Perseus Books Group Library Newsletter - ALA Midwinter 2013 Events!

Perseus ALA Midwinter 2013 Events! January 2013 If you love meeting authors and getting a sneak peek of the best books coming this spring, do NOT miss these events at ALA Midwinter: The AAP has two complimentary author events: BookTalk Breakfast and Debut Authors Panel, where we'll be sure not to miss Margaret Wrinkle, debut author of Wash! We have an author signing at our booth #1009 Saturday at 2:00pm: Emma Trevayne, debut author and the next big name in dystopian YA fiction, writes a little punk, a little rock and plenty page-turning: Coda Click here to see PGW booth #1002 schedule of signings. Panel/events:             Margaret Wrinkle author of Wash will participate on the Debut Author panel,             Saturday 3-4:30pm, Room 303.             Thomas Perry author of the forthcoming novel The Boyfriend will participate at the Author Tea,             Monday 2-4 p.m. in the Grand Hyatt Seattle, Leonesca Ballroom. (This is a ticketed event.)                         I'll be sharing with you my favorite books coming this spring from the Perseus Books Group             (hint: see the titles below!), in collaboration with Hachette Book Group,             at the Book Buzz Theater, Monday 11:00am – 11:30am in room 608-609. Looking forward to seeing you in Seattle, Elenita Based on the Acclaimed Documentary From a Pultizer Prize-Winning Author A Place at the Table The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It by Participant Media From the company that brought you Food, Inc. and Waiting for "Superman": An eye-opening exploration of how we can end hunger in America, based on the acclaimed documentary. More Surfaces and Essences Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas Hofstadter A major new work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gödel, Escher, Bach argues that analogy is the basis for all human thoughts. More From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Skinny Bitch Meet Emma! She'll Be Signing in the PBG Booth #1009, Saturday at 2:00pm More Beg A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals by Rory Freedman Rory Freedman, co-author of the #1 New York Times mega-seller Skinny Bitch, returns for the first time with an unapologetically sappy "ode" to animals. More Coda by Emma Trevayne Revolution sings in the air when a teenage boy plays illegal, underground music in a dystopian, Corp-controlled world. Featured on AAP's Debut Author Panel Featured at the Author Tea Wash by Margaret Wrinkle In this luminous debut, Margaret Wrinkle takes us on an unforgettable journey across continents and through time, from the burgeoning American South to West Africa and deep into the ancestral stories that reside in the soul. More The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry Jack Till, who has retired from the LAPD after a respected career as a homicide detective, now works as a private investigator, comfortable chasing down routine cases while visiting his 24-year-old daughter, Holly, who has Down Syndrome. But when the… More Destined to Become a Cult Favorite More Greenbeard by Richard Bentley Captain Sylvestre de Greybagges is your typical eighteenth-century Cambridge-educated lawyer turned Caribbean pirate, as comfortable debating the virtues of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and compound interest as he is wielding a cutlass, needling archrival Henry Morgan, and parsing rum-soaked gossip for his next target. When a pepper monger's loose tongue lets out a rumor about a fleet loaded with silver, the Captain sets sail only to find himself in a close encounter of a very different kind. Stay Connected  Send Us Your Comments Check Out Our Podcasts Visit Our Library Services Visit Our College Publishing Sign Up for Our Newsletters Visit Our Website Visit Our Websites: Perseus Books Group · Perseus Podcasts · Library Services · Perseus Academic The Perseus Books Group · 250 West 57th Street · New York, NY 10107