We think Simon Van Booy is one of the best kept secrets in the reading world! To introduce you to him, both The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter will be on tour along with his newest book, Everything Beautiful Began After. About Everything Beautiful Began After • Paperback: 416 […]
Archives for May 2011
Emily Arsenault, author of In Search of the Rose Notes, on tour August 2011
About In Search of the Rose Notes • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 26, 2011) Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte were best friends. When their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the girls decided to “investigate.” But their search—aided by paranormal theories and techniques gleaned from old Time-Life books—went nowhere. Years […]
Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, on tour August/September 2011
About Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Gotham (September 1, 2011) A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 30th – June 3rd
The Beach Trees by Karen White Monday, May 30th: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Tuesday, May 31st: Library of Clean Reads Wednesday, June 1st: Jenn’s Bookshelves . Unfinished Business by Lee Kravitz Monday, May 30th: Life in Review Tuesday, May 31st: Colloquium Wednesday, June 1st: Constantly Evolving . On China by Henry Kissinger Monday, May 30th: Hidden […]
Ann Napolitano, author of A Good Hard Look, on tour July 2011
About A Good Hard Look Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) In Flannery O’Connor’s hometown of Milledgeville, Georgia, reckless relationships lead to a tragedy that forever alters the town and the author herself. Crippled by lupus at twenty-five, celebrated author Flannery O’Connor was forced to leave New York City and return […]
Noelle Hancock, author of My Year With Eleanor, on tour July/August 2011
About My Year With Eleanor • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Ecco (June 7, 2011) After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn twenty-nine, she’d spent her career writing about celebrities’ lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of self-doubt, she had […]
Paul Seesequasis, author of Tobacco Wars, on tour July/August 2011
About Tobacco Wars • Paperback: 113 pages • Publisher: Quattro Books (October 2010) “…and another fascinating voice from the ever-growing chorus of Native-Canadian writers. An important addition…” -Tomson Highway Set in the early 17th century, Tobacco Wars follows the mythical and rollicking adventures of Pocahontas and playwright Ben Jonson, from the inns, alleyways and royal […]
Jason Zinoman, author of Shock Value, on tour July 2011
About Shock Value • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre. Much has been written about the […]
Mary Horlock, author of The Book of Lies, on tour July/August 2011
About The Book of Lies Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (July 19, 2011) Life on the tiny island of Guernsey has just become a whole lot harder for fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier. She’s gone from model pupil to murderer, but she swears it’s not her fault. Apparently it’s all the fault of history. […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 22nd – May 27th
On China by Henry Kissinger Sunday, May 22nd: Rhapsody In Books Monday, May 23rd: Divided We Stand United We Fall Tuesday, May 24th: Bookworm’s Dinner Wednesday, May 25th: Pacific Rim Shots Thursday, May 26th: Asia Unbound Faith by Jennifer Haigh Monday, May 23rd: As I turn the pages Tuesday, May 24th: Books in the City Wednesday, May 25th: Life In Review Thursday, May […]