News in February 2017
News in February 2017
Due out in paperback January 31, 2017 this story by a mother and son about life, love and loss is a favorite in every format. RAINBOW COMES AND GOES was a #1 New York Times bestseller and was honored by Publishers Weekly as a Best Audio of 2016! HarperCollins published the book in hardcover on April 5, 2016...
Grant Shaffer was chosen to participate in a new feature of The New York Times Book Review—a live illustration feed with Maria Russo, editor of the children’s book review. The conversation includes some sneak peaks of The Adventures of Honey and Leon the book he is creating with Alan Cumming which Random House will publish in hard cover this year September 19, 2017...
Wired Magazine has chosen STORIES as its Book Club read for the month of February. Each week a different short story will be read and discussed on the magazine’s website, starting with “Story of Your Life.” Knopf republished the collection June 14, 2016...
The Times Literary Supplement reviewed TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, calling it, “by far the best account of Louverture’s whole-hearted embrace of French culture and reverence for the classical world,” and “more than a straightforward biography.” Basic Books published the book on November 22, 2016...
Booklist gave GRACE NOTES a rave, saying of the memoir, “What elevates Grace Notes is Sagal’s honesty and wonderfully conversational tone—the woman loves an exclamation point—which make it accessible and readable without being gossipy or simple. Chapters on parenting and getting older, especially as a woman and actress, arestandouts. You don’t have to be a fan to enjoy this one.” Gallery will publish the book on March 21, 2017.
Angelica Baker’s debut novel OUR LITTLE RACKET is one of Entertainment Weekly’s 16 Debut Novels to Read in 2017. OUR LITTLE RACKET will be published by Ecco on June 20, 2017.
Jaroslav Kalfar’s SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA received a rave from Publishers Weekly, which called it a “wonderfully jubilant and touching debut novel.” Booklist also reviewed SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA, writing “Cutting to memorable scenes set in small-town Czechoslovakia and, later, in Prague, Kalfar’s absurdist debut eloquently explores the crushing burden of having to carry your father’s sins and its effects on a man whose sole ambition was to live an ordinary existence....”
Rachel Khong’s GOODBYE, VITAMIN was named to Entertainment Weekly’s list of 16 Debut Novels to Read in 2017. Holt will publish GOODBYE, VITAMIN on July 11, 2017...