Macmillan Library @ ALA Annual 2019 (Booth #1511)

Come stroll the National Mall with us at ALA Annual 2019 in Washington, DC! We’ll have tons of events, authors, and ARC giveaways in our booth (#1511), so check out our schedule below and RSVP ASAP! Friday, June 21 In-booth signing with Mariah Fredericks (DEATH OF A NEW AMERICAN) 5:30 PM | Booth 1511 Saturday, […]

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Happy #PubDay! (4/30/19)

Happy #PubDay! (4/30/19)

Graphic novel + May Indie Next Pick + musical nonfiction + Highland romance = one awesome #pubday! CLYDE FANS by Seth “This isn’t just a story, or even, as it terms itself, a ‘picture novel’–it is a brilliant journey into the heart of midcentury darkness.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review CAPE MAY by Chip Cheek Library Journal […]

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Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of Summer 2019

Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of Summer 2019

The trees are green, the sun is warm, and I know I’m getting ready for some good beach reading! Enter, Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of Summer 2019! Staff PicksTHE REDEMPTION OF TIME: A Three-Body Problem Novel by Baoshu RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston HOT COMB by Ebony Flowers FictionIN WEST MILLS by […]

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What to Wear with Tanisha C. Ford (DRESSED IN DREAMS)

What to Wear with Tanisha C. Ford (DRESSED IN DREAMS)

Tanisha C. Ford’s DRESSED IN DREAMS: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion takes you on a bold, witty, and deeply personal dive into Black America’s closet. Because we love a good fashion/literary crossover, we asked Tanisha to share her favorite fashion-related books and the outfit each one inspired her to wear! […]

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Starred Review Round-Up (4/26/19)

Starred Review Round-Up (4/26/19)

Calling all collection development librarians! These books all received multiple starred reviews! THE RIGHT SORT OF MAN by Allison Montclair “The Right Sort Marriage Bureau’s debut is exactly the right sort to have readers hoping for a second date.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Both leads are complex, well-developed characters, whose penchant for humorous byplay never comes […]

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Drop-In Alert: TOUCHED BY THE SUN by Carly Simon

Drop-In Alert: TOUCHED BY THE SUN by Carly Simon

Music lovers! Jackie O lovers! Female friendship lovers! FSG will be publishing Carly Simon’s new memoir, TOUCHED BY THE SUN, this Fall, detailing an ordinary friendship between two extraordinary women. A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha’s Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an […]

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Nonfiction Round-Up (4/24/19)

Nonfiction Round-Up (4/24/19)

A call for female empowerment, the importance of moral journalism, navigation as a foundation of humanity, and an undiscovered lost civilization–welcome to today’s nonfiction round-up! THE MOMENT OF LIFT: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates “At a time when beneficial globalization is being threatened by nationalism, and women’s rights are in danger […]

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Three Stars for MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU

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 […]

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Nonfiction Round-Up (4/17/19)

Nonfiction Round-Up (4/17/19)

Conspiracy theories, immigration, and a call to arms–welcome to this week’s nonfiction round-up! REPUBLIC OF LIES: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power by Anna Merlan “Quick to condemn racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and anti-Muslim bias, the author supports her writing with excellent supporting documentation. An engaging and valuable explication of one of the […]

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AMITY AND PROSPERITY is a Pulitzer Prize Winner!

AMITY AND PROSPERITY is a Pulitzer Prize Winner!

The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners have been announced, and AMITY AND PROSPERITY: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold takes the win in General Nonfiction! In AMITY AND PROSPERITY, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of […]

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