The first official BookExpo America event that I attended was the Editor’s Buzz, held Tuesday afternoon in one of the conference rooms at the Javits Center. This was the opportunity for editors from various publishing houses to share the one title that is most rocking their world for the fall (in in some cases, [...]
A few weeks ago I told you about my favorite cooking magazine, Martha Stewart Everyday Food. Some of my favorite go-to recipes are found between its pages and on the website.
This little monthly is worlds away from Martha Stewart Living, with which I had a brief, but passionate affair. It was all one-sided, Livingled me on, teasing [...]
Have I caught your interest with the review of Newspaper Blackout?
Head over to this post for a chance to win one of FIVE copies being offered by the publisher, Harper Perennial. I’ve posted my attempt at a poem there, too (not bad for a beginner, but I used up all the ink in my son’s Spiderman [...]
First, if you’re not a blogger, or not attending BEA, please be patient … “regular programming” will resume tomorrow!
If you’ll be in NYC for Book Expo America or Book Blogger Con at the end of the month, chances are you’ll be meeting up with many of the people you know from the book blogosphere.
Those of [...]
From the Metropolitan Diary column of the New York Times, Monday, April 26, 2010:
Dear Diary,
Emerging from the subway at 96th and Broadway, I heard the familiar sound of a man preaching from a Bible. Some things never change.
But the Bible caught my eye — it was thinner than usual. The man was preaching from a [...]
I’ve updated my Giveaways page with the winner of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott … click over and find out who it is!
Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about adding a little more personality to my blog – there’s been lots of discussion on Twitter and on the blogs about ‘voice’; this post at Unfinished Person caught my eye. Anyone who knows me IRL knows that I have a voice (and I’m not afraid to [...]
Rumor has it that a lot of book-loving people are going to descend on New York toward the end of May!
The literary trifecta of Book Expo America, Book Blogger Con, and New York Book Week will have authors, booksellers, librarians, bloggers, reviewers, and readers of all types taking a juicy bite of the Big Apple.
I started a [...]
Did you enter the giveaway for Eve Bunting’s S is for Shamrock? Pop over here to see if you’re the winner!
Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for arranging this giveaway. Click over to my Giveaways page to find out the names of the three winners.
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