Pics of the Week, 2/13
-- Publishers Weekly, 2/13/2006
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This week our pictures show PW's Bridget Kinsella and other book folks hanging at the Algonquin; Blink author Malcolm Gladwell and Blank parodists Lewis Grossberger and Michael Soloman; Tiki and Ronde Barber; novelist Kevin Baker in Harlem; author Daniel Nissanoff; comics artists in Brooklyn; San Francisco's Books and Booze event; Olympic champion Kurt Browning in Denver; memoirist Kenji Jasper; and Apprentice winner Kelly Perdew in L.A. | |
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FANTASTIC FOUR
PW's West Coast correspondent Bridget Kinsella was in town last week and a number of industry figured dropped by the Algonquin Hotel to talk book with her and lift a glass. Pictured (l. to r.) are Penguin's Marie Coolman, Kinsella, HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman and Tina Andreadis, HarperCollins publicity director. |
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BLINK AND BLANK
In an example of the power of parody, Malcolm Gladwell, author of the Little, Brown bestseller Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, helped celebrate the publication of Harper's Blank: The Power of Not Actually Thinking at All (A Mindless Parody) by "Noah Tall." Pictured (l. to r.) are Lewis Grossberger (half of "Noah Tall"); Gladwell; Jane Friedman, Harper CEO; Harper's David Hirshey; and Michael Soloman (the other half of "Noah Tall"). |
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DOUBLE THE FUN
Pro football stars and twin brothers Ronde and Tiki Barber joined Martha Stewart on her daytime TV show to talk about food and their children's book Game Day (S&S). Pictured (l. to r.) are Ronde, Stewart and Tiki. (Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/MSLO) |
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STREET SMARTS
Novelist Kevin Baker's new book, Strivers Row (HarperCollins), re-creates the early life of Malcolm X in Harlem. So the author spent one day placing copies of the book in the doorways of brownstones along historic Strivers Row in Harlem. |
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SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP
Penguin Press cohosted a party at the Asprey store to celebrate the publication of Daniel Nissanoff's new book, Future Shop: How the New Auction Culture Will Revolutionize the Way We Buy, Sell and Get the Things We Really Want. Pictured (l. to r.) are editor Emily Loose, Nissanoff and ICM agent Jennifer Joel. |
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WORDS AND PICTURES = COMICS
An exhibition of hot young comics artists at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, gallery Secret Project Robot drew lots of cartoonists and the fans who love them. Pictured are R. Kikuo Johnson, author of the much-praised graphic novel Night Fisher (Fantagraphics), and his girlfriend, Lacey Brown. |
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MORE WORDS AND PICTURES
Comics artists David Heatley, whose next book will be published by St. Martin's Press, also exhibited in the show. |
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BOOKS AND BOOZE BY THE BAY
(l. to r.) Peter Wiley, PW's Chris Kahn and John Owen, all hail and hearty at a Books and Booze event that raised enough money to provide a scholarship to the Stanford publishing course this summer. Books and Booze is a consortium of San Francisco Bay Area publishers. |
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WORLD CHAMPION Kurt Browning, four-time Olympic champion figure skater, met with over 100 young skaters in Denver to chat and sign copies of his kids' book, A Is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press). Pictured are Browning and young skater Emma Pulse. |
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IT'S ALL TRUE Author Kenji Jasper visited the New Haven Free Public Library last week to discuss his new memoir, The House on Childress Street, from Harlem Moon. |
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TAKE CHARGE
Regnery Publishing threw a party at Dutton's in Beverly Hills to launch Donald Trump's Apprentice winner Kelly Perdew's new book, Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military and Put to Work for Donald Trump. Pictured (l. to r.) are Dawn Miller, CEO of Levine Communications (Perdew's publicist); Andrew Morton, visiting British royal biographer; and Sharlene Martin, Perdew's agent. |
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