Fresh
Fresh is a debut novel by Scottish writer Mark McNay. The book is due out May 18th from MacAdam/Cage. It’s an enjoyable novel, gritty enough to be tough, fun enough to a page-turner. Check out my comments about it on Beatrice.
continue readingAlan DeNiro at LBC
While I’ve been trying to catch up from my trip to Hawaii, Alan DeNiro has been blogging at The Litblog Co-Op. His collection of short stories, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead was named the Spring 2007 Read This! winner. So there are several interesting posts from DeNiro on the LBC site.…
continue readingCityLit Festival IV Appearance
Hi gang. Tomorrow, I’ll be on a panel at the CityLit Festival IV in Baltimore. Our topic is blogging on books and the conference organizers assure me they have enough security and crowd control to handle the hoards of adoring Slushpile.net fans that will be there. The panel also features Sarah Weinman from Galleycat and Lizzie…
continue readingSportswriter Movies
Variety is reporting that HBO plans to turn Richard Ford’s Frank Bascombe trilogy into a six hour miniseries. The Sportswriter, Independence Day, and The Lay of the Land will be directed by James Mangold and written by Mark Bomback.
continue readingWickett in the New York Times
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. The article pointed out that Dan wrote 95 book reviews last year, compiling almost half as many examinations as the entire Atlanta Journal Constitution. Other LBCers such as The Elegant Variation,…
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