL DOG by Frank Bidart
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THE BOOK OF MY LIVES by Aleksandar Hemon
MEN WE REAPED by Jesmyn Ward
BIOGRAPHY
HOLDING ON UPSIDE DOWN: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore by Linda Leavell
CRITICISM
THE KRAUS PROJECT: Essays by Karl Kraus, translated and annotated by Jonathan Franzen
FORTY-ONE FALSE STARTS: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm
Click here to view the full list of nominees. Winners will be announced in a ceremony on Thursday, March 13, at 6:00 pm EST. Congratulations to all nominees!
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