Category Archives: Authors
Kyle Schuneman to appear on CBS’s The Talk
It’s almost impossible to keep up with the flood of publicity for THE FIRST APARTMENT BOOK: Cool Design for Small Spaces by Kyle Schuneman with Heather Summerville and with photographs by Joe Schmelzer (Clarkson Potter). As Kyle said at the New York launch, “Not overlooking your life because your living space is temporary is what […]
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17th printing!
Congratulations to Diana Wells, whose 100 FLOWERS AND HOW THEY GOT THEIR NAMES was just reprinted for the 17th time by Algonquin. The book currently has 142,000 copies in print. I do believe it will sell forever!
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Rave Kirkus review for COMET’S TALE
The advance reviews are starting to come in for Steven Wolf’s memoir COMET’S TALE: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life, which Algonquin is publishing in October. Here’s what Kirkus had to say: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The close bond between man and dog is only part of this absorbing tale of love, family and dealing with […]
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Ten best books for thinking parents
Parenting.com just named Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Mark Lowenthal’s SMART PARENTING FOR SMART KIDS one of the ten best books for thinking parents. As Melissa Taylor wrote here, “This book is exceptionally helpful! It talks about tempering perfectionism and tells us parents to resist giving pointers to our kids (aka. shut up and listen, in my […]
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Seven Consequences of Fast Food
Here’s a link to the Huffington Post slideshow in which Will Allen discusses seven consequences of eating badly.
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Will Allen on THE SPLENDID TABLE
I love Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s interview with Will Allen on THE SPLENDID TABLE, in which Will describes how one three-acre inner-city plot can feed 10,000 people a year–something he and his organization Growing Power have accomplished in Milwaukee. The interview begins at 13:45.
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Praise from PBS.org for THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION
PBS.org’s roundup of the five best books on food published in May includes Will Allen’s THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTIO, along with books by James Beard and Michelle Obama. Here’s what their website has to say: A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner is building a new food system that can feed—and heal—broken communities. […]
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The buzz begins for Will Allen’s THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION
Will Allen’s THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION is coming in a few weeks from Gotham. Eric Schlosser wrote the introduction. Former president Bill Clinton has praised it. So has Alice Waters. Now Kirkus has weighed in with a glowing pre-pub review: “What Allen does with a small plot of land and a lot of determination is […]
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About.com names FOLLOWING EZRA Favorite Special Needs Memoir of 2012
This is a reader’s choice award, which makes it even more meaningful. Congratulations to author Tom Fields-Meyer!
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COMET’S TALE goes back to press