Library Love Fest

31 Bond Street

Now that I've been living in Manhattan for almost three years, I've become fixated on literature that brings the city to life, whether it's historical fiction, social science, or classic novels.  So it should come as no surprise that I've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Ellen Horan's debut novel, 31 Bond Street.  31 Bond Street is a real-life location in Manhattan's Nolita, and if you happen to make the trip down there, you'll be sure to see coffee shops, boutiques, condo developments, and high-rises.  Reading about the neighborhood as it was in 1857--carriages, corsets, brand-new townhouses, dirt roads--is pretty incredible.  And the story itself, of a New York society dentist and his brutal murder, is salacious--even by 2010 standards.  Check out the book trailer below, and be sure to click through the catalog page for more information on this title.

Happy Reading!

-Kayleigh 

AAP Spring 2010 Book Buzz

It was great seeing old friends and making new ones at last week’s AAP Book Buzz here in NYC.  The AAP Library Committee is comprised of library marketers from various publishing houses. We get together several times a year to brainstorm about different ways we can connect our authors and books to libraries.  We decided to invite librarians from the tri-state area and barrage them with book talks and sandwiches!  It worked – we all had a lot of fun and it was a great opportunity to talk about some upcoming books that have us jazzed  (there’s just never enough time to talk about them all!)

Marilyn Johnson, author of the upcoming This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All kicked off the event with a brief talk about the increasing demands on librarians to keep up with the onslaught of new technology.  This book is an homage to librarians everywhere – and it is long overdue!

If anyone is interested in a galley of This Book Is Overdue, I have a few to spare.  Send an email to me at librarylovefest at harpercollins dot com and I’ll be happy to send one to you. 

Here is a list of the books I had presented.  Clicking on each title will bring you to its page in our online catalog.  Note: a few of these titles won't hit our catalogs until the beginning of November, so we've put them at the end of the list.  Happy reading!

-Virginia

Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich

The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd

31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani