Archive for: March, 2012
March 13, 2012
Lucky 7: Staff Favorites
STAFF FAVORITES We’ve hand-picked seven titles—four novels, three memoirs—that dazzled, inspired, thrilled, enlightened, and captivated us. Some made us laugh, some made us cry, and some made us do both. We guarantee …
March 9, 2012
Support The Makery!
One of the things I always loved about Algonquin Books when I worked there was that even though they have a big parent company in NYC and an amazing knack for publishing …
March 8, 2012
The Things People Send Me: Amy Stewart on The Earth Moved
Since The Earth Moved was published in 2004, I have received: Two paintings of earthworms, one more abstract and one in a more photorealist style. A handpainted greeting card, suitable for framing, …
March 6, 2012
Naomi Benaron on How Not to “Book-Tour”
Book-Tour: a verb meaning to live in airports, airplanes and hotels while whisking about the country, drinking in gulps of countryside that remains beyond reach. Also: to connect with audiences across the …
