September 29, 2011

Holla for Challah! Rosh Hashanah Recipe

Holla for Challah! Rosh Hashanah Recipe

Baking has always been a family activity. Now that we’re grown and live all over the country, recipes are shared across e-mail, dinner ideas through text message. I have my mother’s chocolate …

September 28, 2011

Giveaway: Naomi Benaron’s <i>Running the Rift</i>

Giveaway: Naomi Benaron’s Running the Rift

Naomi Benaron’s riveting debut novel, Running the Rift (pub. date: January 17, 2012), chronicles the story of a gifted Rwandan boy, Jean Patrick Nkuba, from the day he knows that running will …

September 23, 2011

Goodbye, Sarah Rose

Goodbye, Sarah Rose

This isn’t goodbye, this is only farewell I’m having a hard time writing this. In a few short days, Sarah Rose Nordgren–Algonquin’s beloved publicity assistant and one of my closest friends–will be …

September 21, 2011

Booksellers Rock! Josh Christie, Sherman’s Books and Stationery

Booksellers Rock! Josh Christie, Sherman’s Books and Stationery

Name: Josh Christie Bookstore: Sherman’s Books and Stationery, Freeport Title: Bookseller Brief Bio: Josh Christie started his career in bookselling in 2004, working as a frontline bookseller at Sherman’s Books and Stationery …

September 19, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>Cloud Atlas</i> by David Mitchell

What We’re Reading: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Unlike some of my illustrious colleagues, I’m not a super-fast reading machine. I tend to move between reading poetry, novels, nonfiction, and spiritual writings, and I take my reading choices very seriously …

September 19, 2011

KIPP Schools in the <i>New York Times</i>

KIPP Schools in the New York Times

The New York Times Magazine just featured a fantastic article on KIPP Charter Schools. (Read the full article here.) We recently published Jay Mathew’s book Work Hard, Be Nice on the KIPP founders, Mike Feinberg and …

September 15, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>The Family Fang</i> by Kevin Wilson

What We’re Reading: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

 “Art, if you loved it, was worth any amount of unhappiness and pain.”–Caleb and Camille Fang The cover of Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang proudly displays a quote from bestselling author Ann …

September 13, 2011

“10 Titles to Pick Up Now” in <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i>

“10 Titles to Pick Up Now” in O: The Oprah Magazine

Martha Southgate’s The Taste of Salt and Hillary Jordan’s When She Woke are featured in O: The Oprah Magazine‘s “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.” Thanks, Oprah!