Knopf Speakers Bureau

Tim Weiner wins L.A. Times Book Prize

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:45:55 -0500

Tim Weiner was named the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History for his book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. The 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded Friday evening, April 25, 2008, at UCLA's Royce Hall.

Pauline Chen on WGBH-FM's Morning Stories

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:36:53 -0500

Dr. Pauline Chen tells the heartfelt story of her interactions with one of her patients on WGBH-FM's Morning Stories program. Listen to her describe how she learned what it really means to take care of someone.

Edward Hirsch on NPR's All Things Considered

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:25:15 -0500

On April 27, 2008, Edward Hirsch discussed his new book Special Orders on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered in a segment titled ''Poet Edward Hirsch Under the Microscope''. Listen to Hirsch read selections from his new poetry collection, discuss the role of memory in this work, and describe how Special Orders is, in many ways, one long poem in and of itself.

You can also listen to Hirsch read his poem ''A New Theology''.

Blogging Authors: Carl Zimmer's The Loom

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:31:11 -0500

In addition to writing articles for such publications as the New York Times, and publishing widely acclaimed books on science (his latest, Microcosm will be published in May 2008), Carl Zimmer maintains a vibrant blog called The Loom, about life, past and future.

Also check out Carl's official website and his profile on Facebook.

Edwidge Danticat wins NBCC award for Autobiography

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:37:19 -0500

Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying was declared the winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography at a ceremony in New York on March 6, 2008.

Kathy Santo joins the Knopf Speakers Bureau

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:16:32 -0500

Kathy Santo, dog behaviorist and frequent guest on ''The Martha Stewart Show,'' has signed up with the Knopf Speakers Bureau to share her persuasive skills with pet owners everywhere. In Santo's most recent segment on the program, see her train Martha's diva dog to sit.

Judith Jones on cooking for one

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:09:17 -0500

Knopf author and editor Judith Jones was featured in the Food section of the Washington Post on Wednesday, January 23, with an essay called As a widow living alone, Jones describes how she still finds great pleasure and comfort in cooking for herself. Jones gives advice on how to keep costs down, how to keep extra ingredients from going to waste, how to challenge the supermarket's ''disdain of singles,'' and ultimately how to have the courage to prepare and enjoy a fine meal on one's own.
Jones also took part in an online chat on washingtonpost.com.

Atlantic cover story — ''After Iraq,'' by Jeffrey Goldberg

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:24:09 -0500

Knopf author and Atlantic correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg pens the cover story, ''After Iraq,'' in the January/February 2008 issue. Goldberg's recent book, Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide, is a memoir of his time in the Israeli army, and he has covered the Middle East as a journalist for such publications as the New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine.

To schedule a lecture with Jeffrey Goldberg about Middle East politics, current events, journalism, religion, or world Affairs, contact us.

Bjorn Lomborg named one of the 50 people who could save the planet by the Guardian

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:38:37 -0500

A recent article in the Guardian named Bjorn Lomborg, author of Cool It, one of the ''50 people who could save the planet.''
It states, ''Bjorn Lomborg has become an essential check and balance to runaway environmental excitement...[He] is one of the few academics prepared to challenge the consensus with credible data.'' The list was compiled by Guardian science, environment, and economics correspondents, taking nominations from key people in the global environmental debate.

Scott Peacock in Gourmet

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:39:30 -0500

Knopf author Scott Peacock is featured in the January 2008 issue of Gourmet magazine.
Peacock, author of The Gift of Southern Cooking with Edna Lewis, is profiled in a 4-page feature, which includes delicious recipes from the famed Southern chef.

Judith Jones on NBC's Today

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:40:44 -0500

Knopf editor and author of The Tenth Muse Judith Jones talks about her life in food and in letters on NBC's Today on Monday, January 14.
Filmed in New York as well as at her home in Vermont, this full feature explores Judith Jones' entire illustrious career as the editor of some of the most distinguished cookbook authors in the history of American book publishing, including Julia Child, Lidia Bastianich, Edna Lewis, and James Beard.

The New York Times declares Imperial Life in the Emerald City a notable book of 2007

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:13:27 -0500

Imperial Life in the Emerald City—written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor at the Washington Post—was chosen by the New York Times as one of the 10 Notable Books of 2007. In its review in the New York Times Book Review, Michael Goldfarb praises Imperial Life, calling it ''a clearly written, blessedly undidactic book. It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq.''

To invite Rajiv Chandrasekaran to speak at your world affairs group about the Middle East, please contact us.

Judith Jones on NPR's Weekend Edition

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:35:51 -0500

Knopf editor and author of the new memoir, The Tenth Muse, Judith Jones talks about Paris, literature, and, of course, food on NPR's Kitchen Window.
In conversation with NPR's Bonny Wolf, Judith Jones talks about her favorite childhood recipes, discovering new talent such as Julia Child, Madhur Jaffrey, and Claudia Roden, and the reasons why so few young people cook at home today. With the holidays just around the corner, Jones' pioneering efforts for the home cook are something to truly be thankful for.

KSB client Thomas Cahill in conversation with Bill Moyers on PBS

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:29:18 -0500

Watch historian Thomas Cahill in conversation today with Bill Moyers on Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS.

To see when it's airing in your area, visit the PBS website.

John Richardson's third volume of Picasso's biography goes onsale next week

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:18:06 -0500

The long-awaited third installment of John Richardson's biography of Pablo Picasso goes onsale next Tuesday. In a review this week in the New York Times, Michiko Kakutani praises Richardson's ''consummate knowledge of Picasso's work'' and ''incisive and revealing commentaries'' of his art. She says, ''Mr. Richardson leaves us not only with a deep appreciation of Picasso's Promethean ambition and prodigious fecundity, but also with a shrewd understanding of his tumultuous, subversive and often disturbing art.''

Upcoming media includes a cover review in this week's New York Times Book Review and reviews upcoming in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, LA Times and Time. He'll also sit down with Charle Rose later this month.

To learn more about John Richardson's upcoming appearances, click here.