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On the eve of the Second World War, the last surviving specimen of a camellia plant known as the Middlebury Pink lies secreted away on an English country estate. Flora, an amateur American botanist, is contracted by an international ring of flower thieves to infiltrate the household and acquire the coveted bloom. Her search is at once brightened by new love and threatened by her discovery of a series of ghastly crimes. More than half a century later, garden designer Addison takes up residence at the manor, now owned by the family of her husband, Rex. The couple’s shared passion for mysteries is fueled by the enchanting camellia orchard and an old gardener’s notebook. Yet its pages hint at dark acts ingeniously concealed. If the danger that Flora once faced remains very much alive, will Addison share her fate? Plume, May 2013, 978-0452298392

Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course is the #1 best-selling guitar method for kids! This award-winning (“Best Product of the Year” — Disney’s iParenting Media Award) method is the easiest guitar method ever for kids ages 5 and up. Using plain language that’s easy for kids to understand, three irresistible guitar experts guide students along—a clever classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues—they focus attention by pointing out what’s important on each page and make learning music fun!

When a security company calls LabMD out of the blue saying they have LabMD’s medical file, dominos fall all the way to Congress and the White House. Broadland Press, September 2013

What is the role of an editor in a work of translation? Often translators feel a responsibility to the original text that precludes strong editorial intervention, but perhaps the editorial culture of the author’s original country of publication doesn’t really allow for an editor to have a say in improving the book. If an editor who doesn’t know the original language invites a second translator as an external editor, this can create further tension. If more international literature is to move from the realm of small and university presses to the major commercial publishers, this situation needs to be addressed. This panel featured Chad Post, Editor/Publisher, Open Letter Books; Marek Krajewski, Author, Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French, CUNY Graduate Center; Susan Bernofsky, Director of Literary Translation, School of the Arts, Columbia University; and Victoria Wilson, Editor, Alfred A. Knopf. This event was moderated by David A. Goldfarb, Curator of Literature and Humanities, Polish Cultural Institute New York. This event was organized by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.

Join the celebration of International Crime Month with Morgan Entrekin, Michael Reynolds, Dennis Johnson and Johnny Temple, from leading independent publishers, Grove/Atlantic, Europa Editions, Melville House and Akashic Books, as they discuss the process of acquiring and marketing crime literature in translation. Get an inside view of the changing landscape of the genre and its growth in eBook format. The publishers provide examples of successful promotion of mystery and noir titles and offer insights into why crime literature continues to be a top category with booksellers and librarians. Experience the excitement of crime fiction with the world’s foremost authorities with moderator, Otto Penzler, the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop.

More than 20 years after Diana Gabaldon wrote Outlander for “practice,” the best-selling author is putting finishing touches on Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, the eight book in this highly successful series. In this podcast episode, Gabaldon talks about finding inspiration, her writing style, and the initially surprising success of Outlander. Gabaldon will be on hand to discuss Written in My Own Heart’s Blood at BEA 2013, and will be speaking on Saturday, June 1 at the Adult Book and Author Breakfast at 8:00 AM. She’ll be joined on the panel, which will be hosted by Chris Matthews, by Helen Fielding and John Lewis.

Author Lois Lowry speaks about her book Son at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 6, 2012; New York, NY.

Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) is interviewed at the BEA Bloggers Conference. Recorded June 4, 2012; New York, NY.

BEA Bloggers Opening Day Keynote featuring Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Good in Bed (2001); In Her Shoes (2002), which was turned into a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine; Little Earthquakes (2004); Goodnight Nobody (2005); the short story collection The Guy Not Take (2006); Certain Girls (2008); Best Friends Forever (2009); Fly Away Home (2010); and most recently, Then Came You (2011). She occasionally writes for the Huffington Post and on her own blog at www.jenniferweiner.com, which she started over ten years ago in 2002 and where she now has over 1.5 million visitors a month.

Take a look at this video created by Bookmans, an independent bookstore in Arizona, for the 2012 Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out, www.bannedbooksweek.org/virtualreadout

Jo Nesbo speaks about his book Phantom at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Tuesday Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 5, 2012; New York, NY

Alexis Wiles, Manager of Publisher Relations at OverDrive, Inc., tells us how to maximize eBook discovery & sell-through in retail, library and school channels. Recorded on the Downtown Stage June 6, 2012 at BookExpo America (BEA), New York, NY.

Author Michael Connelly speaks with BEA Special Correspondent Zoe Triska of Huffington Post Books at BookExpo America 2012. Recorded June 6 2012, New York, NY

BookExpo America proudly presents BEA Editor’s Buzz 2012 and shows off the books that readers and media will be buzzing about!!! Watch this thrilling video and hear editors share their excitement and passion for six of the Fall’s biggest potential breakout releases! We are excited to announce this year’s buzz selection: Millicent Bennett, Senior Editor, Free Press with Susannah Cahalan’s Brain On Fire; Kendra Harpster, Senior Editor, Random House with Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry; Eli Horowitz, Editor at Large, McSweeney’s Publishing with John Brandon’s A Million Heavens; Trish Todd, Vice President, Executive Editor, Simon & Schuster with Vaddey Ratner’s In The Shadow of The Banyan; Alexis Washam, Senior Editor, Hogarth with Shani Boianjiu’s The People Of Forever Are Not Afraid; Lauren Wein, Senior Editor, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt with Antoine Wilson’s Panorama City. This session was moderated by John Evans, Co-Founder, Diesel. Recorded June 4, 2012; New York, NY

Author John Green speaks about his book The Fault in Our Stars at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 6, 2012; New York, NY