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Pen announces the 2014 Literary Award winners
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Jane Gardam's Op-ed in the New York Times
SANDWICH, England — LAST Tuesday, on the front page of The Daily Telegraph of London, which I buy like thousands of other dementia-fearers because of the kindly crossword, I saw the face of a young... -
ELEVEN DAYS by Stav Sherez has been short-listed for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award
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The Bookseller: Europa Editions UK signs first British author, Ben Byrns, author of FIRE FLOWERS
Europa Editions UK has acquired its first title by a British writer, a historical fiction novel set in Japan from debut author Ben Byrne. Director Daniela Petracco signed World English rights in the... -
Actress Vanessa Redgrave is giving a Free Reading of Michele Zackheim's Last Train to Paris at McNally Jackson Books
From the Daily News: And a little further down the road, Redgrave lends her stately cadences to a free reading of Michele Zackheim’s novel, “Last Train to Paris.” The acclaimed... -
Learn about the city that provided the setting for some of France's best crime-fiction, including Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseilles Trilogy
From The Guardian: Earlier this year, the advertising branch of SNCF (French Rail) refused to run a billboard campaign for a book. Rose Sang, set in Marseille, is the tale of a journalist trying... -
Meet Marc Levy, author of the best-selling thriller REPLAY, during his June book tour across the US
New York City: June 4, 7:00 pm at McNally Jackson, Soho In conversation with Eric Schine of Bloomberg News Intro, Reading, conversation, audience Q&A, signing. Followed by refreshments... -
International Crime Month Events!
May 27, 7:00 pm: Center for Fiction – Discussion and Reading with noir authors Marco Malvaldi and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, publisher Dennis Johnson of Melville house, moderated by artist and writer Jonathan... -
Sara Levine's TREASURE ISLAND!!! brought to life in a new stage production by Theatre Passe Muraille
“If you can think of Sara Levine’s very funny and winning fictional debut as one of those quickie Hollywood elevator pitches, maybe as Robert Louis Stevenson (obvious) meets Holden... -
GoodReads ranks Muriel Barbery's THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG as one of the best books ever written by a French author
Of the 450 works of French fiction ranked by goodreads contributors, THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG was voted #33, right between classics by Zola and Stendhal. See the full list here.