Category Archives: Books

Maria Andreu’s The Secret Side of Empty Named a “Top 10 Latino Book” for 2014

Maria Andreu’s powerful coming-of-age story named a Top 10 Latino book for 2014 by the School Library Journal.

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Broadening the American Immigration Discussion with Outstanding Author Events

Create a special author event at your college, library or literary festival focused on the issue of immigration.

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Laura McBride’s Debut Novel Chosen for Tri-County NY Community Reading Project

The Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming region in Western New York announced We Are Called To Rise by Laura McBride as its 2015 community reads title. Laura will visit the region next March to discuss her book.

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Garth Stein and Peter Heller Introduce Their New Books at the Miami Book Fair

Garth Stein and Peter Heller introduced their new books on an all-male author panel at the Miami International Book Fair last week.

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Garth Stein Describes How Dreams of His Father Influenced A Sudden Light

In a recent interview, Garth Stein describes that shortly after his father passed away, he visited Garth in a series of lucid dreams.

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Maria Andreu Named a Top Ten “New” Latino Author

Congratulations to YA author Maria Andreu, who has been named one of Latino Stories’ Top Ten New Latino Authors for 2015.

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Garth Stein Interview with The Oregonian

In a recent interview with The Oregonian, Garth discusses the themes of A SUDDEN LIGHT and how this new novel came to be.

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Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves to be Showcased in Michigan Community Reads Program this Month

Karen Joy Fowler’s clever, insightful, and unusual family saga “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” has been chosen for Novi, Michigan’s Community Reads Program.

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Roomful of Children Enthralled by a Picture-Free Book!

A NY classroom is captivated by an author’s animated reading of his picture-free children’s book “The Book With No Pictures”.

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Kelsey Timmerman Receives Emerging Author Award for Indiana

Kelsey Timmerman, author of “Where Am I Wearing? and Where Am I Eating”, won Indiana’s 2014 Emerging Author Award.

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