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Summary: bookbliss, brought to you by BookExpo America (BEA), is a book lover’s heaven! Discover books, authors, and insights directly from the publishing industry. Peek behind the curtain to find new authors, the next great read, and more at bookbliss.com.
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Listen to a diverse panel of bloggers talk about the craft of blogging in today’s world and about what lies ahead. Moderated by Zoë Triska, Associate Books Editor, Huffington Post, this panel featured Erica Barmash, Senior Marketing Manager, Harper Perennial and Harper paperbacks; Patrick Brown, Community Manager, Goodreads; Jen Lancaster, author/blogger, jennsylvania.com; and Candace Levy, editor, blogging at Beth Fish Reads. Recorded June 4, 2012, New York, NY
Barbara Kingsolver speaks about her book Flight Behavior at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Tuesday Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 5, 2012; New York, NY
Junot Diaz speaks about his book This is How Your Lose Her at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Tuesday Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 5, 2012; New York, NY
Prior to their historic lunch conversation at BookExpo America 2012, music legends Neil Young and Patti Smith sat down with us to discuss their process between writing songs and writing a book. A BEA exclusive!
Get a glimpse inside the creative processes of bestselling powerhouses Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille, Brad Meltzer, and Michael Koryta. Skip Prichard, President & CEO of Ingram Content Group, leads this engaging discussion about what drives — and challenges – four of today’s top-selling and most beloved mystery novelist. Who are their favorite writers? What are they reading now? How do they combat writer’s block? How do they feel about publishing in an increasingly digital age and marketplace? Also, find out little known truths about the men behind their blockbuster bestsellers with a few non-book-related questions inspired by “Inside the Actor’s Studio” James Lipton’s famous ten questions. Recorded on June 6, 2012
Meet The BEA Adult Buzz Authors for 2012! Moderated by Ron Hogan, Founder of Beatrice.com, this event featured Antoine Wilson, author, Panorama City; Rachel Joyce, author, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold; Susannah Cahalan, author, Brain On Fire; and Vaddey Ratner, author, In the Shadow if the Banyan. Recorded on June 5, 2012
Where does Stephen Colbert like to read? What author does he recommend you read? Following his 2012 Book and Author Breakfast appearance, BEA sat down with Stephen and asked a few bookish questions. Check it out! www.bookexpoamerica.com www.bookbliss.com
Author and Golden Globe winning Actor Chris Colfer speaks about his book The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell at the BookExpo America (BEA) 2012 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast. Chris is known for his role as “Kurt Hummel” on the television series GLEE. Recorded June 6, 2012; New York, NY www.bookexpoamerica.com www.bookbliss.com
Stephen Colbert hosts a panel including Junot Diaz, Jo Nesbo and Barbara Kingsolver, speaking at the Tuesday Book & Author Breakfast. Recorded June 5, 2012 at BookExpo America in New York, NY. www.bookexpoamerica.com www.bookbliss.com
Throughout American history, black women have evoked strong reaction from American media and have been imaged in ways that draw on the deep-seated stereotypes. In Iconic, Lakesia Johnson shows how truly revolutionary black women have not only controlled their own image despite such negative characterizations but done so for a greater good. Focusing on women from Sojourner Truth to Pam Grier and Alice Walker to Michelle Obama, Iconic shows how these icons continue to work to combat social justice and American racial prejudice. Baylor University Press, $22.95, August 15, 2012, ISBN #: 9781602586444
The real story of Santa Claus, and why he became a saint. Religious historian Adam English looks beyond the legends and lore of our red-suit-wearing, toy-making, Coke-drinking Santa Claus to tell the story of the real Saint Nicholas – a fourth-century bishop in modern-day Turkey. With prose as enjoyable as it is informative, he shows why the life—and death—of Nicholas of Myra so radically influenced the formation of Western history and Christian thought, and did so in ways many have never realized. Baylor University Press, $24.95, November 2012, ISBN #: 9781602586345
A pioneering work in the study of race and culture, Marcia Dawkins reveals that everyone passes – not just racial minorities – and that passing has been occurring for millennia. Clearly Invisible retells contemporary expressions and historically significant occurrences of individuals called passers. Along the way, Dawkins traces passing’s legal, political, and literary manifestations, questioning whether passing can be a form of empowerment (even while implying secrecy) and suggesting that passing could be one of the first expressions of multiracial identity in the U.S. as it seeks its own social standing. Baylor University Press, $29.95, August 1, 2012, ISBN #: 9781602583122
Healing the Sacred Divide explores the dynamic interplay of two crucial pairs of opposites—masculinity/femininity and psychology/religion—to describe several ways of thinking about God that express deep divisions in our own core and contribute to the dysfunction of our culture. Then it brings forward an emerging way of thinking that may better serve our most urgent personal and social needs—one that helps us discover how to bridge differences and integrate the “other” in ourselves, our personal relationships, and our world at large. Larson Publications, $18.95, July 30, 2012, ISBN # 978-1-936012-60-2
Author Peter Greenberg speaks with BEA Special Correspondent Zoe Triska of Huffington Post Books at BookExpo America 2012. www.bookexpoamerica.com www.bookbliss.com
Author of humorous memoirs and the novel If You Were Here, Jen Lancaster speaks with BEA Special Correspondent Zoe Triska of Huffington Post Books at BEA Bloggers Conference 2012 before participating on a Blogger Panel. www.bookexpoamerica.com www.bookbliss.com