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Timeannounced it in 2013 as “the best news you’ll read all day.” It still is.
The tale behind the “greatest love story” ever told, of a rhyming giant kind and fencing Spaniard bold, of Westley, handsome farm boy, and Buttercup, a beauty coy — is coming to print. Our Westley, Cary Elwes, will lead a romp to “have fun stormin’ da castle” in his memoir As You Wish(October 14; Touchstone) on the making of the well-loved hit film, “The Princess Bride.”
The iconic swashbuckling rom-com introduced Robin Wright (wait, sweet Buttercup turned into Claire Underwood?), and starred Billy Crystal, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, (I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!”) Carol Kane, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Peter Falk, and a young Fred Savage. It is applauded as one of the Writers Guild of America’s “101 Greatest Screenplays” and the American Film Institute’s “100 Greatest Love Stories.”
Elwes told the Hollywood Reporterthat he was inspired to share “inconceivable” behind-the-scenes stories of making the hit during a cast reunion celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary at the 2012 New York Film Festival. (more…)
The New York Times team plans to implement several changes to the book review section over the next few months.
Henceforth, the NYT website will feature twelve new best sellers lists. These new monthly lists will cover the following genres: politics, business, travel, humor, family, relationships, animals, religion, spirituality and faith, celebrities, food and fitness, science, and sports. Other additional lists will be introduced in 2015.
Here’s more from the press release: “The Book Review will also, on a rotating basis, publish in print several popular lists that were previously online exclusives. Those include Politics, Manga, Graphic Novels, Food and Fitness…The new layout creates an additional page for print editorial content including reviews, essays and features. The first redesigned issue features an essay by Henry Alford on book etiquette.”
Real Time with Bill Maher writer Chris Kelly will publish Downton Tabby in December, a parody book reenacting Downton Abbey with cats.
We reached out to publisher Simon & Schuster, getting a pair of images from the book. Check them out (embedded above and below), showing all the main characters of the PBS drama as cats. Here’s more about the book, from the release:
This parody of (what else) Downton Abbey features the Grimalkin family, England’s oldest and finest family of cats. Using photographs and illustrations, DOWNTON TABBY takes us through the lives and loves of the family and their servants, from the sinking of the Kitanic to the Jazz Age. Woven through their story are also essential tips, including How to Keep a Secret at Downton Tabby, How to Argue with Lord Grimalkin About His Most Deeply Held Beliefs, and some Uninvited but Necessary Words from the Dowager.
Chronicle Books will publish the official companion to the Game of Thrones television series, Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones. Unlike most book trailers, this video visited the set of a popular TV show.
As of this writing, the trailer has received more than 36,000 views. The $40 book will be released on October 1st, containing 300 color images and photographs.
At Time.com, the artist explained her work: “I wanted the flights to feel genuine … These are places we are really in everyday, it’s not a cut-and-paste job on random interiors and landscapes.” (Via io9)
HBO has released a teaser trailer for season two of its George R.R. Martin adaptation, Game of Thrones. We’ve embedded the video above–what do you think?
A number of new actors will join the cast, including Gwendoline Christie as the warrior Brienne of Tarth, Liam Cunningham as former smuggler Ser Davos Seaworth and Stephen Dillane as would-be king Stannis Baratheon.
According to Deadline, fans have to wait until April 2012 for the first of ten new episodes. A Song of Ice and Fire series author Martin is currently working on a few projects: a not-yet-titled novella and two novels, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. (via Shelf Awareness)
While accepting the Mason Prize at George Mason University this weekend, novelist Stephen King gave fans a peek at a sequel to his classic novel, The Shining.
Above, we’ve embedded a short video clip from the event. Follow this link to read more about all the topics King discussed while receiving the award–past recipients included Chinua Achebe, Dave Eggers and Greg Mortenson.
Here’s more about the reading: “Doctor Sleep, his upcoming novel about a grown-up Danny Torrance from The Shining. In the book, Danny is a hospice worker who uses his powers to help ill patients to pass away without pain. Unfortunately, he runs afoul of a gang of wandering psychic vampires who feed on people’s energy.” (Via Matt Staggs)
Author Neil Gaiman hopes to write a sequel to his novel, American Gods. According to an interview with MTV News, the novelist has a “boxful of stuff” he would include in the sequel.
Gaiman told explained: “The first book was very much about the grifters and the lowlifes, and you don’t really get to see much of the new gods and you don’t really get a sense of those gods who are doing incredibly well in America. In the second book, I definitely want to go into both of those things.”
Gaiman (pictured, via) released the 10th anniversary edition of American Gods on June 21st. This edition (the author’s preferred text version) contains 12,000 additional words–expanded chapters, essays and interviews.
Bestselling author Suzanne Collins (pictured, via) is writing a new young-adult series. According to The New York Times, the untitled project will be her “most autobiographical work to date,” using family members’ names and illustrations inspired by family photos.
This new project will focus on war, a theme present in her two series, The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games. Collins’ grandfather, uncle, and father all served in military careers, and the novelist will write about war for teenage audiences.
Collins explained: “I specifically want to do this book, one as a sort of memory piece kind of honoring that year for my family, and two, because I know so many children are experiencing it right now — having deployed parents. And it’s a way I would like to try and communicate my own experience to them.”
Richelle Mead (pictured, via) wrote theVampire Academy series about two supernatural best friends.
The series concluded last year with Last Sacrifice. GalleyCat has learned more exclusive details about Bloodlines, the forthcoming Vampire Academy spin-off series.
Q: What characteristics of the Vampire Academy series will be retained in the spin-off, Bloodlines?
A: We’re essentially keeping the same paranormal world, so we’ll have all the same creatures and rules that we know from the first series—along with many of the same characters. And even though the narrator has a different style from Rose [Hathaway], many of the things readers know from my writing will be there: humor, lots of emotion, and those dreaded cliffhangers!
Richelle Mead (pictured, via) wrote theVampire Academy series about two supernatural best friends.
The series concluded last year with Last Sacrifice. GalleyCat has learned more exclusive details about Bloodlines, the forthcoming Vampire Academy spin-off series.
Q: What characteristics of the Vampire Academy series will be retained in the spin-off, Bloodlines?
A: We’re essentially keeping the same paranormal world, so we’ll have all the same creatures and rules that we know from the first series—along with many of the same characters. And even though the narrator has a different style from Rose [Hathaway], many of the things readers know from my writing will be there: humor, lots of emotion, and those dreaded cliffhangers!
Novelist Stephen Kinghas finished a new installment in his Dark Tower series. Entitled The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole, the book will be published next year.
King (pictured, via) conceived the genre-bending fantasy series when he was 19-years-old. Over the course of his career, King has published seven books and a short story about the fantasy world.
The novelist explained the new book on his blog: “I realized there was at least one hole in the narrative progression: what happened to Roland, Jake, Eddie, Susannah, and Oy between the time they leave the Emerald City (the end of Wizard and Glass) and the time we pick them up again, on the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis (the beginning of Wolves of the Calla)? … It won’t tell you much that’s new about Roland and his friends, but there’s a lot none of us knew about Mid-World, both past and present. The novel is shorter than DT 2-7, but quite a bit longer than the first volume—call this one DT-4.5. It’s not going to change anybody’s life, but God, I had fun.” (Via Matt Staggs)
Today Yale Law professor Amy Chau published her parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal released an excerpt with the title: “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.”
Here’s more from the article: “Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do: attend a sleepover, have a playdate, be in a school play, complain about not being in a school play, watch TV or play computer games, choose their own extracurricular activities, get any grade less than an A, not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama, play any instrument other than the piano or violin, not play the piano or violin.”
In the book, her portrait of Lincoln includes the words: “I looked deep into his eyes and found.” Kalman added: “I thought he would be the most incredible boyfriend. If I were married to him instead of Mary Todd Lincoln, the whole history would’ve been a whole different thing.”
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney will embark on a national tour to promote the fifth book in his series, The Ugly Truth. The title comes out on November 9th. Five million copies have been ordered for the first printing.
Publisher’s Weekly has more: “The launch for The Ugly Truth will take place at BookPeople in Austin on the book’s on-sale date; the store will have a kid-sized version of the Cheese Touch board game, a dunk tank, and other activities on hand for the event.”
On November 21st, Kinney will be in New York City at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade for Greg Heffley’s debut as a giant balloon. The wimpy kid will appear alongside other literary characters including Horton the Elephant and Spider-Man. Right now, readers enter a sweepstakes for a trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
Yesterday Drudge Report revealed a few passages from George W. Bush’s upcoming memoir, Decision Points. The memoir hits shelves on November 9. It will cost $35, and the publisher will issue 1,000 clothbound and signed copies at $350 each.
According to the report, the former President avoids discussing President Barack Obama in his memoir. The post also mentions Bush’s thoughts about Pope John Paul II and the former President’s “order to shoot down planes on September 11.”
Here’s more from the Drudge Report post: “‘It was a simple question, ‘Can you remember the last day you didn’t have a drink?’ So begins President George W. Bush in the opening chapter ["Quitting"] from the most anticipated book of the season, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. With DECISION POINTS, set for release November 9, Bush pulls back the curtain with a strikingly personal work that takes very few shots at his critics.” (Via Gawker)
Splinter, Sterling Publishing’s young-adult imprint, will launch with a three-part fantasy series by Colleen Houck.
Breaking the tradition of publishing one book per year, the Tiger Saga will be available in its entirety by the end of 2011. Splinter will release Tiger’s Curse on January 11th, Tiger’s Quest on June 11th, and Tiger’s Voyage on November 11th. The books will be published in both hardcover and eBook formats.
Houck wrote Tiger Saga while waiting for vampire novelist Stephenie Meyer to complete her Twilight Saga. Houck explained on her website: “I was a bit overdramatic, but I was in despair. I felt like I’d just broken up with my boyfriend and I desperately needed to park my car outside his house to see what he was doing. Then, like the little red hen, I decided that if nobody was going to write another series like that, I’d do it myself.”
Although book tour dates have yet to be announced, former President George W. Bush will be interviewed by Matt Lauer and Oprah Winfrey when his memoir arrives next month.
Lauer will air his interview November 8th. Winfrey will air her interview on November 9th, the day of the book’s release. The regular hardcover will cost $35, but 1,000 copies of it will be signed and specially cloth-bound with a $350 price-tag.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair received a reception of shoes, eggs, and protests during his book tour this year. Would you go to a book signing by former President Bush? Let us know in the comments section.
What do you do with a PhD in history? Write fantasy fiction, of course.
Andrea Cremer (pictured) did that in her debut novel, Nightshade. She used her scholarship and research to incorporate social issues about gender, power struggles, and sexuality into her book. We caught up with Andrea to find out a little bit more.
Q: Nightshade is about a werewolf. How do you stick to conventional werewolf canon and mythology and how do you deviate?
A: One of the things about Nightshade that I think is really different is that it’s described as a werewolf book, but I often tell people it’s not a werewolf book because it does break so much from werewolf convention. I grew up in the north woods of Wisconsin. I’m literally right on Lake Superior and in the middle of a national forest, so the wilderness to me was something that was really wonderful. I spent most of my days as a young girl out making up imaginary worlds and imaginary people with my brother and my best friend in the forest. That was the way we liked to spend our days.
Wolves and other wild animals to me were always fascinating; they weren’t something that were scary or monstrous, they were just cool. And so, I never pictured myself actually liking werewolves in terms of people picking teams for either vampires or werewolves. In all my reading, I had always firmly been in the vampire camp. I couldn’t figure out why it was that I didn’t like werewolves.
Becca Fitzpatrick‘s young-adult series, Hush, Hush will come to a close with the third and final book, Tempest. Publication is set for October 18th, 2011 with an initial print run of 250,000 copies. Fitzgerald will tour the country in support of the release.
Fitzpatrick had this statement: “Hush, Hush was my very first book, and it’s so thrilling to see it embraced by so many readers. It’s been a truly life changing experience. Patch and Nora’s story isn’t half told until Tempest, and I hope readers will find it the most enticing book yet.”
One of our acquaintances will dress up as Hunger Games‘ heroine Katniss Everdeen for Halloween. The Hush, Hush series features Patch Cipriano, a fallen angel and supernatural hottie. Perhaps “Patch” angels will also make a splash next costume season? Replicating this cover wouldn’t be too much of a challenge, would it?
On January 25, 2011, Random House will publish Kenneth Slawenski‘s biography of the late J. D. Salinger. Salinger: A Life was published in the U.K. earlier this year, but the U.S. cover is pictured (click to enlarge).
Slawenski founded the Dead Caulfields website in 2004, a major resource for Salinger fans. Earlier this week, the site posted a BBC video of the reclusive author–we’ve embedded the YouTube video below.
Here’s more about the biography: “[It] provides a tremendous amount of new information, shedding light for the first time on many unknown events in Salinger’s life: his wartime romance; the inspiration behind The Catcher in the Rye; the impact of his experience fighting in the D-Day landings; the true story behind Franny and Zooey; full details on his romance with Oona O’Neill (later Mrs. Charlie Chaplin); his office intrigues with famous New Yorker editors and writers; his friendship with Ernest Hemingway; surprising evidence that he intended to continue publishing after his last story appeared in l965, and much more.” continued…
Twilight tattoos are not the only contenders on the literary tattoo playing field. Novelist Justin Taylor and literary agent Eva Talmadge collaborated on a nonfiction compilation of literary tattoos based on their blog, tattoolit.com.
The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide came out this week from Harper Perennial and the trailer is embedded above. We caught up with the authors to talk about how the book came to be.
E = Eva Talmadge
J = Justin Taylor
Q: From your experience, which book/author receives the most tattoo requests?
E: Kurt Vonnegut and e.e. cummings are probably the most popular authors when it comes to literary tattoos.
J: And of course, if we had wanted to we could have done an entire book of just Shakespeare.
Q: Which children’s book illustrations are most popular?
E: Shel Silverstein, by far.
Q: What was the most interesting “story” behind a tattoo?
E: Best story by far is how Jamie Garvey of Gainesville, Florida, came to copy his e.e. cummings tattoo (“how do you like your blue-eyed boy now, mr. death?”) off the one and only Harry Crews.
Guardian journalist Jonathan Franklin and New York Times journalist Alexei Barrionuevo are both hoping to write about the 33 miners rescued in Chile yesterday. The BBC report embedded above covers the rescue efforts.
Crain’s New York reports that Franklin has already sold his proposal to several European houses, including the British publisher, Transworld. 33 Men, Buried Alive: The Inside Story of the Trapped Chilean Miners is scheduled for release early next year. George Lucas of Inkwell Management represents Franklin in New York.
Barrionuevo has not yet submitted a proposal, but is represented by Esther Newberg of ICM. According to the article, his book will “cover the aftermath of the rescue and the complications that arise as the miners deal with being international heroes.”
Here’s more from the article: “The concern among publishers is that the public will get enough of the heart-stirring story from all of the news accounts and won’t have any need of a book. ‘We’re wondering how much the immediate coverage will chew up the story,’ said one editor who was considering 33 Men. Despite those concerns, some publishing executives feel that the miners’ story is dramatic and compelling enough to warrant a book.”
Yale University Press announced yesterday that it is launching a new biography series, Jewish Lives, in collaboration with the Leon D. Black Foundation
The inaugural title, Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhard, by Robert Gottleib, will be published in October. Biographies in the series will "pair subjects and authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the breadth and complexity of Jewish experience from antiquity through the present."
Here are some of the details, from the press release: "Series editors are historians Anita Shapira of Tel Aviv University and Steven J. Zipperstein of Stanford University. Jewish Lives was acquired for Yale University Press by Ileene Smith, who will serve as editorial director of the project. Yale plans to publish at least fifty Jewish Lives biographies over the course of the next decade."
Future subjects include Kafka, Sigmund Freud and Leonard Bernstein, among others. The 92nd Street Y will also be involved with the series, hosting bi-annual Jewish Lives events. The first will be in December.
Time announced it in 2013 as “the best news you’ll read all day.” It still is.
The New York Times team plans to implement several changes to the book review section over the next few months.
Tyrion Lannister, one of the most popular characters from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series, will get his own book of quotations.
Author Neil Gaiman hopes to write a sequel to his novel, American Gods. According to an interview with 
Bestselling author Suzanne Collins (pictured, 
Richelle Mead (pictured, 
Today Yale Law professor 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid author 
Yesterday 
Splinter, Sterling Publishing’s young-adult imprint, will launch with a three-part fantasy series by 
What do you do with a PhD in history? Write fantasy fiction, of course. 
Yale University Press announced yesterday that it is launching a new biography series,