Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Goodbye and hello...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LAUNCHES “HARPERCOLLINS UNBOUND”
HarperCollins Publishers, one of the largest English-language publishers in the world, is a subsidiary of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NNC, NNCLV). Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups around the world in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India. HarperCollins is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, narrative nonfiction, mystery, romance, reference, pop culture, design, health, wellness, and religious and spiritual books. With nearly 200 years of history, HarperCollins has published some of the world's foremost authors, including winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal, and the Caldecott Medal. HarperCollins is consistently at the forefront of innovation, using digital technology to create unique reading experiences and expand the reach of its authors. You can visit HarperCollins Publishers online at: http://www.harpercollins.com.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Q & A with RAYMOND KHOURY
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Monday, October 07, 2013
Guest Blogger: JONATHAN SANTLOFER
Recipe for a great serial novel
About the book:
My thanks to Jonathan Santlofer for being my guest today. FYI, here are the amazing authors who contributed to the book:
Inherit the Dead

Note: Editor Jonathan Santlofer has arranged to donate any royalties in excess of editor and contributor compensation to Safe Horizon, the leading victim assistance agency in the country.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Guest Blogger: ANNA LEE HUBER!
Kiera's old friend Michael Dalmay is about to be married, but the arrival of his older brother-and Kiera's childhood art tutor-William, has thrown everything into chaos. For ten years Will has been missing, committed to an insane asylum by his own father. Kiera is sympathetic to her mentor's plight, especially when rumors swirl about a local girl gone missing. Now Kiera must once again employ her knowledge of the macabre and join forces with Gage in order to prove the innocence of a beloved family friend-and save the marriage of another...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Guest Blogger: CHRIS BOLTON
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Saturday, September 07, 2013
Countdown to the Miami Book Fair!
SAVE THE DATE!
MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL 2013
CELEBRATES ITS 30TH
ANNIVERSARY!
Presented and produced by The Center For Literature and Theatre @
Miami Dade College
Nov. 17 – 24, 2013
The nation’s finest
and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair
International, presented by The Center for Literature and Theatre @
Miami Dade College (MDC), turns 30 this year!
The beloved festival will take place November 17 – 24, 2013,
at Miami Dade MDC’s Wolfson Campus in
downtown Miami.
In commemoration of
the 500 years since Ponce de Leon landed in Florida, this year the Fair will celebrate the culture and literature of Spain. Some
of the country’s most illustrious writers and artists will present their works
at the Fair this year.
In addition, the
artist of the official Book Fair poster is one
of Spain’s most important illustrators and comics artists and winner of the
2007 Premio Nacional de Comic, Francisco Capdevila,
better known as “Max.” The official poster, along with the Generation
Genius Days poster by popular comics and graphic novels creator Paul Pope,
will be unveiled September 20 at the College’s Historic Freedom Tower as part
of a DWNTWN Arts Days celebration that will bring together all of the other
MDCulture’s departments – Miami International Film Festival, MDC LiveArts,
Galleries and Museum of Art + Design and Teatro Prometeo.
The Miami Book Fair, one
of Miami’s flagship cultural events, will treat book lovers to eight days of
cultural and educational activities, including the beloved Evenings
With… series, the IberoAmerican Authors program, literacy and
learning activities for children and teens during Generation Genius Days, and The
Kitchen, demos and panels for food enthusiasts in partnership with the college’s
Miami Culinary Institute. Fairgoers will also enjoy more
than 200 exhibitors from
around the country selling books in a festive atmosphere and hundreds of author
reading and discussing new books during the weekend Street Fair.
The Center for Literature and
Theatre @ MDC Presents Celebrates 30 Miami Book Fairs with Pre-fair Author
Events
The
Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College
presents
seven readings by superstar authors in September, October and November as a
prelude to the nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair
International. The six author presentations, planned to celebrate the Fair’s 30th
anniversary, also celebrate a long-standing partnership between independent
bookstore Books & Books and The Center.
Thursday, Sept. 26,
7:30 p.m.
Salman Rushdie on Joseph Anton,
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan,
co-presented with
Books & Books
MDC Wolfson Campus -
Chapman Conference Center, Building 3, 2nd Floor
Tickets required;
visit www.booksandbooks.com
Monday, Sept. 30,
7:30 p.m.
Nicholas Sparks on The Longest Ride,
co-presented with Books & Books
MDC Wolfson Campus -
Chapman Conference Center
Tickets required;
isit www.booksandbooks.com
Wednesday, Oct. 9,
7:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Gilbert on The Signature of All Things, co-presented with
Books & Books
MDC Wolfson Campus –
Auditorium, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Tickets required;
visit www.booksandbooks.com
Thursday, Oct. 24,
7:30 p.m.
Billy Collins on Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems, co-presented with
Books & Books
MDC Wolfson Campus –
Auditorium, Building 1, 2nd Floor
No tickets required.
Saturday, Nov. 2
Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy, co-presented with
Books & Books
Time & Location
TBD
Tickets required;
visit www.booksandbooks.com
Wednesday, Nov. 6,
7:30 p.m.
Donna Tartt on The Goldfinch, co-presented with
Books & Books
MDC Wolfson Campus –
Auditorium, Building 1, 2nd Floor
No tickets required.
To celebrate the 30th Fair is a
series of special readings by Sir Salman Rushie, Elizabeth Gilbert, Helen
Fielding, Nicholas Sparks, Donna Tartt, and Billy Collins to commence in
September. Additionally, the MBFI has launched a campaign that celebrates
Miami’s love and involvement with their hometown jewel. Visit the Fair’s social
media platforms for vintage photos, author Q&As, and a sampling of the many
reasons why Miami loves Book Fair:
Miami
Book Fair International 2013 promises to be another exceptional literary event!
For regular updates on the Miami Book Fair, please visit www.miamibookfair.com
MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL AND THE CENTER FOR
LITERATURE AND THEATRE @ MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
Miami Book Fair
International, widely considered the largest and finest literary event in the
U.S., is the premier event of The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami
Dade College, a part of MDCulture, the Cultural Affairs Department of the
College. The Center promotes reading, writing and
theater at locations throughout South Florida by consistently presenting
activities open to all. Its Generation Genius programs for children and teens
promote literacy and learning. Its creative writing program has national
appeal, and courses are taught by local and visiting authors. It is also home
to Prometeo Theatre, the nation's leading Spanish language, conservatory-style
program offering training for actors, and featuring performances throughout the
year. In 2012, the Center celebrated its tenth year with a renewed
commitment to the advancement of literary and theater arts.
Miami Book Fair
International is made possible through the generous support of the State of
Florida and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Miami; Miami-Dade
County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the
Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County
Public Schools; the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Miami
Downtown Development; and the Friends of the Fair; as well as many corporate
partners.
Miami Dade
College
Miami Dade College has a long and rich history of involvement in the cultural
arts, providing South Florida with a vast array of artistic and literary
offerings including The Miami Book Fair International, The Florida Center for
the Literary Arts, The Miami International Film Festival, the MDC Live Arts
performing arts series, The MDC Tower Theater Cinema Series, the Miami
Leadership Roundtable speakers’ series, the National Historic Landmark Freedom
Tower, numerous renowned campus art galleries and theaters, and the nationally
recognized School of Entertainment and Design Technology. With an enrollment of
more than 174,000 students, MDC is the largest institution of higher education
in the country and is a national model for many of its programs. The college’s
eight campuses and outreach centers offer more than 300 distinct degree
programs including baccalaureate, Associate in Arts and Science degrees and
numerous career training certificates leading to in-demand jobs. MDC has served
nearly 2,000,000 students since it opened its doors in 1960.
Miami Dade College
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Win MOONRISE by Cassandra King!
When Helen
Honeycutt falls in love with a man who has recently lost his wife in a tragic
accident, their sudden marriage creates a rift between her new husband and his
friends, who resent her intrusion into their close circle. When the newlyweds
join them for a summer at Moonrise, his late wife’s family home in the
beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, it soon becomes clear that someone is trying to
drive her away, in King’s literary homage to Rebecca by Daphne du
Maurier.
Here Cassandra shares
a few words about relationships, family dynamics and divorce --- all present in
Moonrise.
Q: In Moonrise,
you’ve written about a circle of friends that includes not just women but also
men. The relationship within each couple is unique. While friendship has been a
regular theme in your previous novels, the women in Moonrise seem more capable
of betrayal than in previous novels. Would you like to comment on this? And
with the exception of your first novel, Making Waves, you’ve most often focused
on friendships between women. Do you find it harder to write about men?
A:
Relationships are always complex, even the closest and most loving—or, perhaps,
especially the closest and most loving. In this book, I wanted to explore that
complexity in ways I haven’t in previous novels. Yes, friendship is a beautiful
thing, but how do we deal with rejection? We all experience rejection at some
point in our lives, and it always hurts. And what about betrayal? I wanted to
look at the darker part of friendships--what’s often hidden beneath the amiable
surface. How do friendships survive jealousy, lies, loss of trust? And if they
do, what’s left? All that intrigued me, especially as it applied to the
relationships between men and women, both friends and lovers. I find it easier
to write about men than women for some reason. I toyed with having a male point
of view in this book in addition to Helen’s and Willa’s, using Noel or Linc as
one of the narrators. But Tansy would not stand for it.
Q: The stigma
of divorce is, for many, a thing of the past. With the increase in the divorce
rate, many more couples find themselves remarrying at midlife and having to
adjust to blended families. In Moonrise, Helen is rejected not only by her
husband’s circle of friends but also by his daughter. Which do you think is
harder to bear, and why?
A: It depends
on how you define family. Most of us expand that notion well beyond bloodlines
or genetic ties, and close friends become like family to us. Certainly in a
second marriage, efforts are made all around to expand the boundaries of the
family unit. Helen and Emmet each have a child who has left the nest and
started his/her own life, making for a slightly different situation (though not
an uncommon one). Since Emmet’s daughter has lost her mother, Helen wants to
play a more significant role as stepmother than she might otherwise have done.
However, the daughter’s resentment is an obstacle that has to be overcome. From
my observations, I don’t think that’s an uncommon situation, either.
About the
Author:
CASSANDRA KING
is the bestselling author of four previous novels, Making Waves, The Sunday
Wife, The Same Sweet Girls and Queen of Broken Hearts, as well as numerous
short stories, essays and articles. Moonrise, her fifth novel, is set in
Highlands, North Carolina. A native of Lower Alabama, Cassandra resides in
Beaufort, South Carolina, with her husband, Pat Conroy.
If you’d like to win your own copy of MOONRISE, just send an email to
contest@gmail.com, with "MOONRISE" as the subject. Make sure to
include your name and mailing address in the US only. This is a quick contest
so your odds of winning are really good - if you enter by Sept. 11, 2013. Good
luck!

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