About And Now We Shall Do Manly Things • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 30, 2012) In the tradition of Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods and A. J. Jacobs’s The Know-It-All, Craig J. Heimbuch takes a wry look at some of our most deeply cherished cultural beliefs Craig J. Heimbuch had never even thought of […]
Joan Frank, author of Because You Have To, on tour November 2012
About Because You Have To • Paperback: 184 pages • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (September 15, 2012) Part memoir, part handbook, part survey of the contemporary literary scene, Because You Have To: A Writing Life is a collection of essays that, taken together, provide a walking tour of the writing life. Original, witty, and practical, […]
Danny Wallace, author of Charlotte Street, on tour October 2012
About Charlotte Street • Paperback: 416 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 23, 2012) Jason Priestley (no, not that Jason Priestley) is in a rut. He gave up his teaching job to write snarky reviews of cheap restaurants for the free newspaper you take but don’t read. He lives above a video-game store, between a Polish newsstand and […]
Jacqueline Winspear, author of Elegy for Eddie, on tour November 2012
About Elegy for Eddie • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 30, 2012) Early April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden—sellers of fruits and vegetables on the London streets—Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. So who would want to kill him . . . and why? […]
Caroline Moorehead, author of A Train in Winter, on tour October/November 2012
About A Train in Winter • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 23, 2012) They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera; a midwife; a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest was […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 15th – 19th
The Good Pope by Greg Tobin Monday, October 15th: Man of La Book . . . . The Bookie’s Son by Andrew Goldstein Monday, October 15th: Fiction Addict . . . . Before the Rain by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa Monday, October 15th: Stuff as Dreams are Made On . . . . The Lady Risks All by […]
Lori Wilde, author of A Cowboy for Christmas, on tour November 2012
About A Cowboy for Christmas • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Avon (October 30, 2012) It’s Christmastime in Jubilee, Texas, but Lissette Moncrief is having a hard time celebrating . . . Especially after she accidentally smashes her car into Rafferty Jones’s pick-up truck. Yes, he’s a whole lot of handsome-from the tips of his boots […]
Gaelen Foley, author of My Scandalous Viscount, on tour October/November 2012
About My Scandalous Viscount • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Avon (September 25, 2012) Meet the courageous men of the Inferno Club as they face their greatest challenge yet: marriage! Sebastian, Viscount Beauchamp, lives by a code of honor, and now honor dictates he must marry Miss Carissa Portland. He has no regrets over stealing a kiss […]
Contest for Authors Finalists!
It’s time to announce the finalists for the Contest for Authors from September! We switched things up a bit from the first contest we did after receiving some feedback from participants. This time we restricted the entrants to debut authors. We had five slots for finalists and had three authors throw their name into the […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 1st – 6th
. The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani Monday, October 1st: My Bookshelf . . . . The Whipping Club by Deborah Henry Monday, October 1st: A Soul Unsung . . . . Blood Eye by Giles Kristian Monday, October 1st: Dark Faerie Tales . . . . The Good Pope by Greg Tobin Monday, October 1st: JonathanFSullivan.com Tuesday, […]