Serial killer’s book shoots to the top of Amazon charts—then disappears
An author’s fascinating or salacious backstory can be key to a book’s allure (and marketing campaign). But the taste of the reading public isn’t infinitely flexible, and this is nowhere… Read more »
Can Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga save B&N?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg reported on a new Barnes & Noble television commercial created by B&N chairman Leonard Riggio, starring Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.… Read more »
Re-discovered dead letter archive offers rare insight into 17th-century life
There’s mystery and romance in the idea of an unread letter, used as a plot device by such writers as Shakespeare, Colum McCann, and Martin Amis. The recent rediscovery of… Read more »
Jonathan Safran Foer finally sells extremely expensive and incredibly located apartment—to ex-wife Nicole Krauss
Today, in news that’s not at all indicative of the reality of being a writer, author Nicole Krauss has bought out her ex, fellow writer and boyfriend-to-Michelle-Williams Jonathan Safran Foer,… Read more »
Excerpt: The Girl in the Red Coat—Beth
In an interview with the New York Times, Booker Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro announced that the next book on his list was Kate Hamer’s novel The Girl in the Red Coat, which his wife had… Read more »
Excerpt Two: The Girl in the Red Coat—Carmel
In an interview with the New York Times, Booker Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro announced that the next book on his list was Kate Hamer’s novel The Girl in the Red Coat, which his wife had… Read more »
