In keeping with our tradition, here is an overview of the known BEA after-hours celebrants and events so far. (If your event is not listed, that means you didn’t let us know–send an e-mail and we’ll update as appropriate.) As usual, this is a guide to what’s happening rather than a crasher’s manual; many of these events require an invitation and RSVP, often in strictly limited numbers, though others are open. Congratulations and best wishes to all for successful gatherings. Tuesday, May 28 Books of Wonder and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Pre-BEA Open House [for […]
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More Fall/Winter Buzz Books: Nonfiction
In addition to presenting substantial excerpts of 40 highly anticipated titles, our Buzz Books 2013 fall/winter sampler also includes an extensive preview of additional upcoming titles put together by editor Sarah Weinman. By itself it’s a great overview of important books and authors to look for at BEA and throughout the big fall publishing season, and another reason why downloading this free ebook now is a great way to prepare for the convention. We have been featuring extracts from that preview of the season as part of our run-up to BEA. Last week we started with the fiction overview, and […]
More Fall/Winter Buzz Books: Fiction
In addition to the 40 excerpts of highly anticipated titles, our Buzz Books 2013 fall/winter sampler includes an extensive preview of additional upcoming titles put together by editor Sarah Weinman. By itself it’s a great overview important books and authors to look for at BEA and throughout the big fall publishing season, and another reason why downloading this free ebook now is a great way to prepare for the convention. Over the next two weeks, we’ll run some excerpts from that preview of the season to help get everyone ready for BEA, pointing to a broad selection of the most […]
The “Big Book” of BEA
With Book Expo America set to convene in New York in a little over two weeks, we can already tell you the undisputed “big book” of the fair: BUZZ BOOKS 2013: Fall/Winter, released today, is our newest free ebook with substantial excerpts from 40 big titles to be featured at BEA and into the big fall season, weighing in at a big 750 virtual pages. It was just a year ago that we began this very successful initiative, giving thousands of publishing people and passionate readers alike their first look at such major debuts as Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds, […]
BEA Announces This Year’s Buzz Book Panel Titles
BEA organizers have announced the books to be featured on the convention’s three “buzz” book panels for adult, young adult, and middle grade books. with one panel each day starting on Wednesday. The adult panel is on Wednesday afternoon (May 29), with the YA panel on Thursday morning and the middle grade panel on Friday morning. In one marked variation, the adult panel, which usually comprises mostly fiction, will feature four nonfiction books this year. Adult All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior (Ecco, January 2014) Knocking on Heavens Door: The Path to a […]