News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

HUSH by Dylan Farrow
February 7, 2020

An excerpt from HUSH, Dylan Farrow’s debut fantasy novel, was published in an article by Vanity Fair. Wednesday Books will publish the book on October 6, 2020.

THE LIGHT OF ALL THAT FALLS by James Islington
December 9, 2019

The third book in James Islington’s Licanius Trilogy was named by Amazon as one of the best books of December in the Science Fiction & Fantasy category. Orbit will publish the book on December 10, 2019.

ONE LONG RIVER OF SONG by Brian Doyle
December 9, 2019

Brian Doyle’s book of essays was named by Amazon as one of the best books of December in the Biographies & Memoirs category. Little, Brown and Company published the book on December 3, 2019.

MANHUNTERS by Steve Murphy and Javier Peña
November 15, 2019

In the decades they spent at the DEA, Steve Murphy and Javier Peña risked their lives hunting large and small drug traffickers. But their biggest challenge was the hunt for Pablo Escobar in Colombia. The partners, who began their careers as small-town cops, have been immortalized in Netflix's Narcos, a fictional account of their hunt for Escobar. Now, for the first time ever, they tell the real story of how they brought down the world's first narco-terrorist, the challenges they faced, and the innovative strategies they employed to successfully end the reign of terror of the world's most wanted criminal. The New York Post excerpts quotes from MANHUNTERS in their article about Pablo Escobar’s private chambers. A&E also interviewed Murphy and Peña about their experiences working in Colombia. St. Martin’s Press published the hardcover edition on November 12, 2019.

FIND ME by Andre Aciman
October 28, 2019

Time Magazine interviewed Andre Aciman about FIND ME, the long-awaited sequel to CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. The book was also reviewed in the Guardian, which called it “an unashamedly romantic and philosophical novel.” Aciman also published an essay in Conde Nast Traveler, where he discusses his love for the places featured in his novels. Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the book on October 29, 2019.

CATCH AND KILL by Ronan Farrow
October 21, 2019

Ronan Farrow appeared on Pod Save America last week and was interviewed by The Guardian about his new book CATCH AND KILL. According to Little, Brown and Company, the book, released last week, is already in its third printing. Little, Brown and Company published the book on October 15, 2019.

INSIDE OUT by Demi Moore
October 2, 2019

Demi Moore’s memoir, INSIDE OUT, is #1 on USA Today’s weekly list of books not to miss. They write: “Her story is equal parts adversity and resilience, told with candor.” InStyle also featured INSIDE OUT in their October issue. Harper published the hardcover edition on September 24, 2019.

I’VE SEEN THE FUTURE AND I’M NOT GOING by Peter McGough
October 2, 2019

Peter McGough, one half of the prolific art duo McDermott & McGough, published his memoir I’VE SEEN THE FUTURE AND I’M NOT GOING this week. In anticipation of the book release, McGough was interviewed by Jameson Fitzpatrick for T Magazine. Fitzpatrick called the book “an intimate inside look at the New York art world, his tumultuous relationship with McDermott, the AIDS crisis and his own illness and treatment” and wrote that “In person, McGough speaks with the same chatty candor that characterizes his book.” Pantheon published the book on September 17, 2019.

 THE UNDYING by Anne Boyer
October 2, 2019

Poet Anne Boyer’s memoir THE UNDYING recently published to widespread acclaim, having already received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly and rave write-ups in the New York Times, Lit Hub, The Baffler, Bookforum, Longreads and more. In her publication day review for NPR, Sascha Cohen called it “a rousing hybrid of memoir and manifesto… This is memoir as anti-capitalist indictment, as biting cultural criticism, as vengeance.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 17, 2019.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILDE AT HEART by R. Zamora Linmark
October 1, 2019

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is celebrating the launch of R. Zamora Linmark’s debut YA novel THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILDE AT HEART. The event will take place on September 19, 2019, and will also be livestreamed on the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Facebook page. Delacorte Press published the book on August 13, 2019.