The calendar says June 21 today, so that makes it official: Summer is here! And just as with swimming pools, cool beverages (see below) and biting mosquitos, summer just isn’t summer without those summer reading lists. Slather on the sunblock and settle in for these hot reads for the sunny days… Rebecca Lee’s Bobcat andContinue reading

Viewer discretion advised: this post has been rated R for reading.  We’ve uploaded several new book trailers on our YouTube channel, and you have a front row seat.  You won’t have to worry about missing these trailers while waiting in the concession stand line. In the trailer for The Day My Brain Exploded, Ashok RajamaniContinue reading

We could tell you how excited (very) we are for B.A. Shapiro’s new book, The Art Forger, but we figured we’d let unbiased booksellers do the talking for us. They’re pretty darned excited about The Art Forger, too — coming out in October. (Click here to order the book from your neighborhood IndieBound bookstore.) RaveContinue reading

Here are the answers to our First Lines of Fall 2012 Quiz (below). Did you match the right line with the right book? Those who did will be eligible to win free advance copies of the title of their choice. (Winner will receive an email notifying them.) No matter, though. You can still click belowContinue reading

Leaves are far from changing color, but it’s already Fall 2012 quiz time at the Algonquin Books Blog! Match these opening lines from six of our new Fall 2012 books with the correct book title, and you’ll be entered in a random drawing for a FREE galley copy of one of these titles — yourContinue reading

A forged Degas masterpiece • a mysterious Connecticut mansion • a hysterical and heartbreaking road trip • a sequestered and grieving husband • war and exile in Sri Lanka • the old country and the new world of one family. These are the stories, the Fall fiction for Algonquin 2012. Complex, compelling tales already– and you’ve only read a fewContinue reading