May 21, 2012
Don’t miss Tayari Jones as she visits cities all over the country sharing the story of her Silver Sparrow, new in paperback. The Los Angeles Times called it “impossible to put down,” …
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Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, a beloved Algonquin author whose work includes Music of the Swamp, Wolf Whistle and Boy With a Loaded Gun, passed away on April 13. Today, Marketing Director Craig Popelars shares …
April 19, 2012
In 1998, I was studying the marine ecosystem at Venable Elementary School and my favorite books were The Boxcar Children and The Little House on the Prairie. Not only did I dress up …
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We are celebrating Earth Week by kicking off our first post by Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle, in a month long series. For the next four weeks, Richard will write …
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As we continue to learn more and more about climate change, our outlook on our environmental future seems to get more and more pessimistic. When I envision the Earth in the future, …
April 12, 2012
Today we post our fourth installment in our Ask an Algonquin Editor series. Executive editor Chuck Adams shares what editors look for in manuscripts and how aspiring authors can work towards hearing “yes” …
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In our continuing First Words series, we select works from First Words, a collection of early writings by famous authors edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Our previous posts have highlighted the work of Stephen King, …
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Most cat lovers admit to having complicated feline friends. By “complicated,” I mean that your favorite pet manages to rearrange your life to run around his precise schedule (most active at 2 …
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Armchair Travel Spring is here, and there’s no better time to dream about escaping to far off destinations. Paris, Venice, Buenos Aires, Hawaii—the world is your oyster, and these seven armchair travel …
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