It’s Sunday morning and I’m still reeling from the excitement of the Rock Bottom Remainders concert. Since the concert I’ve told everyone who would listen all about the event: Stephen King on rhythm guitar! Matt Groening on cow bell! Mitch Albom on keyboards! And I can’t stop singing “Do Run Run Run” and “Leader of […]
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THE CANINE AMBASSADOR
Today at BEA I met Catie - she’s the Canine Ambassador at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. Catie’s also the star of the new book CATIE COPLEY by Deborah Kovacs and Jared T. Williams - available now from Godine books. Catie and I had lots to talk about - how she’s not allowed […]
Goin’ back to CAMP
Jessica Wiener, Marketing Director for Hyperion books, mentioned how someone approached her in the booth holding in his hands an ad that he tore out of this week’s issue of New York magazine. The ad was for CABIN PRESSURE, the book by Josh Wolk that just landed in stores this week. Josh will be in […]
Frank McCourt headlines at Webster Hall NYC
Yes, that’s the Frank McCourt of Angela’s Ashes fame, playin harmonica and jammin with the guys from the Rockbottom Remainders!
It was only minutes before when colleagues and I were mingling the literati at the New Yorker party, at Chinatown Brasserie. From the sublime to the…well…passionate? Stephen King, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Dave’s brother, […]
The Abstinence Teacher
Tom Perrotta, Academy-award nominee, and author of the bestselling, page-to-screen title Little Children, signed galleys of his forthcoming novel The Abstinence Teacher for well over an hour. A cue of fans stretched well beyond the confines of the St. Martin’s booth, spanning the Hachette entranceway next door. Here’s a sneak peak inside his new novel.
Authors, celebs galore on the floor!
Harlan Coben, Mayor Koch, Laura Moriarty, LL Cool J, Dr. Ruth, and even Elton John. The booths are packed, the temperature is rising, and the low buzz that started the day is now a loud roar…BEA is in full swing.
HeartSick….at BEA
No, not me–Chelsea Cain…well, sort of. Author Chelsea Cain was in the St. Martin’s booth today during the mayhem of set up, diligently signing galleys for her forthcoming book entitled HeartSick. Here’s a brief interview with her in the booth. Chelsea’s written a thriller that features a villain Chuck Palahniuk happen to call “the most […]