Here’s the list, with links to the books and the publishers:
Desai, Kiran The Inheritance of Loss – Hamish Hamilton
Grenville, Kate The Secret River – Canongate
Hyland, M.J. Carry Me Down – Canongate
Matar, Hisham In the Country of Men – Viking
St Aubyn, Edward Mother’s Milk – Picador
Waters, Sarah The Night Watch – Virago
The folks over at engadget posted pics of Amazon’s own e-book reader. No real details on price or launch yet. I wonder how they’re going to pitch this to the publishers?
Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier is interviewed by Newsweek about his new novel Thirteen Moons.
I have to say that I haven’t read the new book yet, but it seems to be sporting one of the most unimaginative covers this year. Ho hum.
I don’t read Young Adult lit, which is one of the most lucrative genres for publishers and authors… and now Proctor & Gamble.