Entries Tagged as 'Publishing News'
Can you handle the truth?
July 15th, 2014 · No Comments · Publishing News
Tags: 935 Lies·Charles Lewis·Don Lee
Three HighBridge Titles Selected for 2014 World Book Night
October 25th, 2013 · No Comments · Publishing News
HighBridge is pleased to announce that three of our titles have been selected for World Book Night US: Pontoon, This Boy’s Life, and Young Men & Fire. Each year, 30 to 35 books are chosen by an independent panel of librarians and booksellers. Authors of the books waive their royalties and the publishers agree to […]
Tags: esperanza fire·garrison keillor·john maclean·lake wobegon·memoir·norman maclean·oliver wyman·pontoon·This Boy's Life·Tobias Wolff·World Book Night·young men & fire
Diana Abu-Jabur and Martin Kihn at the Twin Cities Book Festival
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Publishing News
Diana Abu-Jabur (CRESCENT, BIRDS OF PARADISE) and Martin Kihn (BAD DOG: A LOVE STORY) were both panelists at the 11th Annual Twin Cities Book Festival, organized by Rain Taxi Review of Books. HighBridge had a table, along with many other publishers, booksellers, and authors, at this event held in downtown Minneapolis this past weekend. Check […]
Tags: audiobook·bad dog·birds of paradise·diana abu-jabur·martin kihn·twin cities book festival·video
Barry Prize for Thirteen Hours
September 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, Publishing News
Deon Meyer’s book Thirteen Hours has won the Barry Prize for Best Thriller at this year’s Bouchercon mystery convention. Congratulations!
A few thoughts on Jerry Leiber
August 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Publishing News
A few days ago Jerry Leiber, the lyricist from the legendary songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, died. Writing songs for early innovators like Elvis Presley and the Coasters, as well as for singular voices like Ben E. King and Peggy Lee, Leiber had a large hand in shaping the vernacular of rock and roll. Remembering […]
Mysterious Press, HighBridge Company collaborate on two new audio imprints
August 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Publishing News
Starting with five titles this fall, Mysterious Press and HighBridge are collaborating to create two new audio imprints: Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio will feature new titles from the renowned mystery publisher, now an imprint of Grove/Atlantic Books, and Mysterious Press-HighBridge Audio Classics will offer outstanding backlist titles, many of which have never been available on audio. […]
Tags: Audiobooks·HighBridge·imprint·mysterious press·neall·penzler·publishing news
“The Borrower” debuts today
June 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Publishing News
Librarians and booklovers rejoice! The Borrower, the critically acclaimed first novel by Rebecca Makkai, is available on audio today. The Borrower follows Lucy Hull, a young librarian in Missouri, as she sets out on an impromptu and legally dubious road trip with her favorite patron—ten-year-old Ian Drake, who is fleeing his mother and the antigay […]
Tags: Makkai·The Borrower·tour
A Prize-Winning Romantic
March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, Publishing News
The Jewish Book Council has awarded the $100,000 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in fiction to Austin Ratner for his debut novel, The Jump Artist. Congratulations to him, and to the runner up for the prize and recipient of a $25,000 award: Joseph Skibell, author of A Curable Romantic. Click here to hear […]
Tags: A Curable Romantic·Austin Ratner·award·Jewish Book Council·Joseph Skibell·prize·Sami Rohr·The Jump Artist