An article in the French newspaper Le Figaro today on the biggest successes of the summer quotes Laurence Deschamps, the president of the major French retailer Fnac, on the state of book sales. Deschamps says that numbers are up from last year, and two books in particular are breaking records: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and…Continue reading Breaking through the fog in France
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Songs to Write By
When I’m first piecing together the bones of a book, one of the most important things for me is to find the right rhythm. In the early stages of No One You Know I had a CD in the car, which contained a mix of a number of my favorite instrumental pieces: the soundtrack to…Continue reading Songs to Write By
No One You Know is now in paperback
NO ONE YOU KNOW is out in paperback today…just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. The paperback contains great supplementary materials, including a Q&A, reading group guide, and playlist. I’ve been hearing a lot from book groups, who say that this novel about sisterhood and the impact of stories on our lives makes for…Continue reading No One You Know is now in paperback
The Power of Images
The Year of Fog gets a mention today in the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Book reviewer Ina Hughes contemplates the nature of images in Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist Douglas Hofstadter’s book I Am a Strange Loop, now out in paperback from Basic Books. Hughes calls I Am A Strange Loop “a fascinating, lay-friendly book about the workings of…Continue reading The Power of Images
Book Giveaway: The Wednesday Sisters
To celebrate the paperback release of her wonderful novel, THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, Meg Waite Clayton is giving away a signed copy of the book through my San Francisco Chronicle blog. To enter, simply go here and leave a comment.