Have you seen any of the Authorcuts videos from Penguin Random House? They’re very short videos from authors, usually talking about writing. Today’s video features Amor Towles, author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility. Check out the clip in which Towles talks about how he honed his craft. https://bit.ly/2bHZFfj
We have signed copies of A Gentleman in Moscow available through the Web Store. We can also special order Rules of Civility if you’d like it. Here’s the link. https://bit.ly/2cDpZZs
J.A. Jance was recently in the Valley, making several appearances on her book tour for Downfall. The description on the Poisoned Pen’s web page says, “Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest.”
If you missed the events, here are several photos.
J.A. Jance at the Poisoned Pen
Signing line for Downfall
If you’d like to order your own signed copy of Downfall, check out the Web Store. https://bit.ly/2c2ab4z
I love Michael Senft’s short articles in Phoenix New Times about authors appearing at The Poisoned Pen. Here’s his recent article about Nisi Shawl’s upcoming appearance.
Author and critic Nisi Shawl is known for her sci-fi and fantasy short stories and her how-to guide for writing about race, Writing the Other. She has also won the coveted James L. Tiptree Award, for positive explorations of gender in speculative fiction. She had never published a novel until now, however. Everfair is a steampunk alternate history dealing with colonialism and empire in 19th-century Belgian Congo. Shawl will sign copies of Everfair at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 11, at the Poisoned Pen, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard in Scottsdale. Everfair is available in hardcover for $26.99. Admission is free, but purchase of the book is required for an autograph. Call 480-947-2974 or visit poisonedpen.com for more information.
If you can’t get to the Poisoned Pen on Sunday, we have signed copies of Everfair available through the Web Store. https://bit.ly/2c8lKEl
In Nerdist, Matthew Hart recently discussed a video tour of Alnwick’s Poison Garden. If you’d like to check it out, here’s the link. https://bit.ly/2cy4ZqB
Are you a fan of Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and the sequels? Are you waiting for the movie at the end of September? You can buy the books through the Web Store. https://bit.ly/2bLtJHb
And, you can see Ransom Riggs discuss the photos that inspired his books, courtesy of Penguin Random House’s Authorcuts. https://bit.ly/2c3gK4M
Help Wanted: Healthy young men to allow themselves to be poisoned. Free room and board. That could have been the advertisement in 1902 when Dr. Harvey Wiley started the experiments that would lead to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
Check out the information about the program, and the poisonings, in Natalie Zarrelli’s article for Atlas Obscura. https://bit.ly/2c7zTUt
Stripped Bare, the first Kate Fox mystery, appears on Shannon Baker’s website as ” A modern western described as Longmire meets The Good Wife.”
The Tucson author will be at The Poisoned Pen at 7 PM on Thursday, Oct. 13, along with Kevin Wolf and Margaret Mizushima. You can get a sneak preview of Stripped Bare, though, on Criminal Element’s website, where they have an excerpt. https://bit.ly/2cilA1k
Once you’ve read the excerpt, you can either wait until October or you can purchase a signed copy now through the Web Store. https://bit.ly/2cilXZE
Bob Rivers recently did a publishing profile of Poisoned Pen Press that was published in The Strand Magazine. Entitled, “Poisoned Pen Press: Bucking the Trend and Going Strong”, it’s an excellent profile of the press, its history, its authors, and its spirit.
