Oprah Magazine recently asked George Saunders to name a few books he’s excited about for Summer 2015. The first book he mentioned was Let Me Explain You by Annie Liontas. Said Saunders, “I first read a draft of this book when Liontas was in our graduate program at Syracuse and I was astonished by how […]
Entries Tagged as 'Acquisition News'
A Riot on Loving Day
November 20th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
In 2007, novelist Mat Johnson was named the first USA James Baldwin Fellow by the United States Artists Foundation. In 2011, he was awarded the Dos Passos Prize for Literature given annually to the best under-recognized American writer. His last novel PYM won the 2011 Salon Book Award and was selected a Best Book of […]
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Bridget Jones meets Fight Club
October 30th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Sarai Walker received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Bennington College. As a magazine writer, her articles appeared in national publications, including Seventeen and Mademoiselle. She subsequently served as an editor and writer for Our Bodies, Ourselves, before moving to London and Paris to complete a Ph.D. She currently lives in the New York City […]
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The debut of a major literary voice
October 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
We’re excited to announce that HighBridge will publish the audio edition of Jacob Rubin’s debut novel “The Poser“! A hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true self All his life, Giovanni Bernini has possessed an uncanny gift: he can imitate anyone he meets. Honed by his mother […]
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Radio Stories That Won’t Let You Go
July 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News, Publishing News
NPR presents tales about the love we share: unforgettable stories of unlikely matches, love lost and found, the ties that bind families together, and of course romance. If you listen to NPR, you’ve had at least one “driveway moment.” You’re sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the […]
The world’s wackiest call-in show
July 11th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Celebrating 25 years! The most comprehensive collection of Car Talk highlights ever, mixing automotive advice with wisecracks, roadside philosophy and irresistible guffaws. In 1987, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, also known as Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, made the leap from nursing the motley car population of New England to creating the nationally beloved public […]
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Middle-Grade Historical, Literary–and Funny–Mystery Series
May 7th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
I’m not usually one to have much to say about middle-grade literature, but the first book in a new series is so much fun, I want to let everyone know that it’s coming. The series is The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency by Jordan Stratford, and HighBridge has rights to all three books. The first is The […]
Tags: Ada Lovelace·audiobook·detective fiction·HighBridge·Jordan Stratford·mary Shelley·middle-grade fiction·mystery·Romantic Period·young reader
New Tom Cook Novel Coming This September from HighBridge
April 16th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
HighBridge will publish the audio edition of Thomas H. Cook’s new novel, A Dancer in the Dust, which will release this fall in print from Mysterious Press. It will be narrated by the estimable Ray Chase. Cook’s most recent book, Sandrine’s Case, is a well-deserved finalist for the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel, but […]
Tags: A Dancer in the Dust·Africa·audiobook·genocide·HighBridge·mysterious press·mystery·Sandrine's Case·The Crime of Julian Wells·Thomas H. Cook
On Immunity from Eula Biss, “Didion’s heiress apparent”
April 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
National Book Critics Circle Award winner Eula Biss first scored hot, independent publisher Graywolf Press to release the print edition of On Immunity, her provocative examination of the flashpoint issue of vaccinations as a difficult but vital choice for personal and societal health. She found an equally hot, independent publisher for the audio edition: HighBridge will proudly release the audio […]
Tags: audiobook·Eula Biss·Graywolf Press·HighBridge·Joan Didion·On Immunity·vaccinations
Kit Cobb Is Back–and HighBridge Has Got Him
March 6th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Book three of the exciting Christopher Marlowe Cobb series of historical spy thrillers will be coming your way on audio this October. If you haven’t already discovered these terrific books by Robert Olen Butler, go grab a copy of The Hot Country, the first in the series, and give it a listen. It’s brilliantly narrated […]
Tags: Christopher Marlowe Cobb·Empire of Night·espionage·HighBridge·Kit Cobb·mysterious press·Robert Olen Butler·spy novel·The Hot Country·The Star of Istanbul·thriller·World War I