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SOPHIE KINSELLA IN SECOND LIFE!
Sunday, March 2 @ 5 PM EST (2 PM SLT) at The Amphitheatre on Bantam Dell Island
DRESS SOPHIE AND WIN A PERSONAL MEET-AND-GREET WITH THE AUTHOR!
On March 2nd, Sophie Kinsella will read from her new novel, Remember Me?—and take questions from readers throughout Second Life in the Amphitheatre on Bantam Dell Island.
This is your chance to go shopping for Sophie Kinsella. We want you to create the look for Sophie Kinsella’s avatar in Second Life.
Click here for the full details and official rules.
Lee Child: On TV and In Person, Week of 1/28
Lee Child will be featured on TRU-TV’s “Murder by the Book” tonight (Monday, 1/28) at 10 p.m. Catch Lee in person before the special this evening at Partners & Crime Mystery Booksellers in NYC at 7 p.m. and again on January 31 at the Warren Newport Public Library in Gurnee, IL. Click here to check Lee’s website for more upcoming appearances.
One For Sorrow Nominated for Great Lakes Book Award
One For Sorrow by Christopher Barzak has been nominated for a 2008 Great Lakes Book Award (GLBA). This award recognizes and rewards books that capture the spirit and enhance awareness of the Great Lakes region. Winners will be announced on October 3 during the fall GLBA trade show.
And the Nominee Is… Beaufort!!
The Academy of Motion pictures has just announced the five nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film and “Beaufort,” the movie version of Ron Leshem’s novel of the same name is among them! The book is the powerful coming-of age story of a young commando team stationed at the ancient fort of Beaufort, during the last winter of Israel’s war with Lebanon.
A Double Dose of Bantam Dell Authors on Oprah!
Don’t miss the chance to see two bestselling Bantam Dell authors on Oprah this month on 1/17 and 1/29. First catch #1 New York Times Bestselling author Dr. Christiane Northrup with more discussions about women’s health on Thursday, January 17. Then watch a live special celebrating the 10th anniversary of the publication of Gavin de Becker’s The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence, Tuesday, January 29. Learn more, click below.
Christiane Northrup, M.D. | The Gift of Fear
Four Bantam Dell Titles Selected for American Library Association Awards
Mister Pip, Super Crunchers, Garden Spells and Genghis were each selected as winners of various American Library Association (ALA) Awards this week. Mister Pip and Super Crunchers were honored as ALA Notable Books, while Garden Spells received the RUSA Best Genre Award in the women’s fiction category. Mister Pip and Genghis were each selected for the ALEX Awards which honors ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults.
Congratulations to our Bantam Dell winners!
In the Country of Men Finalist for National Book Award
Hisham Matar’s In the Country of Men is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award in Fiction. The NBCC is awarded annually to the finest books and reviews published in English. Book award winners will be announced in New York City in early March.
One For Sorrow Winner of Crawford Fantasy Award!
Christopher Barzak’s debut novel, One For Sorrow, was named the winner of the 2008 Crawford Fantasy Award. The Crawford Award is given to a novelist whose first fantasy book was published during the preceding 18 months. The award will be presented in March 2008 at the Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Conference in Orlando, Florida.
Undertow and Nova Swing Nominated for Philip K. Dick Award
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear and M. John Harrison whose novels Undertow and Nova Swing, respectively, will appear on the final ballot for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Awards! The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. Click on the links below to learn more about each of these Bantam Spectra titles.
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