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Ron Rash's
BURNING BRIGHT has been short-listed (finalist) for 2010
Ireland's 2010 Frank O'Connor Award.
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Lisa
Tucker's THE PROMISED WORLD will be a featured title in
September 2010 by Independent booksellers and is a TARGET pick for
fall 2010 |
Masha Hamilton
is 2010 recipient of Women's National Book Association Award.
See more here...
The Women’s National Book Association presents the WNBA Award every
other year to honor a living American woman who derives part or all
of her income from books and the allied arts and who has done
meritorious work in the world of books beyond the responsibilities
of her profession. Former recipients include Eleanor Roosevelt,
Patricia Schroeder, Nancy Pearl and Dr. Perri Klass. |
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Robin Oliveira's MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER and
Kelly O'Connor McNees' THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT are
both Historical Novel Review Editors' Choice for May 2010 |
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Adam Langer's
THE THIEVES OF MANHATTAN receives a Publishers Weekly Starred
review (April 19, 21010) is an August 2010 Indie Next
List Notable Book and Winner of the July 2010 Elle Readers’ Prize |
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Kelly
O'Connor McNees' THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT was chosen
as an Indie Next Notable Book for April 2010 |
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Robin Oliveira's MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER, a May 2010 release from
Viking, made the May 2010 Indie Next List Great Reads from
Booksellers You Trust! |
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Simon
Tolkien's THE INHERITANCE receives a Booklist Starred review
(January 15, 2010) |
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Thrity
Umrigar's THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN has been selected as one of the
Best Fiction Books of 2009 by the Christian Science Monitor
(December 3, 2009) |
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John Pipkin's
WOODSBURNER has been selected as one of the Best Fiction Books
of 2009 by the Christian Science Monitor
(December 3, 2009) |
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Arthur
Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU is one of the 100 Notable Books of
2009 selection by The New York Times Book Review (December 6, 2009) |
| In a ceremony on November 9, 2009 in New York City,
John Pipkin’s
WOODSBURNER won the Center for Fiction’s 2009 First Novel
Prize beating out a strong list of contenders that included
Tinkers by Paul Harding, American Rust by Phillip Meyer,
The Cradle by Patrick Somerville, and The Vagrants by
Yiun Li. Last year’s winner, Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief),
presented the award, whose previous recipients also include Pulitzer
Prize winner Junot Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)
and bestselling author Marisha Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity
Physics) - November 10, 2009 |
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Pat Conroy's SOUTH OF
BROAD is #1 on New York Times bestseller fiction list. Also #1 on
various lists from LA Times to Publishers Weekly and Independent
Bookstores (August
30, 2009) |
| Ron
Rash’s SERENA has won the fiction category of the Southern
Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Awards. The SIBA Book
Awards were created by independent booksellers of the South to
recognize great books of Southern origin (July 6, 2009) |
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Pat Conroy's
SOUTH OF BROAD receives a Kirkus Starred review (June 15,
2009) |
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Meg Waite Clayton's THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS is a Target chain-wide
Summer Book Group selection, a year long promotion beginning June
14, 2009 |
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John Pipkin's
WOODSBURNER is a recommended reading of San Francisco Chronicle
(May 31, 2009) |
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John Pipkin's
WOODSBURNER, a debut novel, was selected as one of the best books of
May 2009 by Amazon's editors (May 1, 2009) |
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Kwei Quartey's WIFE OF THE
GODS receives a Booklist Starred review (May 1, 2009) |
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Michael Stanley's THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU receives a
Booklist Starred review (May 1, 2009) |
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John Pipkin's
WOODSBURNER
receives a Starred Kirkus review
(April 1, 2009) and a Starred Library Journal review (May
15, 2009) |
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Arthur
Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU was selected as one of the best books of
April 2009 by Amazon's editors (April 1, 2009) |
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Jacqueline Novogratz's THE BLUE SWEATER receives a Starred
Kirkus review (January 15, 2009) |
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Michael
Stanley's A CARRION DEATH makes Los Angeles Times 2008 Crime
Fiction Favorites and is also one of five finalists for The
Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Awards for Best First Mystery Novel.
(April 1, 2009) |
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Thrity Umrigar's THE WEIGHT OF HEAVEN receives a
Publishers Weekly Starred Review (December 1, 2008) and a
Library Journal Starred review (February 1, 2009) |
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Arthur
Phillips' THE SONG IS YOU receives a Publishers Weekly Starred
Review (December 1, 2008) and it is an Editor's Choice of
The New York Times Book Review (April 19, 2009) |
| New York Times -
November 28, 2008 - SERENA
by Ron Rash makes New York Times' Janet Maslin 10 Favorite
Books of 2008 list. It also has
been selected one of the Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly in
the fiction category (November 3, 2008) and it is #7 on Amazon's
100 Best Books of 2008. Christian Science Monitor selects Ron Rash's
SERENE on its Best Books of 2008 (December 3, 2008)
SERENA makes Washington Post Book World Best of 2008 Fiction
list (December 7, 2008), San Francisco Chronicle 50 Best
Fiction and Poetry Books of 2008 list (December 21, 08) |
| Ron
Rash's SERENA has been selected one of the Best Books of the
Year by Publishers Weekly in the fiction category (November 3,
2008) It is also #7 on Amazon's 100 Best Books of 2008. It also
makes the Best Book of 2008 for The New York Times. |
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Anthony
Romano's IF YOU EAT YOU NEVER DIE story collection
receives a Starred Publishers Weekly and Pick of the Week review
(October 20, 2008) It is also on Chicago Tribune Best Books of
2008 (December 27, 2008) |
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Robert Clark's
DARK WATER receives a
Library Journal Starred Review (September 1, 2008) and is
also chosen as Fall Selection for Sons of Italy National Book
Club. |
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Suzanne Brown's
SUMMER has received iParenting Media Award for 2008.
(September 12, 2008) iParenting Media, a Disney Internet Group media
property, is a premier media site focused on parents. Their
award-winning network includes more than 40 websites devoted to the
entire family lifecycle... This year, iParenting has
recognized SUMMER among a few other Workman titles for excellence in
this genre... |
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Ellen
Baker's KEEPING THE HOUSE receives Great Lakes Booksellers
Association Award for adult fiction, 2008 (August 21, 2008) |
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Thrity
Umrigar's FIRST DARLING OF THE MORNING receives a Booklist
Starred Review (September 15, 2008) |
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SERENA by Ron Rash
has received a
Kirkus
Starred review (August 15, 2008) |
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Roland
Merullo's BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA has been selected as a
"city-wide read" by Wayland, MA and Bloomfield CO for 2008. |
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ALL THE
NUMBERS by Judy Merrill Larsen is a bestseller in Taiwan as of
June 17, 2008. It climbed to #8 (out of 30 positions) on Kingstone
national bestseller list. |
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IN HIS SIGHTS
by Kate Brennan receives a
Starred Booklist review.
(June 1, 08) |
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A CARRION DEATH
by Michael Stanley has been picked for the fall 2008 Barnes and
Noble Discover Great New Writers list |
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