Galleys, we’ve got galleys. We’ve got lots and lots of galleys. This is your chance to get your mitts on advance reading copies of our Fall 2014 titles. Get ’em now. Get ’em before BEA even. Just fill out the form below to enter for a chance to win a complete set of our FallContinue reading

Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road this past summer for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey… ATHENS, Georgia — Since I had made it back to North Carolina, you might have expected that I’d end TheContinue reading

Amy Rowland, the author of The Transcriptionist, explains how she came to write her debut novel. In August of 2001, after much restless wandering, I found a job transcribing copy for reporters at the New York Times. I would like to look back through my journals and make sense of those days, but in myContinue reading

Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road this past summer for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey… CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — Visiting your favorite bookstore after a long absence is probably the best thing in theContinue reading

Readers often wonder about the behind-the-scenes aspects of book publishing, and jacket design can seem especially mysterious. So today, Creative Director Anne Winslow explains how the gorgeous jacket for Krista Bremer’s profound and moving memoir, My Accidental Jihad, came about. “The challenge with this jacket was to find a way to show a mix ofContinue reading

A bit of a late start for today’s giveaway, but that’s just so appropriate for today’s book — The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari Goldman. Ari Goldman hasn’t played in twenty-five years, but he’s decided to give the cello one last chance. He’s not that good. But never mind. First he secures a seat inContinue reading