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Printers Row Lit Fest 2011 Live Tweets

Printers Row Lit Fest 2011 As our Twitter followers know, we live-tweeted the proceedings at Printers Row Lit Fest today. Here is a compilation of the tweets from a truly wonderful day! (Tweeted by Recidivist Reader via @BksellerExpats.)

Printers Row Lit Fest 2011

June 3rd, 5:45pm: As unemployed booksellers, we didn’t make it to #BEA11, but some of us will be at @chicagotribune‘s #PRLF on Sun! Tweet us if you’re there.

June 5th, 8:05am: Getting ready for #PrintersRowLitFest! Tweet us if you’re there today.

June 5th, 9:34am: We know that #YAsaves and love that it’s trending!

June 5th, 9:36am: (Take that, MTV Movie Awards. All the way down there.)

June 5th, 10:17am: Remember how I wasn’t going to buy any books at #PRLF..? What made me think that would work??

June 5th,10:41am: John Kass talking about Chicago politics says he thinks Blago will do time in prison. TribNation tent erupts in applause. #PRLF11

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Five Minutes with Marcus Sakey

03 Jun

Marcus Sakey

Marcus Sakey is the award-winning author of five crime novels, three of which have been optioned as films. That leaves two titles still available, if you act quickly and outbid the hordes of Hollywood people who are surely planning to snap them up. His newest book, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes, is set to be released on June 9th. (Our review will be posted early next week.) Sakey lives in Chicago, where he will be celebrating his book release at Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday, June 4th, and at The Hidden Shamrock on Sunday, June 12th. He was kind enough to spend some time with us to talk about his new book, his forthcoming TV show, and more.

[Booksellers Without Borders]: Why should anybody buy your book?

[Marcus Sakey]: Because my mother will publicly shame you otherwise?

Although that’s true, I owe you a better reason, or at least one that doesn’t require Mom to travel so much. To me, a good book manages to do two things — first, entertain, and second, leave you thinking. Now, I’m not sure I accomplished those things, but they were at least my goal.

Also, the novel has no f@#&ing vampires in it. In this day that should be worth something, right?

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Five Minutes with John Connolly

22 May

John Connolly

John Connolly is the internationally bestselling author of 14 books (15 later this year). He is one of our favorite authors around these parts, mostly because his books are some of the best we’ve read, but also because he was kind enough to hold a signing at our store (back when we had a store in which to do that kind of thing). He graciously agreed to answer some questions for our blog about his newest book, Hell’s Bells, released in the UK earlier this month. (It will be out in the U.S. in October as The Infernals, but you’ll want to get your hands on it as soon as possible.)

[Booksellers Without Borders]: Why should anybody buy your book?

[John Connolly]: I have no idea why anyone picks one of my books over another. I feel I should cling to their legs in an embarrassing show of excessive gratitude if, and when, they do. That’s not false modesty: most authors have this weird ego/self-doubt inner battle going on. When it comes to The Infernals/Hell’s Bells, or, indeed, The Gates, the answer is the same as for any other of my books: because I’ve done my best to ensure that you put the book down when you’ve finished it and think, gosh, that was actually kind of fun. I wouldn’t mind doing that again…

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Posted by Booksellers Without Borders on May 22, 2011 in Author Interviews

Tags: fantasy, hell's bells, interview, john connolly, mythology, science fiction, the book of lost things, the gates, young adult