Book Biz John Scalzi Wants Your Big Ideas By Neal on Feb. 29, 2008 - 12:32 PM One of the reasons I put John Scalzi‘s Whatever in my ultimate blogroll last week was a series of posts he’s run called “The Big Idea,” which he recently folded into his own site after debuting it on AOL ...
Awards VIDEO: Short Fiction Keeps Getting Better and Better By Neal on Feb. 29, 2008 - 12:20 PM Before Wednesday’s Story Prize ceremony, I took a quick moment with prize director Larry Dark to discuss the current state of short fiction: “There are people who feel like because it doesn’t have a huge audience ...
Awards LA Times Announces 2007 Book Prize Finalists By Neal on Feb. 29, 2008 - 9:00 AM LA Times Book Review editor David Ulin began this year’s announcement of the paper’s Book Prize finalists with a tribute to Dutton’s Brentwood Books, the independent bookstore that recently announced it will clos ...
Book Biz Elsewhere on mediabistro.com: Commie Girls and Olsen Twins By Neal on Feb. 29, 2008 - 8:46 AM Former OC Weekly columnist Rebecca Schoenkopf chats with FishbowlLA blogger Mayrav Saar about Commie Girl in the O.C., the collection of articles Verso is publishing this summer, and how it was born of necessity: “I quit my ...
Book Bix Should PW Tighten Up Its Subscriber List? By Neal on Feb. 29, 2008 - 8:19 AM “The thing that Publishers Weekly hasn’t figured out is they’ve got what the other guy doesn’t,” a literary agent emailed me yesterday, reflecting on Reed Business Information sales speculation. ̶ ...
Awards VIDEO: Fame Hasn’t Changed Jim Shepard By Neal on Feb. 28, 2008 - 1:47 PM I caught up with Jim Shepard shortly after the ceremony presenting him with the fourth annual Story Prize had ended, and this is what he had to say for himself: I also got reactions from novelist Karen Shepard (Jim’s wife) a ...
Events Scene @ Tom Dolby’s Sixth Form Party By Neal on Feb. 28, 2008 - 1:27 PM “Popped collars abounded last night at the release party for Tom Dolby‘s latest novel, The Sixth Form, at the Rugby Ralph Lauren store at University Place,” reports Amanda ReCupido. “The young, hip crowd mi ...
Events Party Hopping: Champagne, Cake, & Fancy Dresses By Neal on Feb. 28, 2008 - 1:16 PM Kristin Harmel (center) is flanked by fellow chick-lit authors Lauren Lipton, Brenda Janowitz, Alison Pace, and Sarah Mlynowski at the book party mediabistro.com threw Monday night at Touch to celebrate the publication of Harmel&# ...
Awards Jim Shepard Wins 4th Story Prize By Neal on Feb. 28, 2008 - 9:00 AM Jim Shepard, the winner of the fourth annual Story Prize, chats with fellow nominee Vincent Lam after the ceremony, held last night at the New School. Accepting the $20,000 prize for Like You’d Understand, Anyway, a clearly ...
Publishing Celebrating the Legacy of Things Fall Apart By Neal on Feb. 28, 2008 - 8:00 AM When Amanda ReCupido and Tracy Bova went to Town Hall Monday night to observe the all-star tribute to the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe‘s Things Fall Apart, they weren’t allowed to take photo ...