PW Tip Sheet: Today the Oscars, Tomorrow...?
In preparation for the Oscars, we check in with the authors whose works were turned into Best Picture-nominated films, to find out what they’re working on now—besides their Oscar night outfits. more...
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
Burning up the Picks list this week: top-notch crime fiction from the late Donald E. Westlake, sophomore novelist Matt Pavelich, and Arthur Ellis Award winner Peter Robinson.
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
Adam Wilson’s debut, the aimless-young-man novel Flatscreen, comes anointed by masters of the form Tom Perrotta (“the slacker novel to end all slacker novels”) and Gary Shteyngart (“OMFG”).
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
With six of the nine best picture Oscar nominees being book adaptations, we asked John Evans of Diesel Books in Malibu and Brentwood to comment on movie tie-in editions and other Oscar-related issues.
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
What’s coming out next week? It’s probably listed here:
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
In preparation for the Oscars, we check in with the authors whose works were turned into Best Picture-nominated films, to find out what they’re working on now—besides their Oscar night outfits.
02/17/2012 @ 12:00AM
In The Hollywood Economist 2.0, Epstein considers the new dynamics of movie-making, including the rise of Netflix, how Hollywood beat Wall Street, and the declining quality of Hollywood product.
02/10/2012 @ 12:00AM
Our picks this week include a Girlchild and That Woman, Darlings and Disenchantments, Beautiful Souls and bunny detectives, the Emergency State and The Last Great Senate, and more.
02/10/2012 @ 12:00AM
Last week, the account of a 19-year-old’s affair with JFK made headlines—and there’s more sex-and-celebrities memoirs on deck. But there’s also a far more noble trend at work in this week’s releases.
02/10/2012 @ 12:00AM
In The Darlings—what we called “two parts Too Big to Fail, one part The Devil Wears Prada”—debut author Cristina Alger introduces Paul Ross and the family he marries into, the Darlings of Manhattan.
02/10/2012 @ 12:00AM
Your nearly-definitive list of what’s dropping this week.
Barbara Vey
I just saw a display of Peeps and I knew it was getting to be one of my favorite times of the year…Peepfest! I love to open them and let [...]...
Elizabeth Bluemle
Two publishers and five authors are celebrating being named finalists for the L.A. Times Book Award. The books absolutely merit the nominations. Should diversity of publishing house be a consideration...
Rose Fox
This week’s PW has a great Q&A with Sharon Shinn, conducted by Alana Joli Abbott. This was one of those Q&As where I really struggled to edit it at all. [...]...
Adam Boretz
As I do battle with the flu here at Audio HQ, I'm bucking myself up by listening to the audio edition of P.G. Wodehouse's Something Fresh. ...
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