Posts Tagged: Stephen King

January 30, 2012

Lauren Grodstein & Stephen King; Algonquin Book Club Event, 3/3

Lauren Grodstein & Stephen King; Algonquin Book Club Event, 3/3

Get ready for our next Algonquin Book Club event coming up on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. EST!  Tune into the live webcast to hear Stephen King in conversation with Lauren Grodstein, …

December 14, 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

Algonquin’s Guide to Gift Giving, Winter 2011

I always wait until the last minute to buy Christmas and Chanukah presents for my family. It’s not because shopping slips my mind, or because I forget about the holidays or my …

November 21, 2011

Stephen King, Age 9

Stephen King, Age 9

Today we have another excerpt from First Words, a collection of early writings by famous authors, edited by Paul Mandelbaum. Last week we shared one of Margaret Atwood’s first short stories. This …

August 26, 2011

At Home With Algonquin: Pretty Good Cake from <i>Man with a Pan</i>

At Home With Algonquin: Pretty Good Cake from Man with a Pan

I was slightly nervous when I started this recipe, partly because my cake-baking expertise was limited to boxed mixes and partly because the last recipe I tried from John Donohue’s Man with …

August 15, 2011

Readers’ Block: Childhood’s Forbidden Pleasures

Readers’ Block: Childhood’s Forbidden Pleasures

Growing up, before my parents became extremely lenient and our residence became ‘the party house,’ my parents were sometimes weird about what I could and couldn’t read. Although they were incredibly awesome …

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 …

June 15, 2011

Booksellers Rock! Emily Crowe, Odyssey Bookshop

Booksellers Rock! Emily Crowe, Odyssey Bookshop

Name: Emily Crowe Bookstore: Odyssey Bookshop Title: Assistant Manager/Buyer/Bookseller/Big Kahuna Brief Bio: I’ve worked several venues in the book world ever since I left grad school, including as a publisher sales rep, …

June 13, 2011

Dads Cook Twitter Party!

Dads Cook Twitter Party!

Join us this Wednesday evening, June 15th, from 9-10 pm EST for a Twitter Party #DadsCook, featuring John Donohue, the editor of the fabulous new book Man with a Pan – Culinary …