Bookfoolery and Babble (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Briefly . . . an update on my NaNoWriMo progress: I hit 10,006 words, last night. This morning I got a very late start, but then I managed to finish up the night with 11,288 words. Not huge progress, but at least it's something. I can still cram in something if I'm not completely wiped out with a migraine complicated by a backache (that would have been Tuesday's excuse). I am very, very grateful to...
Bookfoolery and Babble (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
Ask me what it is about The Bible Salesman 's cover that appeals to me. Go ahead. Ask. Okay, since you asked . . . just about everything. The marmalade cat (we still miss our dearly departed little Miss Sunshine), the green door (I Love Green !!!!), the shovel. All combine to give the cover a welcoming "Home Sweet Home" look. At the same time, you can visualize yourself as the person who...
Blue Pencil Editing (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
In addition to freelancing, I work part time as communications director for the North Carolina Writers' Network , one of the largest literary organizations in the country. This weekend, I was fortunate to represent the Network at the North Carolina Literary Festival , "a celebration of reading and writing." The four-day event, hosted by my alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
From Publishers Lunch: Next Oprah Book Club Pick Revealed on September 18 It's been almost a full year since Oprah made her most recent book club pick of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, and according to the Newtonville Books Community Blog, #63 will be a Little, Brown trade paperback title priced at $14.99, with an announced first printing of 500,000 and ISBN # 978-0-316-08637-0. Amazon...
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
(By Pam Kelley, Reading Life Editor) Bestselling humorist Christopher Buckley, author of the new memoir “Losing Mum and Pup,” will headline Charlotte's Novello Festival of Reading in September, but budget constraints have forced the festival to downsize this year. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg library's annual literary festival, which runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 31, includes eight events, down...
Bull City Rising (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
The Regulator on Ninth Street kicked off the month of May with Duke professor and literary great Reynolds Price on Friday night, followed by a look at the real life of Doc Graham -- featured in "Field of Dreams" -- with ex-Duke baseball coach Bob Reising. Still this month: the kickoff of a new quarterly series in which local notables present their take on a well-known book, with Duke economist...
About Literature: Contemporary (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
In Clyde Edgerton's The Bible Salesman, Preston Clearwater, a criminal, picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs--one...
SJCPL Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Here are some new books on CD we just received at SJCPL’s Sights & Sounds . Come check out something to listen to today. Foreign Body by Robin Cook Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson Somewhere in Heaven by Christopher Andersen [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Clyde Edgerton's latest novel features a Bible salesman and a professional car thief, as well as fishin', grits eatin', rabbit skinnin' and dispute resolution via small-arms fire. Yes, we are in the American South.
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
on NPR and I think I'll get his new book, The Bible Salesman Also trying to figure out which book/author I heard interviewed some months ago. He was a young man and it was his first book (fiction) about a dog, one of a fictional breed of dogs. It sounded amazing. Did I mention I'm a sucker for book interviews? Progressive Democrats of North Carolina
Jim Buie's Blog (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Author Clyde Edgerton in The News and Observer: "The New South is everywhere, but you can also find the Old South, physically, depending on how far you get off the interstate. And the old South, whatever that is, still exists in some form or another, for better or worse, in the psyche of more than one human being." One aspect of the Old South is innocence, naivete. I spent a delightful morning...
A Book Blogger's Diary (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
This Giveaway is part of the huge Bloggy Giveaways Carnival that's happening this week. If you see posting's a bit down till the weekend, that's the reason for it. Find more details over at Bloggy Giveaways. Thanks to Hachette Book Group USA, I have 2 much-anticipated books to give away. Don't forget to enter my other giveaway - here. This giveaway is for The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton (releasing...
usa today (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Jane Porter Megan Crane Anita Amirrezvani Bliss Broyard News Coming Soon: Guides for THE BIBLE SALESMAN by Clyde Edgerton, LIVE A LITTLE by Kim Green, and much more! JULY 2008 Dear Reader, Are you in a book club that wants a little bit more in your discussion? Why not invite the author of the book you choose to your club! Here are a few authors who are available to call your club. If you are interested...
PaperBackSwap.com (Free subscription) | 28/04/2007
In his eighth deliciously funny novel, Clyde Edgerton introduces us to the irrepressible Lil Olive, who's recently arrived at the Rosehaven Convalescence Center to recuperate from a bad fall. Lil longs to be back in her own apartment, and since her driver's license doesn't expire until her ninety-seventh birthday, she also longs to get back behind the wheel of her sporty '89 Olds. To pass the time...
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