River House Wins PNBA's Buzz Books Contest!

We have just received word from our good friends at Tin House that River House, the latest from Sarahlee Lawrence, a book that we have featured here on our blog once before, has just won the Buzz Books contest at at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association!

The award winning memoir has been lauded as "An engaging literary piece of work about passion, travel, love, and what it means to come home" -- Wend, and "An exquisite story of personal strength and nature" -- Fort-Wayne News-Sentinel.

This is a really great book and we're so excited that it's receiving such positive acclaim.

Granta in the New York Times

If you've been reading our blog, then you should probably know by no that the latest issue of Granta Magazine is kind of a big deal. Just last week, Granta 113, an issue devoted entirely to spotlighting 22 young, Spanish-speaking authors, was profiled in Publishers Weekly for its ingenuity in bringing the lesser known authors of one of the most widely spoken languages in the West to a wider audience.

Now Granta is being featured in the New York Times. For the past two days (the 2 and 3 of October) the New York Times has released articles on Granta and its achievements today and in the past. The Saturday edition lauded Granta's forthcoming issue, like Publishers Weekly, as an ingenious way of bringing Spanish literature to the English-speaking world. But the Sunday issue looked back on Granta's previous release, the controversial Granta 112: Pakistan $16.99. Issue 112 featured all Pakistani authors writing about their experiences in the radical country and abroad as immigrants in post 9/11 America. Although many of the pieces in the collection are harsh and unrelenting, the New York Times lauded the issue as "a glimpse of a less visible Pakistan... it shows us this side of the country while never ignoring the crueler, more vicious aspects of Pakistani society. If cross-cultural interaction can play a part in minimizing animosities and encouraging amity, this collection is a good place to start."

Granta 113 Featured in Publishers Weekly

The latest issue of Granta Magazine has cought the eye of the major publishing magazine, Publishers Weekly.

Why? Well because, as always, Ganta is putting out something wonderfully original. Rather than focusing on the best new American or English authors or publishing the top 20 under forty, as the latest issue of the New Yorker, this latest issue of Granta Magazine is showcasing the best young spanish-language novelists.

That's right, the entire issue is published in translation. 22 Spanish-speaking novelists from around the world will be showcased to spotlight writing that is not normally seen in the English-speaking parts of the world.

Check out what Publishers Weekly has to say about Granta 113 here, and don't forget to enjoy the brilliant ingenuity of Granta Magazine

From Washington to Japan: Praise of Soho’s ‘Love Songs from a Shallow Grave’ far-reaching

Colin Cotterill’s Love Songs from a Shallow Grave has seen bountiful praise since its august release and now can add glowing reviews in The Washington Times and The Japan Times to its plentiful exposure.

Washington Times reviewer Muriel Dobbin says of Cotterill’s latest work, “His writing, as always, is skillful and smooth and his plot is artfully strung together. The book fascinates as it chills.” The full review can be found online here.

Mark Schreiber, Japan Times reviewer, was just as effusive, “Cotterill, a resident of Thailand, has a gift for creating memorably eccentric characters, while spinning a fascinating array of Southeast Asian history and folklore into his narratives.” The full review can be found online here.


Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, the 7th iteration in Cotterill’s ongoing series, can be found at the Soho website here.

Sarahlee Lawrence Talks to MOC about River House

Just last week, Sarahlee Lawrence, author of one of Tin House Books' latest titles, River House, sat down with the guys over at Making Owls Cool and gave an insightful interview about the origins and writing of the book that illustrates "the struggle to find contentment somewhere between what you love to do, where you love to be, and who you need to be with."

The book is an incredible work of personal insight and a great read. Check out the interview here and be sure to read River House by Sarahlee Lawrence, when it hits the book shelves this Fall.

Soho's Love Songs from a Shallow Grave Receiving Praise from all Places

Colin Cotterill's latest crime thriller, the seventh in a series of investigation novels featuring one Dr. Siri, finds the author's "coroner" in Laos and is receiving immensely positive reviews.

The book has been reviewed by I Love Mystery as "a bizarre story in an exotic environment - one that provides a disturbing glimpse of what war-torn countries seized by new regimes can be like. Cotterill has come up with a plot that is rendered quite believable in this truly horrifying setting.” It has also been cited by The Olympian as being one of the forerunners of the new "exotic, international mystery" trend, alongside Steig Larsson's immensely popular Dragon Tattoo series. Furthermore, the book is going to be featured in the Washington Times book review in the coming issue this Thursday.

Be sure to read the I Love Mystery review and the article in The Olympian that name drops Cotterill's influence on the genre. And definitely check out the book at the Soho Press website.

Rag and Bone, latest release by Soho Press, noted in latest New York Times book review

James R. Benn’s latest, Rag and Bone, was spotted in the September 17th Sunday Book Review. Benn, the established author of a continuing World War Two era crime series, take his famed cop protagonist Billy Boyle to the shores of a besieged London to solve a murder with political implications.

The entire favorable review can still be found on the New York Times website here.

Rag and Bone and its predecessors can be found on the Soho Press website here.