Louis Theroux hangs out with unusual people. He spends time with pimps, Neo-Nazis, porn performers, UFO believers, cultists, and folks that enjoy life outside the mainstream. Fascinated by sub-cultures, Theroux probably throws a helluva cocktail party.
Born in Singapore to American novelist Paul Theroux and his British wife Anne Castle, Theroux holds dual American-British citizenship. This […]
Will Allison is scheduled to appear today at Square Books in Oxford, MS. There will be a signing/reception at 5pm and a reading from his new novel, What You Have Left, at 5:30pm. Call 1-800-648-4001 for more information or if you want to have them mail a signed copy to your home.
I’ve picked up this book […]
A lucky reader in New York City claimed the free copy of Amy Hempel’s Tumble Home. Thanks to everyone who emailed.
I have an extra copy of Amy Hempel’s amazing Tumble Home: A Novella and Short Stories.
The first person who emails me gets the free book. Be sure to include “Free Tumble Home” in the subject line of your email. And obviously include your mailing address.
Good luck!
When we typically think of controversial books, we envision lurid exposes of deceased royalty. We picture tell-all memoirs from well-connected upper class madams naming the names of their famous clientele. We see stacks of books about global warming, economic theory, the war on terror, or examinations of political administrations.
However, the controversy doesn’t need to […]
I’ve got some new work in the July issue of Stuff. So if you’re feeling the urge for some summer gadgets or goodies, be sure to pick up a copy.
Sometimes weird coincidences just happen. The annual Book Expo America (BEA) convention gets a fair amount of coverage in the mainstream press so many people learn about it for the first time. After the book world’s BEA frenzy recently, several aspiring authors emailed me to ask if they should attend next year. “With so many […]
The New Yorker has a great article about the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, a literary archive that houses a number of priceless literary treasures.
Mark McNay was raised in a mining village in central Scotland. After fifeen years doing odd jobs, McNay entered the University of East Anglia Creative Writing Course in Norwich, England. He graduated from that program with distinction and, in 2007, he received the Arts Foundation Fellowship for New Fiction.
McNay’s debut novel Fresh was published by Canongate […]
Shira Boss writes a very informative essay about book advances at Powells. Aspiring authors always want to know how advances work and what is a realistic number. But Boss points out that it’s hard to ever know.