Archive for: June, 2012
June 29, 2012
Head Out to Wonderful for Summer
Before the unofficial start of the unofficial week-long celebration of July 4th, the unofficial start of summer, be sure to pick up a copy of the unofficial book of summer. Robert Goolrick’s …
June 28, 2012
Ask an Editor: How to Avoid the Dreaded “No”
Today we post the fifth installment in our Ask an Algonquin Editor series. Executive Editor Chuck Adams shares what aspiring authors should NOT do. These tips will help you avoid getting a quick …
June 27, 2012
Cat Scratch Fever: Kitty Cornered Soundtrack
Ten Catterrific Songs By Bob Tarte For 20 years I somehow managed to crank out a world music review column for The Beat magazine, and I rarely think about it now without …
June 26, 2012
Publication day:
The Receptionist
Janet Groth lived the Mad Men experience, minding the magazine and the men who created it for The New Yorker. From a lost Woody Allen to a marriage-proposing John Berryman to a …
June 25, 2012
Lucky 7: Still time for
$1.99 e-books in June
Cool Summer Reads June is coming to a close, but don’t worry – there’s still time to get that perfect summer read at the perfect price. You can purchase any of the …
June 23, 2012
Algonquin Talks: Allan Fallow, Editor
(What We Had Hoped Would Be) A Brief Conversation with Allan Fallow, Book Editor of AARP The Magazine 1. You worked as a senior editor at National Geographic Books from 1999 to …
June 21, 2012
Deal of the Day:
Until the Next Time e-book
$1.99 e-book TODAY Until the Next Time by Kevin Fox For Sean Corrigan the past is simply what happened yesterday, until his twenty-first birthday, when he is given a journal left him …
June 20, 2012
Algonquin Book Club:
Watch Tayari Jones and Judy Blume
“Silver Sparrow will break your heart before you even know it. Tayari Jones has written a novel filled with characters I’ll never forget. This is a book I’ll read more than once.” …
