History scholar Tony Judt died on August 6, 2010 in New York. His most recent book was Ill Fares the Land.
Washington Post obituary
New York Times obituary
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Tony Judt, 1948-2010
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News, Hear It Here First
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What was that show in Minneapolis last night? Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me
June 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News
NPR and Chicago Public Radio’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me recorded a performance at the State Theater in downtown Minneapolis on June 24.
Host Peter Sagal and official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell were joined by panelists Adam Felber, Kyrie O’Connor, and Mo Rocca. Minnesotan and arctic explorer Ann Bancroft was the guest for the “Not My [...]
Tags: adam felber·Carl Kasell·chicago public radio·kyrie o'connor·mo rocca·npr·Peter Sagal·Wait Wait
Manual of Detection wins fantasy fiction prize
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News, Reviews
Jedediah Berry has been named the winner of the 2010 William L. Crawford Award for first novel The Manual of Detection. The Award, presented annually at The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, is for a new fantasy writer whose first book appeared the previous year.
Full story from Locus Magazine.
The audio edition has [...]
Tags: audiobook·crawford award·jedediah berry·locus magazine·manual of detection
Marketplace Money’s Chris Farrell on tour for The New Frugality
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News
January 14th kicks off Chris Farrell’s tour in support of The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better.
• 7:00 pm Thursday, January 14, 2010Talk & BooksigningMagers & Quinn3038 Hennepin AveMinneapolis, MN 55408-2614,(612) 822-4611
• 7:00 pm Wednesday, January 20, 2010Talk & BooksigningVroman’s Bookstore695 E. Colorado Blvd.Pasadena, CA 91101(626) 449-5320
• 7:00 pm [...]
Tags: audiobook·chris farrell·marketplace money·new frugality·tour
Prairie Home Companion show coming live to a movie theater near you
January 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Author News, HighBridge at the Movies
Check this off your list in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—US and Canada (Workman Publishing, pp. 556-557): A Prairie Home Companion will be broadcast live in movie theaters across the country on February 4.
That’s right, you can catch the show live without having to come to Minnesota in February (It’s -7F right [...]
Tags: 1000 places to see before you die·cinecast·garrison keillor·Prairie Home Companion
MPR’s Chris Farrell: The voice of reason and frugality
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News, Hear It Here First
People in Minnesota (the home of HighBridge) have been listening to Chris Farrell, economics editor for public radio’s Marketplace Money, provide straight forward, sensible, and sincere advice on everything from mortgages to retirement to college savings for years.
Myself a listener for nearly 20 years (starting with the program Sound Money in the ’90s), I [...]
Tags: audiobook·chris farrell·frugality·personal finance·public radio
Some last words on Carlin’s Last Words
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News, Uncategorized
Check out Tony Hendra’s Huffington Post article on the publication of George Carlin’s posthumous memoir Last Words.
Whether one sees Carlin as an agent provocateur or just plain provocative, a person couldn’t actually listen to Carlin’s social commentary-charged humor without having to think.
HighBridge is re-releasing his collection George Carlin Reads to You early next month, [...]
Tags: george carlin·george carlin reads to you·huffington post·terry gross·tony hendra
Christmas Blizzard coming your way
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Author News, Narrator News
No, this isn’t a storm warning, but rather notice of Garrison Keillor possibly heading to your neck of the woods for an author appearance related to his new title A Christmas Blizzard or a Prairie Home performance. If you can’t be at one of the events, you can still “get a chill” checking out [...]
Tags: author tour·christmas blizzard·garrison keillor·Prairie Home Companion
Lament not for Frazier
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Author News
Congratulations to Ian Frazier, who yesterday was awarded the 2009 Thurber Prize for American Humor for his book, Lamentations of the Father. Frazier performed the title essay on A Prairie Home Companion, and it’s collected on Definitely Above Average.
Listen and laugh!
