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Thu, 23 May 2013 10:31:57 -0400

Khaled Hosseini talks about his new novel, And the Mountains...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:23:18 -0400

Khaled Hosseini talks about his new novel, And the Mountains Echoed.

The first And The Mountains Echoed copy sold at Octavia Books in New Orleans on publication day....

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:36 -0400

The first And The Mountains Echoed copy sold at Octavia Books in New Orleans on publication day. They opened early to sell the new Khaled Hosseini novel!

The Washington Post raves about Khaled Hosseini's new novel, And The Mountains Echoed

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:29 -0400

“Nuance is rare on the bestseller list. In most cases, ambiguity is stripped away to appeal to the greatest number and lowest common denominator. So it always renews my faith when a popular novelist shows a decided preference for moral complexity. It suggests that readers crave more than simplistic escape. Or perhaps it just means that some writers, like Khaled Hosseini, know how to whisk rough moral fiber into something exquisite….

Hosseini’s new book, And the Mountains Echoed, had tears dropping from my eyes by Page 45… Over and over again, he takes complicated characters and roasts them slowly, forcing us to revise our judgments about them and to recognize the good in the bad and vice versa.

It’s hard to do justice to a novel this rich in a short review. There are a dozen things I still want to say — about the rhyming pairs of characters, the echoing situations, the varied takes on honesty, loneliness, beauty and poverty, the transformation of emotions into physical ailments. Instead, I’ll just add this: Send Hosseini up the bestseller list again.”

To read the full review, click here.

Sue Halpern and her dog Pransky! To read an excerpt from her book, A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:25:07 -0400

Sue Halpern and her dog Pransky! To read an excerpt from her book, A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home in Parade Magazine, click here.

Want to get a sneak peak at THE HOTTEST read of the summer, before the book hits stands? Click...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:44:38 -0400

Want to get a sneak peak at THE HOTTEST read of the summer, before the book hits stands? Click any of the links below to download a free preview of THE YONAHLOSSEE RIDING CAMP FOR GIRLS by Anton DiSclafani, out from Riverhead June 4.

The Interestings author Meg Wolitzer gives a shout-out to Riverhead publisher!

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:44:00 -0400

“In the acknowledgments to your book, you call Riverhead’s Geoffrey Kloske an “excellent and, yes, feminist publisher.” What did you mean by that?

VIDA had done a series about the number of women writers published at the various companies, and Riverhead came out very well. And it’s not just that. Looking at what they’ve published over the years, he publishes important work by excellent women and really supports it. He cares.”

From Meg Wolitzer’s Atlantic Wire interview, to read the whole interview, click here.

Congrats to God’s Hotel author Victoria Sweet on winning...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:59:40 -0400

Congrats to God’s Hotel author Victoria Sweet on winning the Nonfiction Gold Medal at California Book Awards.

Comedienne Lizz Winstead Would Really Like to Know What’s in the Salad Dressing at John’s

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:03:03 -0400

Comedienne Lizz Winstead Would Really Like to Know What’s in the Salad Dressing at John’s:

“It’s some kind of walnut-y, vinaigrette-y, thyme-y thing and it’s f-cking awesome.”

We love the NYC diet of Lizz Winstead, author of Lizz Free or Die!

Unpoetic Day Jobs, and Other News

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:48:04 -0400

Unpoetic Day Jobs, and Other News:

Love this!

jennirl: rachelfershleiser: WORD! you know what’s the best,...

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:09:21 -0400

jennirl:

rachelfershleiser:

WORD!

you know what’s the best, is when you have a reading for an author and all your staff and all your friends come to it, and not because you sent them a million Facebook invites but because they love the author and are excited.

also, if Meg Wolitzer is reading near you and you do not go, YOU WILL BE SAD FOREVER. she is one of the best speakers about the realities of writing books that i have had the privilege to stare adoringly at, and i have attended hundreds of events. (i am not exaggerating, here is the math: 52 weeks in a year, ~3 author events per week, for 5 years as bookseller/event planner. not including other people’s events, so probably i have passed the thousand mark already.)

This book is so gorgeous… and so good! Check out The World...

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:28:44 -0400

This book is so gorgeous… and so good! Check out The World is a Carpet by Anna Badkhen, available July 2013.

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in April

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:45:05 -0400

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in April:

Rebecca Schinsky @rebeccaschinsky at BookRiot says Sarah Waters’ FINGERSMITH is the best book she read in April, describing how “Waters unravels the plot with gorgeous writing and masterful shifts in narrative voice.”

We absolutely adore the Chicago Tribune’s commitment to...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:01:00 -0400

We absolutely adore the Chicago Tribune’s commitment to excerpting excellent fiction - seen here is the stunning package they put together for a pull out of Steven Amsterdam’s WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED.

buzzfeed: Tomorrow! We couldn’t help ourselves, this is...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:59:15 -0400

buzzfeed:

Tomorrow!

We couldn’t help ourselves, this is too funny not to retumble!

rachelfershleiser: Meg Wolitzer is flawless. Her conversation...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:11:52 -0400

rachelfershleiser:

Meg Wolitzer is flawless. Her conversation with Jami last night was hilarious, inspiring, and infuriating in all the right ways. (“Tell me again how you totally care about women’s stories cause you read Joan Didion….”)

Also discussed: collaborating with musicians, women running through fields of wheat, Bookscan numbers, talent, Long Island, the first 80 pages, Anthony Weiner.

What I’m saying is, buy The Interestings. And go see this amazing writer anytime and anywhere she speaks.

WOW what an endorsement!

Junot Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her is the book to be...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:10:32 -0400

Junot Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her is the book to be reading on the F train (h/t Aaron Gell).

Bookstore cat at ADA Cafe Bookstore in Istanbul, Turkey! Photo...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:12:48 -0400

Bookstore cat at ADA Cafe Bookstore in Istanbul, Turkey! Photo by Riverhead Publisher Geoff Kloske.

Riverhead Books has the honor of publishing incredible fiction...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:01:00 -0400

Riverhead Books has the honor of publishing incredible fiction by talented female writers from around the world. Head over to our Instagram and leave a comment for a chance to win a collection of novels by Helen Oyeyemi, Meg Wolitzer, Emma Straub, Danielle Evans, Dina Nayeri, Danzy Senna and Catherine Chung.

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bookavore: BLIND ITEM REVEALED: The book I was so engrossed in...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:24:02 -0400

bookavore:

BLIND ITEM REVEALED: The book I was so engrossed in yesterday and which caused me to eat an entire bag of chips without realizing was The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer. There are a lot of things to say about this book, and smarter people than me are going to say them, so I will just note that I loved it and very highly recommend it to pretty much everybody I know.

Throw this on the feminist book club pile as well. God, that’s a lot of feminist books in a row. I’m going to go root through Martin Amis’s backlist and cleanse my palate.

We think “so good I accidentally ate a whole bag of chips” is pretty selling endorsement!