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Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Singer’s Gun and Last Night in Montrealis pictured at Brilliant Books after reading an excerpt. The stop at Brilliant Books was part of her tour of Northern Michigan independent bookstores.
Plum TV interviews Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Singer’s Gun.
Huffington Post names The Singer’‘s Gun to its list of summer reads…
Brooklyn author Emily St. John Mandel is a darling of independent booksellers, for good reason: she writes evocative, intellectual,plot-driven novels that make for endless post-reading conversation. Her newest novel starts in the warehouses of Williamsburg and ends on the beaches of Ischia, tracing a tortuous path through love and criminality that continuously reveals new surprises. But what stuck with me most is Mandel’s dream-like images: the blurred time of a wedding reception, a deflated basketball on a skyscraper’s roof, and that loaded (in every sense) singer’s gun. Read her to discover a great new talent, a story that will make you gasp, and visions that will haunt you in the best way.
Misha Stone of Booklist Online’s blog, Book Group Buzz, reviews Emily St. John Mandel’s Last Night in Montreal.
I discovered this astonishing debut by Emily St. John Mandel from none other than Nancy Pearl.
Last Night in Montreal begins with a disappearance. Eli keeps circling back on the morning that his girlfriend, Lilia, slipped out to get the newspaper and never came back. But then, Lilia never stays in one place for long—she just cannot stop leaving. Where has she gone this time, why does she keep leaving and can Eli find her again? .. To read the entire article, Click Here
Booklist had this to say about Jacob Ritari and Taroko Gorge
“Ritari’s first novel is an atmospheric thriller….. A promising debut.”
Booklist reviews Emily St. John Mandel’s latest, The Singer’s Gun with these words…
“this intricate novel . . . is unique and compelling. . . . An intriguing and suspenseful read.”
Celebrate International Women’s Day. Monday, March 8th at 6:00pm at the Museum of Tolerance for a reception and a one-of-a-kind evening of dramatic readings. Readings from the Afghan Women’s Writing Project.
* Featuring:
- Jennifer Beals
- Conchata Ferrell
- Marcia Wallace
- Jodi Long
- Summer Bishil
- Nichelle Nichols
- Bahar Soomekh
- Nadia Bjorlin
- Teal Sherer
For more details, Click Here
Emily St. John Mandel and The Singer’s Gun featured on Shelf Awareness
Authors ‘Round the South interviews Elise Blackwell, author of “An Unfinished Score”.
Click Here and scroll down to “Author 2 Author: Elise Blackwell”
Marc Estrin’s book The Good Doctor Guillotin is examined by Seven Days, Vermont’s Independent Voice.
Click here to read the entire article
Wolf Point is named one of the best books of the decade on http://open.salon.com poste,d December 18, 2009
Bookstorm reviews Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same” by Mattox Roesch
Click Here to read review—Scroll Down to December 02
Read Unbridled Books’ end-of-year Newsletter including details about our sequel to The Scarlet Letter Click Here to Read
Bookforum Today reviews Jason Quinn Malott’s The Evolution of Shadows Click Here to Read
See what is being said about Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same by Mattox Roesch
“Debut author Mattox Roesch has tremendous talent and the ability to create characters who leap off the page. This story is about Cesar, a young LA gangbanger, and his mother who has decided to move herself and her son back to the small Alaskan community that she was born in and ran away from 20 years ago. There Cesar’s life becomes entwined in his ebullient cousin Go-Boy’s wild schemes for a new philosophy of living and his own religion based on the Alaskan, feminine, Jesus. The author actually lives in the town that this story is set in, so his portrait of small village Alaskan life sings with detail and charm. This glimpse of life in a far off place, family, community, and starting over is written with a fresh and vibrant voice that is unforgettable.”—Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover
The Washington Post comments on Masha Hamilton’s 31 Hours
“Hamilton has used both her considerable empathy as a writer and her experience in the Middle East to create an intimate portrait of 21-year-old Jonas Meitzner. It’s not easy to like him for what he intends to do, much less admire him, but Hamilton makes us aware of his humanity…Sensitive, lonely and full of the anger and doubt many young people feel, Jonas seems in Hamilton’s hands not a stranger, not an impenetrable figure of dread whose behavior is beyond our understanding, but the ordinary, fragile child of ordinary, fragile people. You don’t exactly want to look at the story of what happens to Jonas, but Hamilton has made it very hard to tear your gaze away.”
The New York Times Book Review had this to say about Sometimes We’re Always Real Same Same by Mattox Roesch
“Thoughtful…[Roesch] delivers.”
Blogcritics.org had the following praise for Edward Falco’s Saint John of the Five Boroughs
“An enjoyable read, a rich and redolent work that recaptures an evocative experience of simply settling down and getting lost in a good book.”
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Meg O’Connor from Maria’s Bookshop said this about Masha Hamilton’s 31 Hours
“I think the best way I could describe 31 Hours is that it’s this emotional snowflake that turns into a snowball that turns to an avalanche.”
These words were spoken for The Evolutions of Shadows by Jason Quinn Malott
“This is an amazing, graphic,gripping story of war, and love, and what people are capable of. The fact that this is Malott’s first novel is deeply impressive. He will be a writer to watch over the years.”—Jackie Blem, The Tattered Cover
Novelist Mattox Roesch appears on Minnesota Public Radio discussing his novel Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same
Hear Matt talk about the origins of his novel, his characters and his hopes for the book. He also reads an excerpt from it.
The Star Tribune’s review of Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same by Mattox Roesch
“What makes this book good is its subtle rendering of village life as a web of relationships that sustain individual and community in a harsh environment. Yet because the characters are so well imagined, it does so without becoming a sociological diorama . . . “Same-Same” is a quirky and endearing first novel.”
Listen to lively conversations with interesting writers!—Listen to C. M. Mayo, author of The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
BookCast is the podcast of the Fairfax County Public Library, which is located in the largest Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. It’s home to more than one million residents, the majority of whom use the library. BookCast interviews are conducted by Sam Clay, the library system’s director.Click Here
Two Unbridled Books titles make Bookselling This Weeks list of 10 best October Indie Picks
The Pirate’s Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson and The Green Age of Asher Witherow by M. Allen Cunningham were among the top picks. A full review of the article and a free downloadable poster are available in a separate blog entry entitled “Unbridled Titles Make October Picks”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has these words for 31 Hours
“Highly readable…keeps us engaged most with the desire to answer the standard thriller question: Can the killer be stopped?...Hamilton arrays her characters smartly, then points them toward the subway…Women, in particular, will inhale this book.”
Newwest.net offers this praise for author Mattox Roesch’s Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same
“Instantly appealing…a promising debut by a writer who is sure to have more interesting things to say.”
Mattox Roesch, author of “Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same” in Debut Event…
Matt Roesch’s first event went off well on September 4th at Title Wave Books in downtown Anchorage, AK. Sizty-five people attended the event. The store sold out of books and they want him back some time before the holidays The event was a smashing success with good turnout, great results and everyone having fun.
Rave Reviews from the El Paso Times for The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C. M. Mayo
“A stunning achievement, an inspired novel that steers clear of boring history lessons and instead zeroes in on the smallest epicenter—Principe Agustin de Iturbide y Green—to spiral out into a wondrous period, 1860s Mexico, a time of political possibility and unrest in which “persons who do not appear to share even a footprint’s worth of common ground turn out to have destinies bound together in painful knots.”
Library Journal said this about Jason Quinn Malott’s The Evolution of Shadows...
“Alternating between 1995 and 2000, Malott’s first novel concerns a group of journalists covering the Bosnian War who later return to Sarajevo to try to learn what happened to one of their company—charismatic photographer Gray Banick, who stared down atrocities through the lens of a camera…A passionate, wrenching tale of love and war whose tone and subject matter offer an update to Hemingway.”
See an interview with The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire author C. M. Mayo. Click Here
The Chicago Tribune on Jack Fulller’s Abbeville
“Sweeping and kind-hearted, steeped in the author’s underlying respect for those who choose to rise above the battering ram of unstoppable events.”
Booklist on Jason Quinn Malott’s The Evolution of Shadows
“Malott strips down the language and amps up the tension as he creates an indelible portrait of the shell shocked and dispossessed.”
Booklist on Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same by Mattox Roesch
“Refreshingly honest ... masterful… Roesch draws the reader closer and closer to his
tightly knit characters and the community that binds them. A totally engaging first novel…and completely unique.”
Newwest.net says this about Rick Collignon’s latest novel, The Journal of Antonio Montoya
“A contemplative, gently humorous novel, and reading it is an experience that fills one pleasantly, like the nourishing food that Ramona’s resurrected grandmother cooks throughout the book”.
Headhunters
Author Colin Dickey on the 19th-century obsession with collecting - and feeling - human skulls. Click here to read the entire Boston.com article
Publisher’s Weekly on Evolution of Shadows
“A trenchant debut…Malott explores each character, opening their lives to expose the wounds the war has inflicted upon them. While the novel does include its share of wrenching battle scenes, its emotional center comes from more nuanced themes: the friendship between Gray, Jack and Emil; Gray and Jack’s addiction to war journalism; the hopelessness of Lian’s loveless marriage; Jack’s nihilistic attitude after being surrounded by death for so long….a refreshingly clear-eyed evocation of friendship, love and loss.”
Literal: Latin American Voices has this to say about The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C. M. Mayo
[A] rich historical novel… Political ambitions, the intrigues of the imperial court, and the relationship between countries at the height of European colonization all the drive the intricate plot of the novel, taking us on a dizzying journey from Washington to Veracruz to Paris and back to Mexico and the U.S…. The evocative descriptions and ironic commentary on the relationship between cultures make this an enjoyable and important novel, particularly relevant for these times.
Virginia, R Books says “Awesome. Reminds me of Leon Uris’s books about Warsaw…I loved it.” when asked about Masha Hamilton’s 31 Hours
Booklist has these Comments about “Saint John of the Five Boroughs” by Edward Falco…
“Falco’s latest examines the underbelly of love and relationships, but he also populates the story with a cast of diverse and unusual characters. As the plot
twists and turns, readers don’t know what to expect next…”
The ANCHORAGE PRESS raves about SOMETIMES WE’RE ALWAYS REAL SAME-SAME by Mattox Roesch:
http://www.anchoragepress.com/articles/2009/07/23/news/doc4a67b98e38e84912466747.txt
RALPHmag.com on Candida Lawrence’s powerful memoir, VANISHING:
http://www.ralphmag.org/FQ/vanishing.html
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