Nam Le’s The Boat won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 (Aus) Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, established last year.
More >This year marks the 25th anniversary of Jay McInerney’s iconic novel Bright Lights, Big City, and to celebrate we’re giving away signed copies of the original trade paperback!
For complete rules and to enter the contest, click here.
More >Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, is tirelessly active on behalf of his favorite charities, and as the patron of the Alliance for Rabies Control, he recently made a special trip to Tanzania to raise awareness for the cause. Please watch this important video to find out how rabies is affecting countries in Africa and what you can do to help!
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More >Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, which will be opening in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, November 6, has already received raves, winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch a preview of the film after the jump and see what all of the fuss is about.
More >Don’t miss the cover story in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine! Director Lee Daniels and the cast of Precious take center stage in “The Audacity of Precious” by Lynn Hirschberg. The extensive, in-depth article is a riveting look at the making of the movie and will leave you desperate to see this remarkable film for yourself.
Read the article and watch the brand new trailer after the jump.
More >Karen Russell, author of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves has been selected as one of the young fiction writers included in The National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35.” Russell and the other authors will be recognized at a celebration held on Monday, November 16th at PowerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
Read more about the event on the National Book Award website.
More >Big movie news on Stieg Larsson’s runaway international bestseller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! Variety announced yesterday that Music Box Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for the Swedish movie based on the book.
The film, which has already grossed almost $100 million internationally, is slated for release early in 2010.
More >It’s 1951, the Korean War is raging on and Marcus Messner, an intense, law-abiding student from Newark, New Jersey finds himself miles away from home on the conservative campus of Ohio’s Winesburg College. Just how did he end up there? Because of his need to escape his father—a hardworking man who seems to have gone mad with fear about the dangers of adult life that face his beloved boy around every corner. And, so, far from the comforts of Newark, Marcus must find his way, all while negotiating the customs of a wholly different side of America.
Indignation, Philip Roth’s twenty-ninth book, is a remarkable departure from the haunted narratives of old age and experience that we’ve come to expect from Roth and a powerful exploration of a remarkable moment in American history.
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