Join me, Andrew Sean Greer, Ann Packer, and editor Alan Rinzler for a panel on writing and publishing the novel, moderated by literary agent Ted Weinstein, tonight at 826 Valencia. The $100 fee supports the programs for kids at 826 Valencia. 6-9 p.m.
Join us for this evening seminar about the process of writing and publishing [...]
From Publisher’s Lunch today, quoting a report from The Guardian:
Thirteen people have been arrested in Turkey as part of an investigation into an ultra-nationalist gang reported to be planning the assassination of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including My Name is Red was targeted [...]
Long gone are the days when blogs are just an amusing side-note to print as a way of promoting books. Case-in-point: Liar’s Diary Blog Day. Today, some 300 bloggers are joining together to promote the paperback release of Liar’s Diary, by Patry Francis. Anyone who has published a book knows that, after the years [...]
From the editorial:
In a Jan. 17 meeting with our editorial board, Obama demonstrated an impressive command of a wide variety of issues. He listened intently to the questions. He responded with substance. He did not control a format without a stopwatch on answers or constraints on follow-up questions, yet he flourished in it.
He radiated the [...]
The Hollywood Reporter recently published an article titled “The Indie Power 50: Execs Shaping the Indie Landscape.” About Newmarket partners Will Tyrer and Chris Ball, HR says:
Since forming in 1994, the duo has been at the forefront of some of the most interesting indies that have crossed over to the mainstream, including 2000’s “Memento,” 2002’s [...]
After listening to this podcast of Kulbir Dhaliwal on call with 911 in the immediate aftermath of the December 25 tiger attack at San Francisco Zoo, you’ll hope you never have a need to call for emergency services in San Francisco. While the kid’s brother is bleeding, and the tiger is on the scene, the [...]
I luhrv this spiffy online journal, Hobart, which I just discovered this morning, as of five minutes ago, which makes it the first literary journal I have “discovered” before 4:45 a.m. It appears to be published monthly. The design is simple and delightful. Apparently they do print issues too. I’ve been up for quite some [...]
I love the title of Laura van den Berg’s story collection, What the World Will Look Like When the Water Leaves Us, which will be published by Dzanc Books in 2009. Dzanc has already proved to be a publisher worth getting excited about, with a slew of good offerings on the slate for the future: [...]
The much-beloved Progressive Reading Series has a new website. The San Francisco series happens on the third Saturday of every month through the 2008 elections at 7pm at the Makeout Room. It is a Party Progressive event, hosted by Stephen Elliott, author of Happy Baby and editor of Sex for America.
For advance tickets, visit [...]
Officials are asking people not to descend upon Montara State Beach to watch the annual Mavericks big-wave surfing competition today, as the cliffs along the beach are fragile due to recent weather conditions. I’m guessing it will be a tough ride from the city today along the tiny two-lane coast road, especially rounding the bend [...]
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