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Harper Perennial shoots L Mag ad
Harper Perennial shoots L Mag ad
The hot young things of Harper Perennial bump and grind in a scintillating photo session.
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Happy Holidays from Harper Perennial!
Happy Holidays from Harper Perennial!
Seasons Greeting from your friends at Harper Perennial! Now say WORD!
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Book Bloggers Come to Harper Perennial!
Book Bloggers Come to Harper Perennial!
Some awesome book bloggers in town for BEA visited our offices.
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Heavy Rotation contributors read at Bryant Park Reading Series - 7/1/09
Heavy Rotation contributors read at Bryant Park Reading Series - 7/1/09
Harper Perennial caught highlights from the 7/1/09 Bryant Park Reading series event for HEAVY ROTATION: Twenty Writers on the Albums that Changed Their Lives. Watch as editor Peter Terzian introduces the new anthology and essay contributors tell us about their influential albums: Asali Solomon (on Gloria Estefan), Joshua Ferris (on Pearl Jam), Stacey D'Erasmo (on Kate Bush), and Clifford Chase (on The B-52's). Later, band Fayaway, with special guest James Wood, performs "Cortez, the Killer." Enjoy!
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Olive TV: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andre Jordan
Olive TV: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andre Jordan
Andre Jordan's depressing doodles come to life in this animated short featuring expressions of love, heartache, and everything in between. For more darkly humorous illustrations, read Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by Andre Jordan, now available in paperback from Harper Perennial.
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Drinking Closer to Home.mov
Drinking Closer to Home.mov
Animated trailer for Drinking Closer to Home, a novel by Jessica Anya Blau published by Harper Perennial. Coming January 18, 2011. www.jessicaanyablau.com Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. www.lucadipierro.com Music by Mahmoud Guinia
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Olive TV: Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street
Olive TV: Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street
Margot Livesey, author of The House on Fortune Street, now in paperback from Harper Perennial, recalls her real-life inspirations for writing the novel, how she captures the essence of uncovering secrets, and the importance (and beauty) of female friendship.
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Simon Van Booy reading at The New Vernacular
Simon Van Booy reading at The New Vernacular
Simon Van Booy reading at The New Vernacular: Immigrant Authors in American Literature Simon Van Booy is a finalist for the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature. Born in London and raised in rural Wales, Mr. Van Booy moved to New York City via Athens. Having long been drawn to the social and creative energy of the city, it would become home, and the place where he would find success as a writer. He has published two short story collections, "The Secret Lives of People in Love" (Turtle Point Press, 2007) and Love Begins in Winter (Harper Perennial, 2009), which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books, and contributes essays to The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, and NPR. His first novel, "Everything Beautiful Began After", is due from Harper Perennial in July 2011. His work has been translated into 11 different languages. Mr. Van Booy is also a passionate teacher and mentor, especially to other immigrants, and dreams of opening a rural literacy-nature center for children and adults. His future plans also include more philosophy books, a children's book series, and film adaptations. The Vilcek Foundation hosted The New Vernacular, a reading and Q&A panel at, and in conjunction with, the Housing Works Bookstore Café, featuring the winner and finalists of the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature—Dinaw Mengestu, Ilya Kaminsky, Téa Obreht, Vu Tran, and Simon <b>...</b>
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DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE (1)
DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE (1)
www.tonyoneill.net "Down and Out on Murder Mile" by Tony O'Neill A Novel In bookstores November 2008 Harper Perennial
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Olive TV: Ross Raisin
Olive TV: Ross Raisin
Author Ross Raisin answers questions about himself and his new novel, Out Backward, now available from Harper Perennial in paperback.
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Kevin Sites Talks about his book In the Hot Zone
Kevin Sites Talks about his book In the Hot Zone
Journalist and author Kevin Sites discusses the motivations and intentions behind his hot zone war coverage project which is now a book by Harper Perennial.
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Olive TV: Right of Thirst by Frank Huyler
Olive TV: Right of Thirst by Frank Huyler
Learn about the inspiration behind RIGHT OF THIRST as author Frank Huyler discusses his novel, his similarities (and differences) to the protagonist, his expatriate chilhood, and his experience as a writer. Available in May 2009 from Harper Perennial.
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Mara Altman reads from her memoir Thanks for Coming: One Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm
Mara Altman reads from her memoir Thanks for Coming: One Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm
Mara Altman (www.maraaltman.com) reads from her Harper Perennial memoir Thanks for Coming One Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm at Virgin Night at In The Flesh Reading Series (inthefleshreadingseries.blogspot.com), hosted and curated by Rachel Kramer Bussel, April 16, 2009.
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KAPITOIL by Teddy Wayne
KAPITOIL by Teddy Wayne
The book trailer for Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne, coming very soon from Harper Perennial. www.teddywayne.com
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Diary of a Very Bad Year
Diary of a Very Bad Year
New from Harper Perennial and n+1--an essential chronicle of our financial crisis
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Olive TV: Marjorie Kernan, author of The Ballad of West Tenth Street
Olive TV: Marjorie Kernan, author of The Ballad of West Tenth Street
Marjorie Kernan, author of The Ballad of West Tenth Street (available April 2009 from Harper Perennial), tells Olive TV why she gave up painting to become a writer, how she did research for her novel, and other bits about her life and work.
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Summer is Short, Read a Story
Summer is Short, Read a Story
Get down with classic shorts from masters of the form -- Tolstoy, Cather, Crane, Dostoyevsky, Wilde, and Melville -- in this short story rap from Harper Perennial.
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Olive TV: Lou Bayard
Olive TV: Lou Bayard
The Pale Blue Eye by Lou Bayard is forthcoming from Harper Perennial in June 2008. Mr. Bayard is also the author of Mr. Timothy, also available from Harper Perennial.
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DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE (2)
DOWN AND OUT ON MURDER MILE (2)
Second trailer for "Down and Out on Murder Mile" by Tony O'Neill A novel In bookstores Nov 2008 Harper Perennial. Soundtrack: "Scag Lover" by The White Sport.
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Franklin Park Reading Series - Diana Spechler Part I
Franklin Park Reading Series - Diana Spechler Part I
"Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who By Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has written for The New York Times, GQ, O Magazine, Esquire, Self, Details, The Wall Street Journal online, Nerve, Glimmer Train Stories, and elsewhere. She received her MFA degree from the University of Montana and was a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University. She teaches writing in New York City and for Stanford University's Online Writing School." - dianaspechler.com Our monthly readings happen every Second Monday at the Franklin Park Bar and Beer Garden in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We feature emerging and established fiction writers, memoirists, poets, storytellers, and comedians (and the occasional musician). Whenever possible, we draw from the local talent pool. And we love to showcase a wide range of voices, reflecting the diversity of the Crown Heights community. Franklin Park, our venue, is a true neighborhood bar, where oldtimers and newbies kick back in a leafy courtyard and two indoor areas. The series has been recommended by the New York Times, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, Time Out, the Village Voice, New York Press, The Brooklyn Paper, and other publications. The L Magazine gave the Franklin Park Reading Series a 2011 Brooklyn Bar Award for "best readings." http Video by www.o-patch.com
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William Conescu reads the opening of his novel BEING WRITTEN
William Conescu reads the opening of his novel BEING WRITTEN
William Conescu reads the opening of his first novel, BEING WRITTEN, which was published by Harper Perennial in September 2008. BEING WRITTEN is the story of a man who knows he's a minor character in a book and the lengths to which he'll go to win a bigger part. You can find out more about the novel and access the book group guide at www.williamconescu.com. You can also visit William at www.myspace.com/williamconescu. THE AUTHOR IS INTERVIEWED BY A MINOR CHARACTER FROM HIS NOVEL Jennifer: I read your little book. William: Thank you. Jennifer: I'm barely in it. I have three lines on page 22. William: Yes, I know. Jennifer: And I did not have spherical hair that day. Read on at www.williamconescu.com/interview.