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THE DARK DARK by Samantha Hunt

“A Love Story” from Samantha Hunt’s collection THE DARK DARK was published in the 5/22/2017 issue of the New Yorker. Farrar Straus Giroux will publish THE DARK DARK as a Trade Paperback original on July 18, 2017...

DRINK PINK by Victoria James

Victoria James’ DRINK PINK: A Celebration of Rosé is on Coastal Living’s 50 Best Books for the Beach This Summer. Coastal Living calls it “charming… as enticing as the drink that inspired it.” Coastal Living also included DRINK PINK and Victoria’s recipe for Rosé Punch on its list of 4 Awesome New Cocktail Book (and Recipes for Each!). Harper Design published DRINK PINK on May 2, 2017...

OUR LITTLE RACKET by Angelica Baker

Angelica Baker’s “smart” debut OUR LITTLE RACKET lands on Popsugar’s 25 Summer Books for Women. Ecco will publish OUR LITTLE RACKET on June 20, 2017....

DEAR CYBORGS by Eugene Lim

Eugene Lim’s forthcoming novel DEAR CYBORGS is one of Buzzfeed’s 22 Exciting New Books You Need To Read This Summer. Buzzfeed calls it “a smart, inventive, highly unconventional novel that explores themes of resistance, art, capitalism, and contemporary culture.” FSG Originals will publish DEAR CYBORGS on June 6, 2017....

LARGE ANIMALS by Jess Arndt

Jess Arndt’s debut collection LARGE ANIMALS tops Brit + Co’s list of 3 New Sets of Short Stories That Speak Volumes, and lands on Bookriot’s list of 12 Excellent Small Press Books to Check Out in May and Lesbrary’s Queer Women Books Out In May. Lesbrary writes, “ Jess Arndt’s striking debut collection confronts what it means to have a body… Large Animals pitches toward the heart, pushing at all our most tender parts―our sex organs, our geography, our words, and the tendons and nerves of our culture.” Jess was also interviewed by New York Magazine’s The Cut.

THE AMERICAN SPIRIT by David McCullough

THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, a collection of speeches by David McCullough debuted on the New York Times bestseller lists for the week of May 7th. It appeared at number 7 on the Hardcover Non-fiction and number 10 on the Combined Print & E-book list.

THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES by Terry Brooks

The next season of THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES, based on Terry Brooks bestselling series of fantasy novels, will air on a new network. The 10 episode second season will air this fall on Spike TV after the 1st season aired on MTV. The next novel in the series THE BLACK ELFSTONE, will be published by Del Rey on June 13, 2017.

 FAST AND LOOSE by Stuart Woods

The 41st Stone Barrington novel from Stuart Woods will debut on the New York Times Bestseller List this weekend. It will debut at number 2 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction and number 3 on the Hardcover Fiction bestseller list. G.P. Putnam Sons published the book on April 18, 2017.

LARGE ANIMALS by Jess Arndt

Jess Arndt’s story “Together,” from her forthcoming collection LARGE ANIMALS, is featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading. Justin Torres recommended the story, writing, “Arndt writes with such poetry and such precision, that the force of the communication damn near knocks you over… I can think of no better description for the transformative power of Arndt’s stories — willful.” Catapult will publish LARGE ANIMALS on May 9, 2017.

Anne Rice, THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned rights to the 11 books in Anne Rice’s bestselling series of books called “The Vampire Chronicles.” The first book in the series, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE was published in 1976 and was previously made into a movie in 1994 starring Tom Cruise; the most recent book PRINCE LESTAT & THE REALMS OF ATLANTIS, is the 12th book in the series and was published by Knopf on November 29, 2016.