-At HarperCollins, Lisa Sharkey replaces ousted editor Judith Regan (via GalleyCat)
-Author films are the new "author tour" (via Bookninja)
-But without author tours, how will book nerds meet and fall in love? (via GalleyCat)
-Bookforum interviews edgy author A.M. Homes (Bookforum via Bookninja)
-2007 Million Writers Award for best online fiction is now accepting nominations (via storySouth)
The National Book Critics Circle announced their awards for the best reads of 2006. The Inheritance of Loss won in the fiction category, and Rough Crossings won in nonfiction. Get the winners and the finalists from Zooba! (via Laila Lalami)
-Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
-Simon Schama, Rough Crossings
-Cormac McCarthy, The Road
-Donald Antrim, The Afterlife
-Terri Jentz, Strange Piece of Paradise
-Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma
Literary magazine Granta names their choices for this year's Best of Young American Novelists issue (via The Literary Saloon). Want to read the books? Zooba's got you covered!
-Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
-Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation
-Kevin Brockmeier, The Brief History of the Dead
-Dara Horn, The World to Come
-Yiyun Li, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
The Commonwealth Foundation announced its shortlist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. This award recognizes outstanding voices in fiction from around the world. Take a look at the list and get the books here...
-Emma Darwin, The Mathematics of Love
-Claire Messud, The Emperor's Children
-Alice Munro, The View From Castle Rock
-Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games
-David Mitchell, Black Swan Green
-J.M. Ledgard, Giraffe
Thanks to The Literary Saloon for pointing this out.
They'll be announced on October 11th in San Francisco.
Read all about it here.