Posts Tagged: Julia Alvarez

August 17, 2011

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 1

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 1

Summer’s winding down, but we still have plenty of time left to cram in more summer reading, right? We recently asked our authors to tell us about their favorite summer reads, whether …

April 5, 2011

New in Paperback from Julia Alvarez

New in Paperback from Julia Alvarez

On the heels of Julia Alvarez’s  electrifying interview with Edwidge Danticat for the Algonquin Book Club, and just in time for National Poetry Month, we’re excited to announce the paperback publication of  …

March 21, 2011

Tonight! Our first Algonquin Book Club event: Julia Alvarez in conversation with Edwidge Danticat

Tonight! Our first Algonquin Book Club event: Julia Alvarez in conversation with Edwidge Danticat

  Tonight’s the night! Our first Algonquin Book Club event, featuring Julia Alvarez in conversation with Edwidge Danticat about Alvarez’s beloved classic In the Time of the Butterflies. The event, being held …

March 7, 2011

Giveaway for the Algonquin Book Club: <i>In the Time of the Butterflies</i>

Giveaway for the Algonquin Book Club: In the Time of the Butterflies

Today’s Shelf Awareness, one of our favorite daily reads, gives a fantastic shout out to the Algonquin Book Club. There are only two weeks left until the first event with Julia Alvarez …

March 3, 2011

Introducing the Algonquin Book Club! Live events & live webcasts with notable writers

Introducing the Algonquin Book Club! Live events & live webcasts with notable writers

Welcome to the Algonquin Book Club! Each year we’ll be featuring four Algonquin Book Club selections at literary events held around the country and simultaneously webcast on our site. For each event, …

February 3, 2011

<i>USA Today</i> “Book Buzz” item on the Algonquin Book Club

USA Today “Book Buzz” item on the Algonquin Book Club

Thanks, USA Today, for writing about the Algonquin Book Club series, featuring Julia Alvarez (In the Time of the Butterflies) with Edwidge Danticat, Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants) with Kathryn Stockett, Heidi Durrow …

February 2, 2011

Booksellers Rock! Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore

Booksellers Rock! Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore

What books recently rocked my world: The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker Year of Our Lord, by T. R. Pearson and Langdon Clay . Best damn event(s) we’ve hosted: In 2003, after Laura …

January 25, 2011

Wine and Recipe Pairings

Wine Our friends at The Wine Trials have generously agreed to match Algonquin Book Club titles with distinctive bottles of wine. Pretty swell of them, eh? Their suggested pairing for In the …