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| News and Announcements: PublishersWeekly Pick for Best Fiction of 2009 Nancy Mauro's debut New World Monkeys available in paperback Sept. 7. James Howard Kunstler's next novel "The Witch of Hebron - A World Made By Hand Novel" is an IndieNext pick for September when it will be released by Grove/Atlantic. IT! Books/Harper Collins released former GnR drummer Steven Adler's My Appetite for Destruction on July 27 and the book will hit the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List on 8/15. And hit #20 on the list for 8/23.
Introducing Artists and Artisans new online venture www.pleasefireme.com. In these tough times, all but the very best-selling authors have a day job or three to avoid starvation. If you want to stick it to the man, anonymously submit why you hate the job you can't leave. Please Fire Me has a book deal!
PublishersWeekly article about Artists and Artisans packaging of Life on Top book and television series. More on Life on Top books and TV Series. Time Magazine Profile of Mike Roselle and his book (with Josh Mahan) Treespiker. David Ellis Dickerson's House of Cards out and author on Talk of the Nation and a glowing review in the Wall Street Journal. Canada AM TV spot. USA Today selects Nancy Mauro and New World Monkeys for New Voices! James McCommons's Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service is a Library Journals Editor's Pick for the Fall. David Ellis Dickerson, his book House of Cards, and Adam Chromy and Jamie Brenner featured in the New York Times story on storytellers! And a great PW review. Nancy Mauro's New World Monkeys chosen by More Magazine as one of the five must read books of the Fall. And Kurt Andersen Very Short List selected it saying, "Nancy Mauro’s darkly comedic debut novel quickly veers from one eccentric plot twist to another, making for a fascinating and compelling read."
Much great praise for our clients and books of late... New York Times review for Jayanti Tamm's Cartwheels in a Sari. PublishersWeekly review for Annelise Ryan's debut Working Stiff. Booklist said of Nancy Mauro's New World Monkeys: “Debut novelist Mauro perfectly balances humor and soulfulness in this poisonously funny, torchlight eerie, psychologically astute tale of archaic instincts, deviance, and violence. A provocative tale of evolutionary short-circuits and the wildness that flows beneath civilization’s flimsy veneer.” And PublishersWeekly ran a Q&A with Nancy Mauro. NEW WORLD MONKEYS gets Starred Review in PublishersWeekly! "In this unabashedly eccentric debut...It's fun, funny and touching - a great summer book." PublishersWeekly selected Nancy Mauro's debut novel NEW WORLD MONKEYS (Shaye Areheart Books, Sept. 2009) as the galley to watch from all of Random House for Book Expo calling it "the next big thing [that] sets everyone on fire". Jayanti Tamm, author of Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult - hitting the stores April 14 from Harmony/Random House, will be a guest on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" at 3pm on Monday, April 6. You can also read more of her amazing story on her website and at The Washington Post. Congratulations to James Howard Kunstler! His breathtaking novel World Made Hand (Grove/Atlantic) was selected by Alan Cheuse at NPR as one of his Top 5 fiction books of the year. Effective Immediate: In order to minimize our impact on the environment, we strongly encourage authors to query via email instead of snail mail (please start the subject line with "Query"). We read all of our email queries ourselves and respond very quickly when we are interested. However, we usually do not respond when we are not interested - no response should be a clear enough indication. So save paper and postage - do not send queries with SASE because we will not return them. MOVING AGAIN! Like a rolling stone we keep moving on. Please note that by July 1, 2008, we will be located at 244 Madison Avenue, Suite 334, New York, NY 10016. Emails will remain the same and stay tuned for news on the telephone numbers. Burial of the Dead by Michael Hogan is receiving great reviews and selected for the Mystery/Suspense category of the American Booksellers Association's The September Indie Next List & Notables Preview! Cast your vote for sexual honesty! Check out memoirist Delaine Wiszniak’s biting essay about the pitfalls of passion, “Less Than a Bump and A Grind,” at Novelette.com’s essay contest. GalleyCat strike again! Another great piece from Ron Hogan at GalleyCat. Friend or Frenemy? by Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler (The Hookup Handbook) is getting very friendly press, including the New York Times Styles section, CBS Early Show and Mike and Juliet on Fox on Friday, August 8, 2008. Send your friend a special e-card from the website. We love Galleycat - and unlike an actual cat it shows us love in return, recently featuring three of our authors: Samara O'Shea and her upcoming "Note to Self - On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits" (Collins, July 22) was featured for its clever, sexy and funny book trailer video (if the video were a person you'd want to date it, but then it would cheat on you). Galleycat piece. Ron Hogan also wrote up a nice piece about James Howard Kunstler and Michael Hogan (both are painters as well as authors) speaking on a panel for the Atlantic Gallery's Catastrophe Exhibit. Michael Hogan also has a book being released August 5 from Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur - Burial of the Dead and it has received universally glowing reviews, including this from Kirkus: "Hogan...tantalizes readers with a kaleidoscopic plot, but his ambitious novel succeeds through the complexity of his characters, who keep the reader guessing." Kudos to client Janette Barber - not only did Atria recently release her hilarious new book EMBRACING YOUR BIG FAT ASS, co-written with Laura Banks, her co-author on the bestselling "Breaking the Rules" and mentioned in the NY Post - but she also won her sixth Emmy... this one was for writing on The View. More on the book and acceptance speech. James Howard Kunstler on The Colbert Report. World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler, bestselling author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency is getting great reviews in The Chicago Tribune and New York Sun and has a trailer you can view below.
We will be enjoying our busiest year ever with many books being released. Here are some recent titles with many more on the way: The Backdoor to Enlightenment by Za Rinpoche and Ashley Nebelsieck The Birthorder Book of Love by William Cane, bestselling author of The Art of Kissing Try this fun birthorder quiz at iVillage.
James Howard Kunstler on The Colbert Report. World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler, bestselling author of The Geography of Nowhere and The Long Emergency is getting great reviews in The Chicago Tribune and New York Sun and has a trailer you can view below.
Artists and Artisans is pleased to announce the release of its two latest books. First, Penthouse Columnist and Sexy Sexpert Dr Victoria Zdrok's Dr. Z on Scoring: How to Pick Up, Seduce and Hook Up with Hot Women (Touchstone) will teach any man the secrets to landing the girl of his dreams -- without magic tricks or goggles. And once that is accomplished, the happy couple can pick up The Fete Wedding Experience (Stewart, Tabori and Chang) by Jung Lee, one of the most popular hosts of early seasons of "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway", for tips on creating the wedding of their dreams. Artists and Artisans's client, editor of Thuglit.com and the upcoming THUGLIT PRESENTS Hardcore Hardboiled The Best of Neo-noir Fiction (Kensington May 2008), and all around bad-ass, Todd Robinson has made it to the semi-finals of the Court TV/Borders Search for the Next Great Crime Writer contest. Please go to gather.com, register and read his Hard Bounce chapter. And, if you like it give it ten stars (only votes of 10 stars will count for the winner) - or else I can't be responsible for what happens to you if you meet Big Daddy Thug in a dark alley. We are proud to announce that Artists and Artisans will be operating as a literary management company going forward in order to better serve our clients in the areas of performance rights and web content development. Look out for future announcements regarding the fruits of this effort. We are also please to welcome Jamie Brenner to our team of representatives - her experience and knowledge will be a great asset to Artists and Artisans and its clients. The Thinking Man's Comic and fellow Queens native, Steve Hofstetter's latest book, NATIONAL LAMPOON BALLS! - a hysterically funny and topical look at the state of professional sports, hits the stores and jocks on Sept. 4 "FOR THE LOVE OF LETTERS - A 21st Century Guide to Art of Letter Writing" by Samara O'Shea will be released by Collins on May 1st. This comprehensive and affectionate guide to an activity worth preserving expands on her popular website www.letterlover.net and will be featured in USA Today on 5/6/07. Dr. Ira Sacker, author of REGAINING YOUR SELF: Breaking Free From the Eating Disorder Identity: A Bold New Approach will discuss his revolutionary and effective approach to treating eating disorders on Good Morning America on March 5, 2007. The book will be available March 6. Borat has nothing on these guys - for the craziest humor book out there check Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson's JEWTOPIA: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People curently available from Warner and inspired by the authors' hit off-Broadway play. Also check out the boys on The View on December 18th. Michael Flocker strikes again...Death By Powerpoint recently released by DaCapo Press marks the fourth humor book since his bestselling The Metrosexual Guide to Style. Enjoy the author's sharp wit and scathing review of corporate America as you await your own upcoming year end review - we hope you fare better. Emilie Raymond, Phd. will discuss her debut book FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS - Charlton Heston and American Politics (University of Kentucky Press) on BookScan on October 12. The book also garnered a mentioned in US News and its cover made a cameo in this Bill Maher clip. NAL is releasing Chris and Toren Volkmann's From Binge to Blackout: A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking in August and the book is already receiving great pressing including a New York Times article and a segment on the CBS Evening News (national) with much more to come... A film deal for Lisa Beth Kovetz's "THE TUESDAY EROTICA CLUB" featured in PublishersWeekly's Hollywood Reader. Variety announces Weinstein Bros. Hookup with Artists and Artisans book for film. Great reviews are coming in for Artists and Artisans next two book including PW's review for "SIX LESSONS FOR SIX SONS" by Joe Massengale Sr. and David Clow... And "TUESDAY EROTICA CLUB" by Lisa Beth Kovetz received praise from Kirkus Reviews - "Scintillating, often-droll tale of female friendship loaded, of course, with delicious erotica" and Booklist - "always entertaining account of four strong characters who become friends and, in the end, much more". Jenni Schaefer and her popular eating disorder book, "LIFE WITHOUT ED", featured on The Dr. Phil Show on 11/3/2005. Atkins is so over. Bring in the Pies and Tarts! Renowned pastry chef Nancy Kershner's "I ♥ PIES AND TARTS" is out from Taylor Trade Publications. Reviews, praise and details. Truly "The Lost One". University Press of Kentucky is releasing the first biography of iconic actor, Peter Lorre, in September - "THE LOST ONE: A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen D. Youngkin. Details, praise and press. Since 50 is the new 30, we proudly present "FLINGS, FROLICS AND FOREVER AFTERS: A Single Woman's Guide to Romance After Fifty" by Katherine E. Chaddock and Emilie Chaddock Egan published by Tenspeed Press in September. Press. Our next bestseller available in the States! International sensation and bestseller in Ireland, Italy and Switzerland, "POMEGRANATE SOUP" a beautiful debut novel with recipes by Marsha Mehran published by Random House. Reviews, praise and details. Maybe not a future bestseller, but certainly a cult favorite and underground hit - M. Chris Fabricant's provocative and enlightening "BUSTED! Drug War Survival Skills" published August 9 by HarperCollins. Reviews, praise and details. The end is nigh! The sky is falling! Cats and dogs are living together! If you are suffering from AA (Apocalypse Angst) we have the cure - Meghann Marco's hilarious and informative "The Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World". "THE HOOKUP HANDBOOK: A Single Girl's Guide to Living It Up" by Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler ("Racy, fun, and informative...Highly recommended", Library Journal February 15, 2005; "Turns 'The Rules' on its head...Lavinthal and Rozler's knowing allusions will have readers squealing in delight", Publishers Weekly Annex Review) is out March 1 and will be marketed alongside Simon Spotlight Entertainment's other dating book "He's Just Not That Into You." USA Today Coverstory, New York Times Style Section cover story. "DIABESITY: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America - And What we Must Do to Stop It" by Dr. Francine Kaufman ("This engrossing volume is recommended for all consumer health collections", Starred Review Library Journal February 1, 2005; "First-rate, important book...is easy to understand and will be useful to many", Publishers Weekly February 14, 2005) is out March 1 and will be accompanied with extensive media coverage. USA Today feature. Jane Brody's Personal Health column in The New York Times.
"EMILIE'S VOICE" By
Susanne Dunlap will be released April 5, 2005 and the early reviews
bode well. "THE HEDONISM HANDBOOK: Mastering the Lost Arts of Leisure and Pleasure", Michael Flocker's follow up to "THE METROSEXUAL GUIDE TO STYLE" will be released this October and has already appeared on a USA Today list of must read nonfiction for the Fall. "SAT VOCABULARY EXPRESS: Word Puzzles Designed to Decode the New SAT" by Jacqueline Byrne and Michael Ashley has just been released by McGraw Hill so your teenager children can stop complaining about having to study for the SAT exam. Film rights to the "THE HOOKUP HANDBOOK: A Girl's Guide to the Non-Dating Game", by Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler have been optioned (details to come) and the book was mentioned in Cindy Adams's column in The Post and a New York Times The Arts section coverstory! "DIABESITY: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America - And What We Must Do to Stop It", by Dr. Francine Kaufman, Past President of the American Diabetes Association, has been scheduled for release in March 2005. We have a Bestseller! Michael Flocker's "THE METROSEXUAL GUIDE TO STYLE: A Handbook for the Modern Man" was released October 14, 2003 and has so far caught the metrosexual wave all the way to the New York Times Paperback Advice List, as well as the LA Times, Washington Post and Booksense Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller Lists! And the book will be included in the Golden Globe Goodie Bags, while Michael provides Red Carpet commentary for the E! channel. Jennifer Schaefer's inspirational "LIFE WITHOUT ED: How One Woman Declared Independence From Her Eating Disorder And How You Can Too" from Contemporary Books/McGraw Hill received a very nice review in the December 1, 2003 issue of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Michael Hogan's excellent debut novel (and the first book repped by Artists and Artisans) "MAN OUT OF TIME" received a great review and sidebar interview with the author in the 9/22/3 issue of PUBLISHERS WEEKLY along with another great review. Film rights have also been optioned.
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