News in May 2013

News in May 2013

 SNAPPER by Brian Kimberling
10th May, 2013

SNAPPER by Brian Kimberling is a May Indie Next pick. Pantheon published the book April 23, 2013

THE RIVER OF NO RETURN by Bee Ridgeway
10th May, 2013

THE RIVER OF NO RETURN by Bee Ridgeway is a May Indie Next pick. Dutton published the book in April 23, 2013

THIS IS THE WAY by Gavin Corbett
10th May, 2013

Gavin Corbett’s THIS IS THE WAY is shortlisted for Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2012-13. The award is the largest monetary prize for fiction available solely to Irish authors, and the winner will be announced at the 2013 Listowel Writers’ Week on May 29. Faber and Faber published the book March 5, 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel
10th May, 2013

Ramona Ausubel’s A GUIDE TO BEING BORN is a Daily Beast ‘Hot Read’, a Huffington Post ‘Book We’re Talking About This Week,’ an Apple iBookstore ‘Best Book of the Month,’ and this month’s The New Yorker blog’s top ‘Book to Watch Out For,’ which notes, “Ausubel applies her spacious imagination to the subjects of sex, birth, growth, and death.”

FRANCES AND BERNARD by Carlene Bauer
10th May, 2013

Carlene Bauer’s FRANCES AND BERNARD received a positive review from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which said: “With wonderful writing, elegant, pithy and witty…There is much to admire in this smart, ambitious, debut novel.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book February 5, 2013.

THIS IS HOW YOU DIE by David Malki!, Matthew Bennardo, Ryan North
10th May, 2013

David Malki!, Matthew Bennardo & Ryan North‘s THIS IS HOW YOU DIE received a positive review in Kirkus, calling the book “funny, frightening, clever.” Grand Central will publish the book July 16, 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel
10th May, 2013

Ramona Ausubel was interviewed by Meredith Turits in Full Stop for her new collection, A GUIDE TO BEING BORN. Turits says, “Ramona Ausubel’s prose, concepts, and stories: they’re the kind that make a reader stop, take a breath, and reread…the stories re-infuse wonder into a somewhat overwrought cultural conversation…There is something inherently magical about it.”

A GIRL AND HER PIG by April Bloomfield
3rd May, 2013

April Bloomfield’s A GIRL AND HER PIG was awarded first place for a cookbook by The Book Industry Guild of New York at their 27th Annual awards show. Ecco published the book April 12, 2012.

THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER by Jasper Fforde
3rd May, 2013

Jasper Fforde’s THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER was awarded second place in young adult fiction by The Book Industry Guild of NY at their 27th Annual awards show. Harcourt Children’s Books published the book October 2, 2012.

LEXICON by Max Barry
3rd May, 2013

Max Barry’s LEXICON received a starred Booklist’s which raves that LEXICON is “an absolutely first-rate, suspenseful thriller with convincing characters who invite readers’ empathy and keep them turning pages until the satisfying conclusion.” Penguin Press will publish the hardcover June 18th, 2013.

A FOREIGN COUNTRY by Charles Cumming
3rd May, 2013

Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth has just bought the option to Charles Cumming’s spy trilogy that began with A FOREIGN COUNTRY. St. Martin's Press published the book August 7, 2012.

YOU by Austin Grossman
3rd May, 2013

In honor of the publication of Austin Grossman’s new novel YOU, Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY hosted a marvelous conversation between twin brothers Austin Grossman and Lev Grossman. Mullholland Books published the book April 16, 2013.