Children’s Book and Author Breakfast to feature Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the author of the New York Times best-selling children’s book Coraline, the short story collection M is for Magic, the novel InterWorld, co-written with Michael Reaves and of the picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and the New York Times best-selling The Wolves in the Walls.
The Graveyard Book, Gaiman’s second spooky, enthralling novel for young readers, is about a boy raised by the ghosts, werewolves, and other creatures in a graveyard.
Gaiman will be at BEA 2008 on Friday, May 30 at the Children’s Book and Author Breakfast. This breakfast will take place in the Concourse Hall from 8:00AM – 9:30AM. He will be joined by Sherman Alexie, Judy Blume,and Eoin Colfer, who will be the Master of Ceremonies
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Summit University Press Brings Three New Titles to BEA
The popular Pocket Guides to Practical Spirituality Series from Summit University Press now expands to a full baker’s dozen with the June release of I Am Your Guard (How Archangel Michael Can Protect You) and Is Mother Nature Mad? (How to Work with Nature Spirits to Mitigate Natural Disasters), both written by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. The Pocket Guide Series has sold over 320,000 copies in the last 3 years alone, and the 2 newest titles will certainly push these numbers higher.
Another milestone has been reached by Summit University Press with the August release of The Path to Attainment, the ninth and final chapter in the monumental Climb the Highest Mountain Series written by Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet. This 9-volume masterpiece that took over 33 years to complete is, essentially, a blueprint for how to graduate from Earth’s schoolroom and is a must-read for every seeker on the spiritual path.
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2008 Stanford Publishing Course to Focus on Digital Media
Geared to professionals in book and magazine publishing, and taught by top U.S. media experts, Stanford’s 2008 Professional Publishing Course, July 12-19, focuses on the digital wave that’s radically altering the media world.
Now in its 31st year, the Stanford Publishing Course attracts participants from both the United States and from 30 countries abroad. Typical participants are editors and publishers, marketing and sales managers, art directors, photographers, and digital media specialists.
In this episode Holly Brady, director of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, discusses the sweeping changes that are happening throughout the publishing industry and which skills and strategies are needed for what lies ahead.
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Dennis Lehane Previews His New Book, The Given Day
Dennis Lehane is the author of A Drink Before the War, which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel, the New York Times bestsellers Mystic River and Shutter Island, and many more novels.
His new book, The Given Day is an epic novel set at the end of the First World War that unflinchingly captures the political unrest of a nation dangling between a chaotic past and an unpredictable future. Touching on two families—one black, one white—as they are swept up in the maelstrom of history, The Given Day is set in 1918 Boston, where fiercely held convictions about work and freedom underwent enormous change at great cost to human life and relationships.
Dennis will be part of the Sunday Book and Author Breakfast, happening on June 1, at 8:00 AM in the Concourse Hall. He will be joined on the panel by Ted Turner and Azar Nafisi. John Hodgman, an author and regular on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and will be the Master of Ceremonies.
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Dr. Jessie Jones Discusses In Full Bloom
According to Dr. Jessie Jones who, along with Ilchi Lee, co-authored In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, the truth about the aging brain is simple but extraordinary: you can have a fit brain at age 60, 70, 80 and beyond. It’s simply a matter of choice.
In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging empowers older individuals to take control of their mental and physical lives by introducing
them to the Brain Education System Training (BEST) method. Developed
by Lee, BEST is a five-step mind-body training program that helps unlock the brain’s true potential. This is a User-Sponsored Podcast
Judy Blume to speak at Children’s Book and Author Breakfast
Beloved author Judy Blume, who has penned nearly 30 books including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the Fudge series, is currently writing a series of four books for young readers, illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson. The third book in this series, Going, Going, Gone with the Pain and the Great One will be released in September 2008.
Among Judy’s many accomplishments and accolades is a National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, which she received in 2004.
Judy will be at BEA 2008 on Friday, May 30 at the Children’s Book and Author Breakfast. This breakfast will take place in the Concourse Hall from 8:00AM – 9:30AM. For more information about this event, please click here.
BEA 2008 - Sneak Preview with Director Lance Fensterman
It’s that time of year again! BEA 2008 kicks off one month from today (May 29 through June 1), so it’s time start planning your event schedule.
Over the next month BookExpoCast, the official podcast of BookExpo America, will be dishing up interviews with some of this year’s speakers, including Jon Krakauer, Neil Gaiman, John Hodgman and Sherman Alexie, who will discuss their new books and their presentations at BEA.
The premiere 2008 episode features BEA Director Lance Fensterman, who gives us a sneak peak at this year’s event and lets us know what he’s most looking forward to in Los Angeles.
Noah Oppenheim Discusses The Intellectual Devotional
Noah Oppenheim, along with co-author David S. Kidder, have released the second book in their popular The Intellectual Devotional series.
The Intellectual Devotional: American History Edition: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation’s Past is a secular version of the spiritual devotionals that have been popular for generations. This book presents readers with a collection of 365 American history lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year.
In this episode Oppenheim, who also serves as Senior Producer on NBC’s Today Show, describes why he and Kidder chose to format these books as devotionals and gives us a few nuggets of historical knowledge that can be found inside the book. This is a User-Sponsored Podcast
Everyone’s a (Former) Critic
In this special event from the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival, three music and arts critics known for their humor discuss what it means to be a critic and the art of writing beyond the review.
This session features popular essayist, memoirist, critic and soon-to-be novelist Chuck Klosterman, Rolling Stone music critic and new memoirist Rob Sheffield, 
and Believer editor and former Village Voice editor/critic Ed Park whose comic novel Personal Days will be released in 2008.
Simmons Clan Makes Brooklyn Book Festival a Family Affair
The Simmons family has taken American culture by storm. At this session from the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival they discuss their new books, along with other matters of family and culture. In this unprecedented event, painter/poet Danny Simmons shares the stage with his brother, rap star Joseph “Rev. Run” Simmons (of Run-DMC), and Joseph’s wife, children’s author Justine Simmons.
This special event was hosted by Michael Gonzalez of Bronx Biannual magazine.
Carter and Markowitz Discuss Politics, Growing Up In NYC
Dominic Carter is a veteran New York City journalist and Senior Political Reporter for NY1 News. Earlier this year, he self-published a memoir entitled No Momma’s Boy.
In this special event from the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival, the tables are turned as Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz gets to ask Carter the questions. In addition to NYC political topics, Carter and Markowitz discuss their childhood experiences and rising above adversity.
All This Week: BEA Podcasts From The Brooklyn Book Festival
On September 16, 2007 nearly 100 booksellers and thousands of books filled Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus Park in Brooklyn, NY for the second annual Brooklyn Book Festival.
This event also featured a series of dramatic readings, author interviews, and panel discussions. By special arrangement with the Brooklyn Book Festival, we will be podcasting select programs from this special event.
Stay tuned all week to listen in!
Emerging Debut Fiction Voices
At each year’s BEA, the Emerging Voices session features up-and-coming authors who deserve to have their voices heard. Coinciding with the thematic focus on debut fiction at this year’s show, five top new fiction authors were chosen to talk about and read from their novels.
Featured authors included: Peter Charles Melman, author of Landsman, Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank, Justin Evans, author of A Good and Happy Child, Anita Amirrezvani, author of The Blood of Flowers, and Ron Currie Jr., author of God Is Dead.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library: The Unshelved Guys
What possessed Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum to write a comic strip about a library? And how do they keep tens of thousand of librarians around the globe laughing every day?
In this BEA 2007 session, the co-creators of Unshelved discuss their inspiration for this project and what makes libraries so darned funny.
