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Here Comes Clay Shirky
One of the digital age’s great thinkers talks to PW about his new book, Cognitive Surplus, web “values,” and the changing world of publishing.
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Why I Write: Tony Hsieh
Seven years ago, writing a book was one of those things I wanted to check off my list of things to do at some point in my life, like running a marathon. So I decided to run a marathon instead, since that seemed like a lot less work. I was motivated to write a book, but wasn’t inspired.
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Sustainable Excellence: PW Talks to Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell
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Commies and Mommies: PW Talks with Per Petterson
Per Petterson brings back Arvid Jansen from In the Wake for I Curse the River of Time, his powerful new novel.
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Q & A with Treat Williams
Treat Williams, an accomplished actor who has clinched Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for his work in the theater, television, and film over three decades, steps into a new spotlight with his first book, Air Show (Disney-Hyperion). In this large-format volume, illustrated by Robert Neubecker, two siblings fly with their pilot father to an air show, where they view planes of various design and vintage.
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A Composed Life: PW Talks with Rosanne Cash
In her newest book, Composed: A Memoir, country music singer Rosanne Cash discusses the trajectory of her life as an artist.
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City of Unbrotherly Love: PW Talks with Dennis Tafoya
Dennis Tafoya’s second crime novel, The Wolves of Fairmount Park, explores Philadelphia’s drug underworld.
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Why I Write: Eileen Dreyer
When I was on maternity leave with my second child, I got the bright idea to read all the classic literature I'd missed in school. Don't get me wrong. I had an excellent education. But I went through high school during the '60s, which meant that instead of Silas Marner, I read Animal Farm. Instead of Dickens, Ralph Ellison. I managed to avoid most English Victorian authors, as well as all the French and Russians.
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The Outer Limits of Life: PW Talks with Jonathan Weiner
Hope springs eternal, but how about human life? Jonathan Weiner reports in Long for This World.
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Gimlets and the Gimlet-Eyed: PW Talks with Lily King
Lily King delves into the complicated relationship between an alcoholic and his daughter in Father of the Rain, her powerful new novel.
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Q & A with Christoph Niemann
German-born author/illustrator Christoph Niemann moved with his family from New York City to Berlin two years ago, but his two new books both focus on the Big Apple,but his two new books both focus on the Big Apple and are drawn from a blog Neimann produces for the New York Times.
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A Cup of Tey: PW Talks with Nicola Upson
Golden age mystery author Josephine Tey (the pen name of Elizabeth MacKintosh, a Scot) makes her second appearance as a detective in Nicola Upson's Angel with Two Faces.
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The Perfect Dessert: PW Talks with Bill Yosses and Melissa Clark
In The Perfect Finish (Norton), Bill Yosses, executive pastry chef at the White House, and Melissa Clark, a food columnist for the New York Times, describe their favorite recipes, what life is like in the White House kitchen, and how they came to partner on the book.
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Q & A with Rachel Vail
She's written picture books, middle-grade fiction, and young adult novels, but Rachel Vail breaks new ground as an author in her latest novel, Justin Case. Aimed at readers ages 7-9 and written as the journal of a third-grade worrywart, the book will be published by Feiwel and Friends.
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The Art of Gambling: PW Talks with Beth Raymer
In Lay the Favorite, Beth Raymer tells of the gambling life in Las Vegas.
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Divided Loyalties: PW Talks with Sefi Atta
Sefi Atta grew up in Nigeria, was schooled in England, and lives in Mississippi. Her excellent new collection, News from Home, touches on a wide array of lives, from privileged Nigerians in London to a villager facing a possible death sentence.
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Cooking the Books with Kiyo Marsh and Laura Cooper
Kiyo Marsh and Laura Cooper are masters of what you might call "extreme cooking," picking up their skills in their jobs as boat cooks (and deck hands) on Alaskan commercial fishing boats. Along with Kiyo's sister, Tomi, they wrote The Fishes & Dishes Cookbook: Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska's Commercial Fisherwomen (Epicenter Press), an IndieBound notable pick. They spoke to PW from Seattle about cooking in 30-foot seas.
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Q & A with Louis Sachar
In his first novel since Small Steps, the 2006 sequel to his Newbery-winning Holes, Louis Sachar focuses on a subject rarely explored in fiction for teens: the game of bridge. The Cardturner centers on 17-year-old Alton, who spends a summer accompanying his blind great-uncle Trapp to his bridge club, where the boy acts as the bridge whiz's "cardturner" and finds himself drawn into the game, the mystery surrounding his relative, and a new love interest. Delacorte will release the novel with a 250,000-copy first printing.
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Wolfing Too Fast: PW Talks with Adam Langer
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Why I Write: Steven Saylor
I can't remember the bookshop, or the city where it happened. I can't even remember which book I was promoting, or much about the reader who asked it—but I'll never forget the question.
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