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Your Local Bookstore No Matter Where You Live. www.poisonedpen.com
You're awesome!
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Chuck Wendig
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Prime Day, Schmime Day. Hey, listen, indie bookstores are out there being awesome every day. And they tend to ship directly to you, even if you're not local to the store. They're where the books live! And booksellers are book wizards! Bonafide bibliomancers fast with the recommendations.
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Also delighted but not stunned. Congrats!
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The New York Times
over 1 year ago
Stephen King, Megan Abbott and other authors' favorites didnāt make our "Best Books of the 21st Century" list ā but these writers make a case for them anyway.
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Megan Abbott, Bonnie Garmus and More Writers on the Books They Love
Some of their favorites didnāt make our āBest Books of the 21st Centuryā list ā but these authors make a case for them anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/books/review/favorite-books-stephen-king-megan-abbott.html
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For
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Washington Independent Review of Books
over 1 year ago
"Romance Roundup: July 2024."
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Ashley C. Ford
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YES
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Meg Gardiner
over 1 year ago
I talked to People magazine about SHADOWHEART, out tomorrow! Plus writing, and more. Inside Author Meg Gardiner's Latest Thriller About Dueling Serial Killers: 'Dark and Twisted Minds'
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Inside Author Meg Gardiner's Latest Thriller About Dueling Serial Killers: 'Dark and Twisted Minds'
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'Heat 2' is debuting her next page-turner, Shadowheart, on June 18.
https://people.com/meg-gardiner-shadowheart-novel-competing-serial-killers-8663881
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Deanna Raybourn
over 1 year ago
Pour one out for all the fathers opening up their ties, Old Spice gift sets, barbecue gloves, and cards with fart jokes.
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š§ Good talk.
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Present & Correct
over 1 year ago
Important June Dates 3 Egg Day 4 Hug Your Cat Day 4 Cheese Day 7 Donut Day 8 Gin Day 10 Ballpoint Pen Day 13 Pigeon Day 18 Picnic Day 18 Panic Day 19 Sauntering Day 21 Longest Day (WTAF) 22 Onion Ring Day 23 Pink Day 30 Meteor Day
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
My latest Crime & Mystery column says goodbye to two excellent sleuths, Maisie Dobbs (by Jacqueline Winspear) and Maggie Hope (by Susan Elia MacNeal), reviews new books by John Copenhaver and William Deverell, and a classic mystery by Akimitsu Takagi.
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2 Legendary Detectives Take Their Final Cases
Jacqueline Winspear is retiring Maisie Dobbs, and Susan Elia MacNeal bids farewell to Maggie Hope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/books/review/new-crime-novels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
No question it is harder and harder out there for a debut novelist. And for the novelist who has to reinvent themselves with every book.
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Why Are Debut Novels Failing to Launch?
For first-time writers, itās harder than ever to break out. That poses an existential crisis for publishingāand disturbing limits on your access to exciting new voices.
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a60924704/debut-fiction-challenges/
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Present & Correct
over 1 year ago
Bakers, this Anything Cake Chart is genius & so useful. By Nicola Lamb Scanned from last weekendās FT Magazine.
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Vince Keenan
over 1 year ago
I'm at CrimeReads today with a story on Elaine May, because almost every one of her films is a crime story.
crimereads.com/bound-for-be...
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Bound for Betrayal: The Crime Films of Elaine May
When considering the career of Elaine May, who turned ninety-two on April 21, 2024 and remains one of the brightest lights of twentieth-century popular culture, several superlatives come to mind. Pā¦
https://crimereads.com/bound-for-betrayal-the-crime-films-of-elaine-may/
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Open Culture
over 1 year ago
Patti Smithās 40 Favorite Books
www.openculture.com/2015/04/patt...
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Patti Smithās 40 Favorite Books
Despite her fame as a rock
https://www.openculture.com/2015/04/patti-smiths-list-of-favorite-books.html
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
Picked some of of my favorite crime novels of the year so far:
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The Best Crime Novels of the Year (So Far)
Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/books/review/the-best-crime-novels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Benjamin Dreyer
over 1 year ago
Farewell to a titan.
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Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/books/alice-munro-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.joZ-.P79xRYtXlbvu&smid=url-share
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The New York Times
over 1 year ago
Alice Munro, the revered Canadian author whose short stories dazzled the literary world and earned her the Nobel Prize in Literature, died at 92.
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Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/books/alice-munro-dead.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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The New York Times
over 1 year ago
As book bans surged across Florida, the best-selling novelist Lauren Groff and her husband decided that their town needed an independent bookstore where titles that had been purged from libraries and classrooms would be on prominent display.
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Book Bans Are Surging in Florida. So Lauren Groff Opened a Bookstore.
Itās called The Lynx, after the wildcat native to the state. āWe wanted something a little fierce,ā she said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/books/lauren-groff-bookstore-lynx.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
A legend has passed.
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Shirley Conran, campaigner and āqueen of the bonkbusterā, dies aged 91
Bestselling author of Lace and Superwoman turned her attention to helping people overcome anxiety about maths
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/09/shirley-conran-bestselling-author-dies
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Vince Keenan
over 1 year ago
RIP Paul Auster, one of the great figures of modern American letters. We ran a conversation between him and Eddie Muller in NOIR CITY magazine in 2021.
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Present & Correct
over 1 year ago
Important May Dates. 4 Bird Day 6 No Diet Day 9 Lost Sock Memorial Day 12 Fatigue Day 13 Hummus Day 14 Dance like a Chicken Day 18 Museum Day 22 Goth Day 25 Wine Day 28 Burger Day 29 Paperclip Day 29 Otter Day
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
RIP Werner Spitz, one of the giants (for good and for ill) in forensic science.
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Werner Spitz, Forensic Expert in High-Profile Murders, Dies at 97
He figured in the examination of sensational cases involving President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., O.J. Simpson and others.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/us/werner-spitz-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Lee Goldberg
over 1 year ago
Here's an interesting, and exhaustively detailed, counter-point to the article I shared the other date about the publishing business.
countercraft.substack.com/p/yes-people...
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Yes, People Do Buy Books
Despite viral claims, Americans buy over a billion books a year
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/yes-people-do-buy-books?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
This monthās Crime & Mystery column is finally online (it ran in print last Sunday!) and reviews new books by Catherine Mack, Katrina Carrasco, and Marcia Muller, as well as the last, posthumous KC Constantine novel.
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She Loves Amalfi, Aperol and Killing Off Her Ex in Fiction
Our crime columnist on mysteries by Catherine Mack, Katrina Carrasco, Marcia Muller and K.C. Constantine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/books/review/new-crime-and-mystery-novels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Maris Kreizman
over 1 year ago
Issue 1 of The Maris Review is up!
mariskreizman.substack.com/p/the-maris-...
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The Maris Review, number 1
What Iāve read this week THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY by Jennifer Croft The Maris Review by Maris Kreizman is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming...
https://mariskreizman.substack.com/p/the-maris-review-number-1?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Today 2 PM PDT Anne Hillerman LIVE!
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LIVE EVENT: Anne Hillerman
Anne Hillerman discusses Lost Birds click here to order!Ā Ā Ā Anne
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TOMORROW 1 PM PDT Megan Miranda š„LIVE!š„ Discussing her newest bestseller DAUGHTER OF MINE! Come on by:
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Amanda Mull
over 1 year ago
The phrase āa Bronx tax preparer known as āThe Magicianāā has taken me out
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/c...
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New York tax preparer accused of stealing over $100 million from the IRS
A Bronx tax preparer known as āthe Magicianā was arrested by IRS Criminal Investigations agents in an alleged $100 million dollar tax rip-off scheme.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bronx-tax-preparer-the-magician-charged-irs-fraud/5322760/
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
One of the greatest who ever did it. RIP Faith Ringgold.
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Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Childrenās Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/arts/faith-ringgold-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE0.4E72.YHVB-LcqYY9Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=u&sgrp=c-cb
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Saeed Jones
over 1 year ago
Oh my goodness, RIP to a legend. Iām so glad I got to see her work at the New Museum a couple of years ago.
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Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Childrenās Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/arts/faith-ringgold-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE0.RzO9.3z3Gc6njtzz5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=m&sgrp=c-cb
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
Please please read this essay.
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Sarah Weinman
over 1 year ago
This is a Highsmith novel
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TOMORROW NIGHT!
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LIVE EVENT: Gary Phillips
Gary Phillips discusses Ash Dark as Night click here to
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4/4/24 7 PM PDT Gary Phillips LIVE! Be there:
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Closed today! See you tomorrow!
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Erik Pedersen
almost 2 years ago
Really enjoyed speaking with Percival Everett about JAMES *gift link below
www.ocregister.com/2024/03/22/p...
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Percival Everettās new novel reworks Mark Twain. But āJamesā has a different mission
The prolific author and USC professor talks about his new book inspired by āAdventures of Huckleberry Finn.ā
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/03/22/percival-everetts-new-novel-reworks-mark-twain-but-james-has-a-different-mission/?share=evewnl4oe2ctsenslofd
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erin morgenstern
almost 2 years ago
New edition of The Night Circus coming in April from Vintage UK as part of their Vintage Quarterbound Classics collectionš¤ Cover illustration by Refeal Idan Suissa š¤
www.penguin.co.uk/series/VINCL...
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Double congratulations!
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almost 2 years ago
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TONIGHT 7 PM PDT LIVE! Lisa Scottoline discusses The Truth About the Devlins! Come on by:
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Very special book launch party tonight 7 PM PDT! Emmy Awardāwinning reporter
@reporterestes.bsky.social
Tony Hillerman Prizeāwinning debut OFF THE AIR. Please join us:
almost 2 years ago
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