David Henry Sterry, author of Chicken, and The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, has had his first novella published. It’s called Confessions of a Sex Maniac.
A Henry Miller Award Finalist, Confessions of a Sex Maniac is a tribute to Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammet, James Elroy and all those hard-boiled, tender-hearted noir writers Sterry holds near and dear to his heart, brain and other essential organs.
Katrina on Stage: Five Plays (2011), edited by MEWS member Suzanne M. Trauth and Lisa S. Brenner, and published by Northwestern University Press, is now available at:
http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/ContactUs/OrderingInformation/tabid/77/Default.aspx
This anthology of five plays gives artistic expression to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, particularly at the level of individual lives forever altered, and tells the kinds of stories the news media could not. It explores the deeply rooted problems plaguing New Orleans and illuminates many social, political, and environmental issues central to American life.
Are you passionate about something in Montclair? Contact us! Whether it’s food, family, schools, government, business, social issues, exercise, fashion or business—if it’s your thing, we’d like you to consider blogging for Patch. Anyone may apply.
I am specifically interested in talking with:
* Musicians, Live Music Fans, Audiophiles and Artists
* Parents, High School Students, Teachers and Professors
* Fashion Experts, Stylists and Crafters
* Volunteers and Nonprofit Workers
* Health and Fitness Experts
* Local Sports Fans
Don’t be shy! Montclair Patch is on a mission to recruit fresh voices, and this is a great opportunity to make your voice heard. We want to hear what you have to say.
Patch bloggers are not paid and will own their blogs, so if you are already blogging and want to share with our readers, too, let us know. This is a chance to share your expertise and opinions with a fast-growing and wider audience!
Contact editor Shelley Emling at Shelley@patch.com if you are interested in being a part of the conversation.
It all begins May 4—when Montclair Patch will be making room for local bloggers on the site.
MEWSie BOB TULIPAN announces his new book, Rockin’ in the New World. Published by Sterling (Barnes & Noble) to be released July 5, 2011 and available now for pre-order at BN.com, Amazon and other sites. This book is the ultimate resource for bands trying to make it today. Part field guide, part artistic coaching session, with contributions from today’s industry experts, this rockin’ book explains the ins and outs of the music industry. Bob Tulipan-who has produced hundreds of shows around the world with major artists and managed such bands as The Psychedelic Furs, PiL and The Only Ones-shares his expertise to help musicians protect their art and their interests. Filled with anecdotes, interviews, sample templates for budgets and contracts, it addresses the hurdles every band faces.
There is also an accompanying interactive website, rockininthenewworld.com featuring news, tips, free music downloads, resources, and much more. RNW is already sponsoring events and showcases for unsigned bands at South by Southwest SXSW and around the country. “It’s More than Just a Book, It’s a Movement”
Mewsie Allison Gilbert invites all members of MEWS to celebrate the publication of her latest book Parentless Parents: How the Loss of Our Mothers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children at Watchung Booksellers this coming Thursday, March 3, from 7pm-8pm.
Since its release this month, Parentless Parents has been featured on CNN, CBS, NBC, and the nationally syndicated television show EXTRA. Allison’s also been written about in Reader’s Digest, and in Lisa Belkin’s New York Times Motherlode blog. You can learn more about Allison and the growing parentless parents community by visiting her website www.allisongilbert.com You can also watch her book trailer on YouTube here:
***Wine and Cheese will be served***
New Jersey native and former Star-Ledger reporter Brad Parks is back with his new book Eyes of the Innocent the second installment of his award-winning mystery series set in New Jersey.
He’ll be signing books at Watchung Booksellers on Saturday February 12th from 12-1pm.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
“A capable follow-up to his award-winning debut” – The Wall Street Journal
“Eyes of the Innocent is the complete package. With wonderful prose, witty observations and a relentless drive, this book held me hostage until the last page.” – Michael Connelly
“Zany characters, witty dialog, and a plot that races to a bang-up finish are guaranteed to have readers cheering for the good guys. Parks’s sequel to his acclaimed debut, Faces of the Gone, is as good if not better.” – Library Journal, Starred Review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brad Parks’s debut, Faces of the Gone, made him the first author in history to win two of crime fiction’s most coveted awards—the Shamus and the Nero—for the same book. It was also named one of the year’s best mystery debuts by The Chicago Sun-Times and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. A recovering journalist, Parks served time at The Washington Post and The Star-Ledger as a sportswriter and news feature writer. The 36-year-old Dartmouth College graduate is now a full-time author with a wife and two small children.
For more information:
Visit BradParksBooks.com
Twitter: @Brad_Parks
Facebook: Brad Parks Books
Several MEWSies once again make the 2010 Bestseller List for Watchung Booksellers. They are:
Hardcover Fiction
DEBRA GALANT, Cars From A Marriage
DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK, Lowcountry Summer
Hardcover Nonfiction
DANA JENNINGS, What A Difference A Dog Makes
JIM GORANT, Lost Dogs
IAN FRAZIER, Travels in Siberia
Paperback Nonfiction
EMMA SPAN (daughter of MEWSie Paula Span), 90% of the Game is Mental
You can now order these and other books online at the Watchung Booksellers website and have them delivered directly to your home, and also order google ebooks via the site or the store.
MEWSie BRAD PARKS, who won the Shamus Award in October and just received the Nero Award last weekend, has become the first author to garner both honors for the same book in the combined 60-year history of the Nero and the Shamus. That book, Parks’s debut mystery, Faces of the Gone, features the exploits of investigative reporter Carter Ross.
The next book in the series, Eyes of the Innocent, releases in February, and Parks will be at Watchung Booksellers on Saturday February 12th to discuss the book.
With the dual win, Parks joins a select list of crime fiction authors who have won the Nero and the Shamus over the course of their entire careers: Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosley and S.J. Rozan.
The Nero Award recognizes the “Best American Mystery” of the year and is named after Nero Wolfe, the protagonist of 72 books and novellas written by Rex Stout. The award is given annually at the Black Orchid Banquet by the Wolfe Pack, a literary society that venerates all things Nero Wolfe, who has been likened to the American Sherlock Holmes.
“Winning this award is really a crowning achievement in my young career,” Parks said during his acceptance speech for the Nero. “I am deeply honored and grateful to the Stout family and the Wolfe Pack for this recognition.”
The Nero Award is determined in a two-step judging process. According to Wolfe Pack awards chair Jane K. Cleland, each publishing house is allowed to submit up to three works for consideration. A panel of six readers sends a shortlist of finalists to a second panel of four readers, which then selects the winner.
“We have very rarely given this award to a debut novelist,” Cleland said during the banquet. “But our readers loved this book.”
Parks, 36, is a former reporter for The Star-Ledger and The Washington Post. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he is now a full-time novelist. More about his writing can be found at www.BradParksBooks.com.
