CarrieK | March 10, 2010
Please join me in welcoming Lynn Cullen to Books and Movies today. Lynn is the author of The Creation of Eve (which I loved). Her publicist e-mailed to let me know she was available for a guest post and asked if I had a topic in mind. One of the things that intrigued me about [...]
CarrieK | February 27, 2010
Author news and links:
~ Nick Hornby is going to start writing his column in The Believer again – the essays from this column are what make up The Polysyllabic Spree, Housekeeping vs. the Dirt, and Shakespeare Wrote for Money. When I read this post in my reader, it made my day – I’m going [...]
CarrieK | February 20, 2010
Author news and links:
~ Lenore at Presenting Lenore has an interview with Jasper Fforde, author of Shades of Grey.
~ Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit has an interview with Frank Delaney, author of Ireland and Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show.
~ Candace at Beth Fish Reads has a guest post from Johanna Moran, author of The Wives [...]
CarrieK | February 17, 2010
Yesterday I reviewed Pam Jenoff’s thriller, Almost Home (the link will take you to my review), which I loved. Today, I am pleased to welcome Pam to Books and Movies for an interview.
Almost Home is different than your previous two novels. Where did you get the idea?
Pam: Almost Home is the culmination of [...]
CarrieK | February 15, 2010
Title: King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography
Author: Chris Crutcher
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Audiobook from the public library
First line: I grew up riding a rocket.
Last summer, when I embarked on the project that is the Literary Road Trip, I had the privilege of interviewing (via e-mail) Chris Crutcher, YA [...]
CarrieK | February 13, 2010
Author news and links:
~ Presenting Lenore has an interview with Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go – and you can also enter to win copies of the first two books in the Chaos Walking trilogy.
~ Neil Gaiman will be writing an episode of Doctor Who.
~ Jill at Fizzy Thoughts got to [...]
CarrieK | February 5, 2010
Today, I would like to welcome Patrick Taylor to Books and Movies. Patrick is the author of An Irish Country Doctor and the sequels.
Dea duit. Cead mile fáilte. Hello and welcome to this blog. I’m Patrick Taylor, but my friends usually call me Pat. Being a dinosaur in the electronic universe, although I have [...]
CarrieK | February 4, 2010
Michelle at GalleySmith is hosting the Literary Road Trip:
The Literary Road Trip is a project in which bloggers are volunteering to showcase local authors. This showcase can be anything you want to make of it – book reviews, author interviews, giveaways – as long as you’re working with an author local to you.
Kirby Larson is [...]