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July 14, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>Maine</i> by J. Courtney Sullivan

What We’re Reading: Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan

Ahhhh … vacation. It’s amazing how that one word can immediately conjure up images of swaying hammocks, laughter, sunlight, and good food, isn’t it? A few weeks ago, I escaped the office …

July 13, 2011

Algonquin Book Club Event: Heidi Durrow in Conversation with Terry McMillan

Algonquin Book Club Event: Heidi Durrow in Conversation with Terry McMillan

. Tune in on August 18 at 7:00 p.m. PST/10:00pm EST for our latest Algonquin Book Club event! Terry McMillan, award-winning author of the bestsellers Get Happy and Waiting to Exhale, will …

July 12, 2011

On Writing: Amy Stewart and Paul Collins

On Writing: Amy Stewart and Paul Collins

Amy Stewart and Paul Collins talk belles-lettres, the art of nonfiction, e-publishing, colonial mixed drinks, and cramming for your own interviews. Amy Stewart is the acclaimed author of Wicked Plants, Wicked Bugs, …

July 11, 2011

Booksellers Rock!  Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore

Booksellers Rock! Liberty Hardy, RiverRun Bookstore

Name: Liberty Hardy Bookstore: RiverRun Bookstore Title: Book Slinger Brief Bio: Voracious velocireader. General mischief maker. Currently manning the switchboard in the Write Place, Write Time secret volcano lair (www.writeplacewritetime.tumblr.com). What books …

July 8, 2011

<i>Silver Sparrow</i> in the Media

Silver Sparrow in the Media

Tayari Jones’s new novel Silver Sparrow has been garnering rave reviews from critics and fellow writers alike.  Jennifer Weiner, best selling author of In Her Shoes, called it “an amazing, amazing read” …

July 7, 2011

At Home with Algonquin: Fresh Tomato Tart from <i>Seasoned in the South</i>

At Home with Algonquin: Fresh Tomato Tart from Seasoned in the South

I’ve always avoided turning on the oven in the summer. Growing up in an old house in the north meant that we didn’t have air conditioning through the warm Pennsylvania summers and …

July 6, 2011

Sneak Peek: <i>The Taste of Salt</i> by Martha Southgate

Sneak Peek: The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate

We’re thrilled to give you an early peek at Martha Southgate’s novel The Taste of Salt, arriving  in bookstores  on September 13th. Read some fantastic pre-pub blurbs below and don’t miss the …

June 30, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>The Red Market</i> by Scott Carney

What We’re Reading: The Red Market by Scott Carney

I’ve been on a weird reading kick lately. When not reading manuscripts for work or new issues of Us Weekly (a top priority every Thursday evening), I’m usually immersed in a hot …