Archive for the 'Archive 2008 Preview' Category
May 25, 2008
Jon Scieszka’s Mission: Foster A New Generation of Readers
Beloved author of children’s books Jon Scieszka was recently appointed the first National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. The position was created to raise national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education, and the development and betterment of the lives of [...]
May 24, 2008
John Hodgman Offers Up More Information Than We Require
John Hodgman is a contributing writer for publications including The New York Times Magazine. He wrote an advice column for McSweeney’s for over a year entitled “Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent,” and currently curates and hosts the Little Gray Book Lectures—a monthly series that has been broadcast on This American Life. He now appears [...]
May 23, 2008
Christopher Buckley Hosts Saturday Book and Author Luncheon
After a classical education at the Portsmouth Abbey School, Christopher Buckley graduated from Yale University. He became managing editor of Esquire Magazine and later worked as the chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. This experience led to his novel The White House Mess, a satire on White House office politics and political [...]
May 22, 2008
BEA Saturday Night Benefit to Feature Comedian Lewis Black
Lewis Black is a hugely popular New York Times bestselling author, stand-up comedian, playwright, and actor. Besides appearing on The Daily Show since its inception, he has written and starred in a string of successful specials on HBO and Comedy Central. In 2001, he won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Stand-Up [...]
May 20, 2008
Thomas Friedman Brings Message of Climate Change to BEA
Thomas L. Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is a New York Times columnist and author of such books as From Beirut to Jerusalem and the no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat.
The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook [...]
May 20, 2008
Listen Up! AAP Launches Get Caught Listening Campaign
In response to the impact of books in audio format, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the launch of a new audiobook extension to its widely successful “Get Caught Reading”™ public awareness reading campaign entitled “Get Caught Listening”™.
The trade association’s newest public awareness initiative communicates the pleasures of enjoying and listening to books [...]
May 18, 2008
BEA Boss Lance Fensterman Avoids Work with Author Dan Pink
Daniel H. Pink is the author of a trio of provocative books on the changing world of work.
His newest work is The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, the first business book for a western audience in the Japanese comic format known as manga. Before that, he wrote A [...]
May 16, 2008
Beyond the Book’s Kenneally to Host Three Events at BEA 2008
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author and Creator Relations at Copyright Clearance Center, is the host of CCC’s “Beyond the Book” podcast program, which explores issues facing the information content industry and helps creative professionals realize the full potential of their works, while encouraging respect for intellectual property and the principles of copyright. Kenneally returns [...]
May 14, 2008
Author Philippa Gregory Discusses The Other Queen
Best-selling author Philippa Gregory, whose books The Boleyn Inheritance and The Other Boleyn Girl have been cited by Time Magazine as the source of the current Tudor period fascination, has written a new novel, The Other Queen, portraying the life and infamous death of Mary Queen of Scots.
Gregory, who has penned over 20 books in [...]
May 12, 2008
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 [...]
May 7, 2008
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 [...]
May 1, 2008
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 [...]
April 29, 2008
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 [...]
