Archive for the 'Author Stages' Category
August 7, 2009
Do Publishers Still Hold the Keys to the Kingdom? A Panel of Authors Weigh In
This panel of industry forward-thinkers featured Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired and author Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price; Tom Standage, Business Editor of The Economist and author of An Edible History of Humanity; and Lev Grossman, Sr. Writer & Book Critic for Time and author of The Magicians.
This event was moderated [...]
August 6, 2009
Authors of Indie Buzz
The editors got their chance, now hear from the authors of the Indie Buzz panel!
Hosted by Heather Shaw, Executive Editor of ForeWord, this panel featured Michael Burke, author of Swan Dive; Michael Greenberg, author of Black Suit, Worn Once; James G. Anderson & Mark Sebanc, authors of The Stoneholding: Legacy of the Stone; and Amy [...]
August 5, 2009
Author Stages: Stage to Page
This BEA 2009 Author Stage event features two playwrights who have switched gears to writing books.
Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com hosted this event. He was joined by Adam Rapp, author of Ball Peen Hammer and David Rabe, author of Mr. Wellington.
August 4, 2009
Author Stages: Biography
This BEA 2009 Author Stage event brings together a group of authors who have recently penned biographies. William Mann is the author of How To Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood. Terry Teachout wrote Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong.
This panel was hosted by Ben Moser of Harper’s Magazine.
August 3, 2009
Galeano and the Unofficial History of the World
Eduardo Galeano is a Uruguayan essayist, journalist and historian. His most famous works include Memoria del fuego and Las venas abiertas de América Latina. His books have been translated into over 20 languages.
In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, Galeano and Lewis Lapham, Editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, discuss his new book, Mirrors: Stories of [...]
July 31, 2009
Author Stages: Gamal Al Ghitani
In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, Gamal Al Ghitani, the winner of the Sheikh Zayed Award For Literature 2009 and author of the novel Pyramid Texts, discusses his latest novel, The Zafarani Files; the intrigues of an old Cairo quarter, in a parable about political and personal freedoms.
July 30, 2009
Author Stages: Memoir
Byron Pitts is a senior correspondent for 60 Minutes and the author of the new book Step Out on Nothing. David Small’s new book is Stitches: A Memoir. Both books are touching memoirs that detail the early years of these talented individuals, and the obstacles they overcame to reach their current heights.
This event [...]
July 29, 2009
Author Stages: Financial Meltdown
From Wall Street to Main Street, the global financial crisis has been an unavoidable fact of life for all of us during the past year. In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, a duo of Sterling & Ross authors and financial experts tackle the crisis (and ongoing recovery) head-on.
This event was hosted [...]
July 28, 2009
Authors of Editor’s Buzz
In this BEA 2009 Author Stage event, two of the six authors whose books were featured at the Editor’s Buzz panel get a chance to talk about the books that have generated so much industry excitement.
This event was hosted by John Freeman, US editor at Granta. Freeman was joined on stage by [...]
July 27, 2009
Author Stages: Rachid El Daif
Rachid El Daif is an acclaimed Lebanese writer and professor of literature at universities in Paris and Toulouse, France. His latest book is called Learning English.
This event was hosted by Pam Thompson of Interlink Publishing.
July 24, 2009
Authors of YA Editor’s Buzz
Editor’s Buzz panels have always been among the most popular BEA events. In this session, the authors of the YA Editor’s Buzz panel also get time to talk about their highly-anticipated new books.
This event was hosted by David Levithan, Vice President, Editorial Director, at Scholastic Trade Publishing. He was joined by Danica Novgorodoff, [...]
July 23, 2009
Author Stages: Social Media
It’s no secret that social media has changed the way we interact with others, both at work and in our personal lives. This panel of experts tackles this topic head on and discusses how you can harness the power of social media in the publishing industry.
Chris Brogan, author of Trust Agents: Using The Web [...]
July 22, 2009
What Really Matters: Living in the Age of Obama
Watch this BEA 2009 video podcast to discover what one of the nation’s most provocative public intellectuals, Cornel West, thinks about race, culture, and politics in the age of Obama.
West is the author of Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. He was joined at this Author Stage event by host Tavis Smiley, PBS [...]
July 21, 2009
Author Stages: Michael Sandel
Michael Sandel is a professor at Harvard and the author of the upcoming book Justice. His presentation on the BEA 2009 Author Stage reflected his ideas and style of instruction on civic thinking and citizenship, which are expanded upon in Justice.
Sandel was introduced by Farrar, Straus & Giroux President Jonathan Galassi.
