July 20, 2011

Drunken Botany 101

Drunken Botany 101

A few months ago, the Algonquin team received a rather innocuous looking box in the mail. Because we receive dozens of boxes each day, we weren’t too excited…until we opened it up …

July 19, 2011

At Home With Algonquin: Three-Day Ribs from <i>Man with a Pan</i>

At Home With Algonquin: Three-Day Ribs from Man with a Pan

When I volunteered to do our next “At Home with Algonquin” blog series post, I clearly had lost my mind. It’s July in the South. It’s 100 degrees outside, and if I’m …

July 18, 2011

Sneak Peek: <i>Maman’s Homesick Pie</i> by Donia Bijan

Sneak Peek: Maman’s Homesick Pie by Donia Bijan

San Francisco chef Donia Bijan’s mouthwatering memoir, Maman’s Homesick Pie, will be landing in bookstores in October.  To pique your appetite, we have some advanced praise and an excerpt below. In the …

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” …