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Want to talk about books or make some literary friends in Los Angeles?
If you live in the Los Angeles area, we can help you answer all those questions. You should join us for our Cocktails in Los Angeles party at Whiskey Blue in the W Hotel on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT).
Follow this link to RSVP. The party will be hosted by Write On Online‘s Debra Eckerling and GalleyCat editor Jason Boog. It is a great way to meet new friends, network with media professionals or tell this GalleyCat editor about your favorite book.
To celebrate the release of the novel (published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky imprint), Berk (pictured) hosted a book party at Dylan’s Candy Bar in New York City. Author and cupcake blogger Rachel Kramer Busselcovered the event at Cupcakes Take the Cake.
Check it out: “[The book] is about a group of little girls who form a cupcake club at their school, start a cupcake business, fight bullies and have fun baking, decorating and learning about each other … [the candy store] was set up with a chocolate fountain where you could get Peeps, marshmallows, Rice Krispie treats, pretzels, strawberries or bananas dipped in it, a cupcaketini cocktail, which had Frangelico, Bailey’s and Kahlua (adults only, obviously) and adorable custom mini cupcakes courtesy of Georgetown Cupcake, which managed to replicate the book cover exactly, with glitter!”
Last night publishing leaders, technology writers, magazine editors, and mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby mingled at the glitzy book party for David Kirkpatrick. We missed the party, but received a dispatch and that photo of Kirkpatrick (via Gabriel Cid).
Here's more about the party: "Miles Nadal, Chairman & CEO of MDC Partners, hosted a cocktail party last night celebrating the release of David Kirkpatrick's new book, The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World. Event was held at Michael's Restaurant and was attended by Saul Hansell (noted technology writer), Andy Serwer (managing editor of Fortune), Dan Colarusso (Managing Editor of Bloomberg TV), and Priscilla Painton (Editor in Chief of Simon & Schuster)."
Next week, mediabistro.com's video series MediaBeat will host a three-part interview with Kirkpatrick, talking about his new book, his magazine career, and how he turned his nonfiction reporting into a book deal.
Our night began at The New York Times' literary party where Ryan Chapman discussed upcoming projects and P.E. Logan chatted about book reviews. Carolyn Kellogg pondered the long night ahead of us, Thomas Rogers critiqued Sex and the City 2, and Leslie Koppenhaver cheered Graywolf Press' good year. Laura Miller shared her feelings about the Lost finale and Jonathan Lethem suggested we read a certain biography of the late, great Nathanael West.
At the Harper Perennial blogger apprecition party in the historic Algonquin Hotel, we talked with Ron Hogan about his reading series and debated publishing profits with Levi Asher. Jurgen Fauth chatted about Fictionaut while Marcy Dermansky explained her upcoming novel. Kevin Smokler talked about book tours. Susan Henderson showed off her new galley and Robin Slick said her son joined the rock band Dr. Dog.
BookExpo America's party season began with a bang at Monday night's annual Literati-a-Go-Go BEA soiree hosted by literary agent, Donna Bagdasarian and publishing industry veteran, David Nudo.
National Book Critics Circle's Jane Ciabattari and John Reed co-hosted the event which was sponsored by Agency212 and Palmer Vineyards.
Held at the posh, Vig 27, publishing industry's who's-who came out in droves. Open Road's Jane Friedman, Sally Richardson of St. Martin's Press, Jon Anderson of Simon & Schuster's Children's Division, and George Slowik of Publishers Weekly were just a few of the power players that intermingled.
"The party was bigger and better than last year," Bagdasarian says and noted it exceeded their expectations.
Many were calling the event the perfect pre-BEA party of the year and perhaps rightly so as the mixed-media crowd consisted of power houses from the film, television, magazine and book publishing worlds -- including BastardLife's Neil Boulton, John Mutter and Jenn Risko of ShelfAwareness Jerome Kramer of Kirkus, Sony Pictures' Mark James and Philip Patrick of Crown Publishing; further evidence of how once separate industries are now colliding.
"BookExpo has always been a place for industry professionals to come together and exchange ideas and make things happen," Nudo says, "The Literati-a-go events also has the same goal in mind."
Guests laughed and exchanged cards while nibbling on hors d'oeuvres and drinking wine. One of the hot topics of the party was the changes in this year's BEA as well as how their roles in the ever-changing book publishing industry have shifted and morphed.
The event did so well Nudo, Reed, Ciabattari and Bagdasarian are already planning their next event.
In the video embedded above, four young adult authors partied like rock stars last Friday--leading the YA supergroup, Tiger Beat.
Libba Bray wailed on vocals, Daniel Ehrenhaft played guitar, Natalie Standiford played bass, and Barney Miller handled drums. The band headlined the launch party for Sourcebooks Fire, the publisher's brand new YA imprint. GalleyCat missed the party, but Sourcebooks passed along the excellent video.
Here's more from the blog post: "At Books of Wonder, Sourcebooks threw the biggest, baddest YA launch party this side of the Mason-Dixon line. Rocking the house was Tiger Beat ... creatively titled 'YA Song.' From the people that brought you Dr. Seuss... Tiger Beat!"
GalleyCat missed the event, but TimeOutNY had a great write up of the rock & roll party: "[Supercute!] performed songs in between sets, including a cover of Britney Spears's 'Oops!...I Did It Again.' They also pitched in during blogger Emily Gould's presentation, which began with a performance of one of the dirtiest songs ever recorded, Liz Phair's 'Flower.' While Gould read a cleaned-up version of the lyrics ('Blow Pop queen' subbed in for one of the song's more memorable lines), the girls of Supercute! sang a G-rated version of the song's backing vocals."
Last night CBS Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton celebrated the release of her new book with some of television news' biggest stars.
Avery Books hosted the party at Bar Americain in Manhattan. The book is entitledThe Body Scoop for Girls: A Straight-Talk Guide to a Healthy, Beautiful You: "a no-holds-barred guidebook, based on her passion to cut through the embarrassment that girls often feel about their changing bodies and to arm them with the knowledge they need to make smart choices."
GalleyCat missed the party, but the picture above shows a few of the attendees. From left to right: The Early Show weather anchor Dave Price, The Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus, Ashton, and The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.
Last night CBS medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton celebrated the release of her new book with some of television news' biggest stars.
Avery Books hosted the party at Bar Americain in Manhattan. The book is entitledThe Body Scoop for Girls: A Straight-Talk Guide to a Healthy, Beautiful You: "a no-holds-barred guidebook, based on her passion to cut through the embarrassment that girls often feel about their changing bodies and to arm them with the knowledge they need to make smart choices."
GalleyCat missed the party, but the picture above shows a few of the attendees. From left to right: The Early Show weather anchor Dave Price, The Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus, Ashton, and The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.
Earlier this month, the American and French publishing industries came together at the Libertine restaurant in New York City to celebrate author Rick Moody.
GalleyCat missed the reception, but the foundation kindly passed along some pictures from the party. Above, pictured left to right, are Schnittman (Oxford University Press), Morris (Bomb Magazine), and Thomas (Hachette).
Here's more about the event: "A week of meetings, events and panels organized for a delegation of French publishers--in town on a reciprocal tour planned by the Foundation--to discuss the evolving landscape of the book business. Specifically, the group examined the powerful economic and digital forces transforming modern publishing, and the comparative perspectives in France and the U.S.."
It seems like just yesterday that this GalleyCat editor joined more than 300 New Yorkers at the launch party for The Rumpus. Tonight, the literary website will team up with HTMLGIANT to celebrate its one year anniversary with another New York City party.
Founded by author Stephen Elliott, the literary website has grown into a hub for writers and readers around the country. To help you prepare for this year's party, we offer this video of last year's part--a webby time machine taking you back to another cold winter night...
Here are all the details about tonight's party: "We find it appropriate to celebrate our fitness for survival in the age of the interwebs and to kick off a great new year with an evening of literary and musical offerings in grand Rumpus style. The multimedia evening will feature readings by a line-up of literary stars... WHERE: Broadway East, where Chinatown meets the Lower East Side. 171 East Broadway (nr. Rutgers). View Map. Kitchen will be open with a light menu of snacks. WHEN: January 21, 2010 7:00pm-10:00pm, $5."
As New York City stumbles through yet another cold snap, local GalleyCat readers should warm up at a special book-themed cocktail party from mediabistro.com.
Tomorrow night, this GalleyCat editor will co-host a party at Copper Door Tavern in Manhattan with writer, editor and author Danielle Ofri (pictured). The party will celebrate the release of her new book, "Medicine in Translation." The event also aims to build a stronger literary community at mediabistro.com--a new chance for writers, readers, and publishing professionals to mingle.
Follow this link to RSVP. Here's more about Ofri's book: "[The book] is a look at the multicultural aspects of medicine. Ofri is the doctor to patients from all over the world at Bellevue Hospital. When she moves to Costa Rica, she has the opportunity to experience some of what her patients have experienced, when she has her baby in a foreign country."
Today this GalleyCat editor hiked to the famous Algonquin Hotel to witness a 21st Century revision of the Algonquin Round Table. During the 1920s, a tough and brilliant group of literary minds that included George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker, and Harold Ross met at the Algonquin for daily sessions--nicknamed "The Vicious Circle."
The new group united via Twitter, led by Bethanne Patrick and Denise Berthiaume back to the Algonquin for lunch. Thirty publishing types showed up for the inaugural lunch today, and they hope to hold quarterly lunches in the same spirit.
A few of the new members are pictured here, from left-to-right: Erin McHugh, Berthiaume, Patrick, and Robin Lenz.
"We were trying to think of a name," explained Berthiaume. "Vicious Circle didn't seem like the right name or philosophy for publishing right now. We called it the Virtuous Circle--the complete opposite."
GalleyCat would like to wish all our readers have a safe and happy holiday. We will be taking a break over the long weekend, but we will be back next week with Consumer Electronics Show coverage and all the news you need to survive 2010.
In the meantime, go visit our digitally obsessed sibling eBookNewser for some year-end e-reading device news. If that's not enough, check out our collection of Best Writing Music of 2009 lists and our annual Pet Parade. And keep imprisoned Chinese author Liu Xiaobo in your thoughts over the holiday-watch a number of great writers support Xiaobo in that GalleyCat video.
Finally, include your New Year writing resolutions in the comments section. We'll round up the responses in 2010.
Last night GalleyCat stopped by the powerHouse Arena in Brooklyn, for a night of wine, music, dancing, and books. At the party, the dancers in the photo cut loose to celebrate "Blues, Booze, & BBQ" by Michael Loyd Young--a photographic journey through the Mississippi Delta.
Bluesman T-Model Ford (pictured) played a long, gorgeous set in the middle of the bookstore, grinning like he won the lottery while Brooklynites danced.
Here's more about Young's book: "Blues, Booze, & BBQ, the first book by Michael Loyd Young, documents 150 miles of Highway 61, the famed blacktop road snaking from Memphis, Tennessee down to Greenville, Mississippi. At the halfway point, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, sits Clarksdale, Mississippi, the city considered the birthplace of the blues and the location of Robert Johnson's famed 'Cross Road Blues' intersection of Highway 61 and 49."
Yes, that's Alanis Morisette digging into a mixing bowl full of kale, as vegetarian cookbook author Anna Thomas looks on. Morissette recently hosted a party for Thomas's Love Soup (which features 160 vegetarian recipes) at her Brentwood home, where celebrity friends like Alicia Silverstone (who has a meatless cookbook of her own, The Kind Diet) and Amy Smart were served five delicious winter soups, two winter salads, fresh hummus, and various desserts.
And on that note, whatever's on your table tomorrow, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
If you didn't land a ticket to the National Book Awards tonight, we've uncovered some other literary events this week. To keep you posted about upcoming events, we've launched our Booked feature--a literary calendar for GalleyCat readers.
On Wednesday, November 18 (tonight!), rock biographer Tony Fletcher will talk with Gay Liberation Front founder Jim Fouratt about his new book, "All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of NY 1927-1977." The event will be held at the Strand Bookstore in NYC.
On Thursday, November 19th at 6 pm, Fortune's senior editor-at-large editor Geoff Colvin will discuss his new book, "Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else" at the Alan Flusser Custom Shop.
November is high event season in the publishing world, and to keep you posted about upcoming events, we've started a new Booked feature--building a literary event calendar for GalleyCat readers.
First, we must mention the GalleyCat-sponsored eBook summit party tonight (Nov. 16) at NYC's Bubble Lounge. Join GalleyCat writers and readers for a drink and a chance to win a free ticket to the eBook Summit. The party runs from 6:30 until 8:30, moving this virtual conversation about publishing into the real world. Click here to RSVP for a spot.
On Nov. 19, author Greil Marcuswill visit Columbia University to perform his his book, "Lipstick Traces"--incorporating visual material, props and monologue in the 20th anniversary celebration performance.
To include your literary event in future postings, email GalleyCat.
On Monday, November 16 join GalleyCat writers and readers for a drink and a chance to win a free ticket to the eBook Summit. The party runs from 6:30 until 8:30, moving this virtual conversation about publishing into the real world.
Click here to RSVP for a spot at the party at NYC's Bubble Lounge. At the event, education director Carmen Scheidel and GalleyCat editor Jason Boog will join writers, editors, agents, journalists, and other publishing types--sharing a drink and pondering the future of this crazy profession.
Here's more from the release: "From eReaders and publishing on demand to new business models for publishers and booksellers, our event will explore the technology that is driving change in the industry. eBook Summit will take place December 15-16, 2009 at New World Stages in New York City. Admission to Monday's Preview Event is complimentary, but RSVPs are required. Feel free to invite colleagues and friends. We'll also be raffling off a ticket to the December Summit, so be sure to bring some business cards."
Yesterday marked the release of Brandon Sanderson's "The Gathering Storm," the next book in a beloved "Wheel of Time" series by the late Robert Jordan. As that video reveals, fans mobbed the Brigham Young University bookstore opening at midnight, looking for copies of the sequel. "I've been waiting since I was 16," says one fan.
If you are looking for more "Wheel of Time" news, GalleyCat has written about how the book's network of fans are helping with promotional efforts for the book. Also, we interviewed Sanderson earlier this year about the future of fantasy and digital publishing.
Here's an excerpt from that interview, as Sanderson hinted at the highly anticipated conclusion of the series: "I'm one of four people who have read this ending out of the millions of people who are waiting for it...It was a reverent experience, a surreal experience. I don't think it really hit home for me what I was doing until I sat down and read that...It was a daunting experience saying, 'This is where the 11th book ended, and this is where I've got to end up.' There was a big gap."
After four years on the circuit, GalleyCat knows from book parties—and, let us tell you, cramming upwards of 400 people into Ben's Kosher Deli Monday night to celebrate the publication of David Sax's Save the Deli has to be some kind of record. Which would be fitting, given the number of other world records being set in the room that night—granted, they were all in stunt categories like "most insults flung at a deli waiter in 30 seconds" or "most side dishes ordered in 30 seconds," but a record's a record. Sax (left) invited the owners from several of the delis he writes about in his book—a travelogue of the great delis still operating in North America (with a little side trip to Europe)—and brought in Jelvis, "the Jewish Elvis," for musical entertainment, but you can't go wrong with a free buffet... especially when it includes hot dogs, knish, potato pancakes, and several flavors of Dr. Brown's. (And this picture doesn't even show any of the corned beef or pastrami!)
Last night the Feminist Press at the City University of New York (the oldest continuing women's publisher in the world) celebrated its 39th Annual Women Write the World Gala, and—just as in 2007 and 2008, we asked Amanda ReCupido (the creator of The Undomestic Goddess website) to cover the event for GalleyCat. Honorees as this year's event included authors Arianna Huffington and Taslima Nasrin, along with human rights lawyer Rhonda Copelon and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (who was unable to attend due to a late vote in the Senate). ReCupido writes:
"Copelon spoke about the need for human rights in the United States, especially when it comes to laws protecting reproductive health care and abortion. Luckily, she said, 'there is a new generation of activists emerging to see this through." Huffington echoed her call, saying that "younger women are ushering in a new world.' Nasrin spoke about the need to separate state and religion in every country, saying that 'education and economic freedom alone is not enough.' She also addressed the issue of human trafficking around the world, stating that 'no one is free until all women are free.'"
Each of the women honored have left an indelible mark on women's progress, and Huffington reminded the crowd that each and every one of us has the power to enact change. 'We need to stop looking for someone to save us,' she said. 'Look in the mirror and find the leader within.'"
Last Wednesday, Amanda ReCupido went to Gotham Hall for the New York Women's Foundation's "Stepping Out & Stepping Up" fall dinner The "Stepping Up" award recognizes New Yorkers who "serve as role models of courageous leadership, vision and commitment to women and girls as individuals and as partners," and this year's honorees included social activists Elizabeth and Herbert Sturz and author/journalists Sheryl WuDunn
and Nicholas D. Kristof. ReCupido spoke with Ana L. Oliveira, President and CEO of the foundation, who discussed how the evening's honorees affect change for women at both the local and global level. (Indeed, Oliveira explained, the Sturzs have founded 24 nonprofit and government agencies between them.)
WuDunn spoke about the importance of investing in women and girls locally as a prerequisite to investing globally. Her and Kristof's new book, Half the Sky, focuses on women and girls in the developing world, focusing on the issues of human trafficking, gender-based violence, and maternal care.
The evening also included music from Mary J. Blige, who dedicated her performance to the power and unity of women. Other attendees included New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (as the date of co-chair Diana Taylor), Consul General of Mexico Ruben Beltran, designer Catherine Malandrino, record executive Steve Stoute, and a scattering of additional New York socialites.
Last night diplomats, editors, and authors all mingled the Australian Consulate, celebrating the release of "The Literature of Australia" anthology from W.W. Norton & Company.
GalleyCat missed the event, but the Consulate passed along this picture of some of the night's cultural and political luminaries. Pictured in the top row: W.W. Norton editor Peter Simon, New School professor Nicholas Birns, author and screenwriter Luke Davies, Consul General Phil Scanlan, and anthology editor Nicholas Jose. Pictured in the bottom row: literary agent Mary Cunnane and author Shirley Hazzard.
Here's more about the forthcoming book: "[The anthology includes] coverage of over two hundred years of literature in all genres, from the 1700s to the present, and over 500 entries from 307 different authors, including writing by Aboriginal authors from the early colonial period to the present."
mediabistro.com's events team and AgencySpy got together last week to throw a party for James P. Othmer (center) last week celebrating the publication of Adland: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet. Among those joining Othmer at Stone Creek Bar & Lounge for complimentary Hendrick's Gin cocktails and free copies of the book: Barbarian Group CEO Benjamin Palmer and director of communications Eva McClosky. For more of John Kealy's photos from the evening, visit mediabistro.com's Flickr set.
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