Tonight's the Night! Algonquin Book Club Event with Caroline Leavitt and Anne Lamott

Join Caroline Leavitt in conversation with Anne Lamott for an Algonquin Book Club event tonight! Algonquin Books hosts the Algonquin Book Club, which offers a selection of 25 paperback titles chosen for their popularity, widespread critical acclaim, and power to provoke discussion. Each year we feature four Algonquin Book Club selections with dynamic literary events held around the countryContinue reading

Algonquin's Lucky 7: Introducing Our Monthly E-book Promo

AHH, FEBRUARY, THE MONTH OF LOVE! What better way to commemorate Valentine’s Day than by spreading the love of reading? We asked seven Algonquin authors to choose their favorite Algonquin title ever—a book they have an undeniable, passionate crush on. Their answers, ranging from early classics to more recent works, are sure to make youContinue reading

Caroline Leavitt Attends Pulpwood Queens Weekend

What would make fifty authors hightail it down to the tiny town of Jefferson, Texas for the chance to dress like clowns, 80’s prom queens, fortunetellers, circus animals and big haired divas with glittering tiaras? Why, Kathy L. Patrick’s famous Pulpwood Queens 12th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend Extravaganza! Kathy’s the genius behind the mega-membered, Pulpwood QueensContinue reading

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Books They've Read in 2011, Part 2

Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie This was the year of displaced persons. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer. The untold story of Hungarian Jews forced to flee as Europe’s tragedy unfolds, renders the unthinkable poetic. Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin. The story of Eilis who leaves her small village in Ireland in the 1950’sContinue reading

Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 1

Summer’s winding down, but we still have plenty of time left to cram in more summer reading, right? We recently asked our authors to tell us about their favorite summer reads, whether from recent memory or the distant past. The variety of books they came up with is really kind of amazing. Herewith, Part 1.Continue reading

The New Yorker librarians: Erin Overbey interviews Jon Michaud about When Tito Loved Clara

Jon Michaud’s When Tito Loved Clara follows the story of Clara, a Dominican-American wife and mother, as she aspires to a middle-class suburban existence only to be drawn back to her community and culture by an old love. Jon articulates for a new generation what it means to come from two different worlds,Continue reading

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