News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes
May 24, 2017

June’s COSMOPOLITAN magazine writes of Plum’s book, “Take one posh university, mix in a queen bee, throw in a murder and you’ve got a mystery that makes HEATHERS look almost snoozy.” Plum Sykes’ interview aired on “Good Day New York”. Harper published the hardcover May 9th, 2017.

GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong
May 19, 2017

Rachel Khong’s debut novel GOODBYE, VITAMIN is on a number one of Goop’s 16 Great Reads for the Summer. The book is Elle’s 24 Best Books to Read This Summer, goop’s 16 Great Reads for the Summer (which calls it an “extraordinarily well-written debut novel”), Popsugar’s 25 Summer Books for Women (and calls it “darkly funny” along the way), Coastal Living’s 50 Best Books for the Beach This Summer,

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes
May 12, 2017

CLUELESS meets Agatha Christie in this wickedly funny tale of high society and low morals set in Oxford in the wild, extravagant early 1980s. Harper published the hardcover May 9th 2017.

THE FIFTH TRIMESTER by Lauren Smith Brody
April 7, 2017

Lauren Smith Brody appeared on Good Morning America to discuss her book THE FIFTH TRIMESTER. Doubleday published the book on April 4, 2017.

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes
April 7, 2017

Publisher’s Weekly writes, “Fortune favors Ursula Flowerbutton, the spunky “fresher” (first-year student) and aspiring reporter who stars in this frothy series launch set at Oxford University in 1985 from bestseller Sykes (Bergdorf Blondes). The orphan from Gloucestershire become instant besties with American gardening tools scion Nancy Feingold—thereby gaining entrée to the most exclusive soirées, as well as borrowing rights to a bottomless stash of Dynasty-worthy regalia...

OUR LITTLE RACKET by Angelica Baker
March 27, 2017

Angelica Baker’s debut novel was named one of 20 books selected by Barnes & Noble in the Summer 2017 Discover Great New Writers program. HarperCollins will publish the book on June 20, 2017...

DEMOCRACY NOW! by Amy Goodman with David Goodman and Denis Moynihan
March 27, 2017

The paperback edition of this thought-provoking celebration of the acclaimed television, radio and internet news program, DEMOCRACY NOW! And the extraordinary heroes who have moved our country forward comes out in paperback on April 25, 2017...

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes
March 17, 2017

“The wild and hysterical adventures of crime-solving Nancy and Ursula turned loose on Oxford University. Plum Sykes knows her world, skewers it, and serves it up as murder. Delicious.” — Delia Ephron, author of Siracusa says of this wickedly funny take of high society and low morals which Harper will publish May 9, 2017.

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA by Jaroslav Kalfar
March 17, 2017

The recently published SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA has received some fantastic notices. The Wall Street Journal has included the book on their list of Best New Fiction. NPR writes: “Spaceman of Bohemia gets heavy—but the story, like its protagonist, flies along weightlessly…. it speaks to Kalfar's deftness that Jakub is never less than charismatic and engaging, even when wallowing in the least admirable dimensions of his own mind.” The New York Times in their review called it “A frenetically imaginative first effort, booming with vitality and originality . . . Kalfar’s voice is distinct enough to leave tread marks.”

OUR LITTLE RACKET by Angelica Baker
February 24, 2017

Angelica Baker, author of the forthcoming OUR LITTLE RACKET, is one of One Story’s 2017 Literary Debutantes, who will be honored at the One Story Literary Debutante Ball in May. Ecco will publish OUR LITTLE RACKET on June 20, 2017.