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  • Meeks

    Julia Holmes

    July 2010: A dark satire rendered with the slapstick humor of a Buster Keaton film, this debut novel follows a hapless bachelor who must find a wife before the end of the summer or be confined forever in the city factories.

  • Redemption in Indigo

    Karen Lord

    July 2010: In this funny, fresh fable, a villager leaves her husband and finds she can manipulate chaos.

  • Old Men in Love: John Tunnock’s Posthumous Papers

    Alasdair Gray

    The first US edition (updated with the author’s corrections from the UK edition) of a novel that British critics lauded as one of the best of Gray’s long career.

  • Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet No. 25

    Gwenda Bond, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, Susannah Mandel, Richard Parks, Haihong Zhao


Chuntering On and On

Award Season: World Fantasy Awards Mon 30 Aug 2010

A little late (but better that than never): huge congratulations to all the World Fantasy Award nominees, those we know and those we don’t. Having been a juror, I know how much a nomination is worth! And, there’s a ton of stuff I haven’t read on here so it makes a good reading list.
I’ve occasionally [...]

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& now the first review for Under the Poppy Mon 30 Aug 2010

Publishers Weekly is again first off the blocks with their take on Kathe Koja’s huge sexy historical novel, Under the Poppy:
“The latest from Koja (Skin) is a page turner with riveting language and
close attention to sensory detail. Set in late 19th-century Brussels, the
story follows the adventures of puppeteer Istvan and brothel owner Rupert
who bond as [...]

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West Coast Holmes Fri 20 Aug 2010

If you’re in Portland (Monday, 8/23) or Seattle (Wed. 8/25) next week don’t miss the Meeks roadshow. Then, on Thursday the 26th Julia will be reading with our own Jedediah Berry at the Porter Square Bookshop in Cambridge (that place next to Cambridge, not that place in England). Fingers crossed I’ll see you at the [...]

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  • A Life on Paper: Stories

    Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud

    May 2010

    A major French fabulist translated into English for the first time.

  • The Poison Eaters & Other Stories

    Holly Black

    In her debut collection, New York Times best-selling author Holly Black “assures her place as a modern fantasy master.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

  • A Working Writer’s Daily Planner 2010

    December 2009:

    Organize your writing schedule, track deadlines, and learn about grants, contests, and workshop programs. Deadlines are built right in, along with spotlights on writing markets and helpful online resources.

  • Interfictions 2

    Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak, Editors

    November 2009:

    21 original and innovative writers including Jeffrey Ford, Brian Francis Slattery, Nin Andrews, and M. Rickert, and more. Introduction by Henry Jenkins.

  • Second Line

    Poppy Z. Brite

    October 2009:

    Two short novels of love and cooking in New Orleans, starring lovable chefs Ricky and G-man, written by the incomparable Poppy Z. Brite. “Fun foodie fiction, and readers will scarf it down.”—Publishers Weekly

  • Hound

    Vincent McCaffrey

    When a book dealer’s ex-lover is murdered, he is forced to examine his past and investigate the murky depths of literary Boston. Hound is the first of a series of novels featuring Henry Sullivan, and the debut novel of a long-time Boston bookseller, Vincent McCaffrey.

  • Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter’s Tales

    Greer Gilman

    “Sublimely lyrical Jacobeanesque dialect . . . readers who enjoy
    symbolism and allusion will cherish Gilman’s use of diverse folkloric elements to create an unforgettable realm and ideology.” —Publishers Weekly

  • Couch

    Benjamin Parzybok

    Three guys move a couch, save the world.
    An exuberant and hilarious debut in which an episode of furniture moving gone awry becomes an impromptu quest of self-discovery.

  • The Serial Garden

    Joan Aiken

    This is the first complete collection of Joan Aiken’s beloved Armitage stories — and it includes four new, unpublished stories.
    The Serial Garden is also the first title in our new imprint for readers of all ages: Big Mouth House.

  • The King’s Last Song

    Geoff Ryman

    “An unforgettably vivid portrait of Cambodian culture past and present.” —Booklist (starred review)

  • The Ant King and Other Stories

    Benjamin Rosenbaum

    A dazzling, postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions.
    Download for Free

  • The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories

    John Kessel

    Book Sense Pick
    Dustjackets: 1 · 2
    Interviews: 1 · 2
    Podcasts
    Download for Free

  • Generation Loss

    Elizabeth Hand

    Shirley Jackson Award Winner
    Start reading | Listen.
    YouTube interview
    Believer Award Short List

  • The Best of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet

    Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, Editors

    So good there had to be a book. Or something.
    “An otherworldly Farmer’s Almanac.”—Library Journal

  • Water Logic

    Laurie J. Marks

    A triumph of politics, fantasy, world-building, and intelligent design: of character, world, and magic.

    Listen to Ch.1

  • Endless Things

    John Crowley

    An Ægypt Novel
    “Confirms that he is one of our finest living writers, period.” —Michael Dirda


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