Monthly Archives May 2007

Lo, Book Expo America is upon us. So hoards of publishing professional will descend upon the Javits Center in New York to gorge upon free advance copies,

 

“A man clad only in underwear and a T-shirt wrestled a wild leopard to the floor and pinned it for 20 minutes after the cat leapt through a window of his home and hopped into bed with his sleeping family.”

Check out some of my brief comments about My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy,

You might recall my interview with J.E. Pitts from a while back. Pitts is a painter, a poet,

 

The New York Times had an interesting article yesterday where authors provided their suggestions for book that could be edited down with large sections cut.

Fresh is a debut novel by Scottish writer Mark McNay. The book is due out May 18th from MacAdam/Cage.

 

While I’ve been trying to catch up from my trip to Hawaii, Alan DeNiro has been blogging at The Litblog Co-Op.

Hi gang. Tomorrow, I’ll be on a panel at the CityLit Festival IV in Baltimore.

Variety is reporting that HBO plans to turn Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe trilogy into a six hour miniseries.

Dan Wickett, one of my colleagues in the The LitBlog Co-Op provided an engaging lede to an articleon book reviews in yesterday’s New York Times.

While I was enjoying life in the islands, the publishing industry did manage to keep grinding away. And there were some deals signed for what looks to be pretty cool books.