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Authors on the Air: Gordon A. Martin, Jr., Mike Huckabee
Good Morning America today welcomes Gordon A. Martin, Jr., author of Count Them One By One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote (Univ. Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1604737899). The book is a personal account of a community and a lawyer united to battle one of the most recalcitrant bastions of resistance to civil rights.
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Authors on the Air: Hamilton, Waldman, Treisman
The Colbert Report talks to Laird Hamilton, author of Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing (Rodale, ISBN 978-1609611026). Hamilton, called the world's greatest big-wave surfer, explains how he achieves fitness in mind, body, soul, and surfing.
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Authors on the Air: 'Semi-Homemade', 'What's New, Cupcake?'
On the Today Show this morning, Karen Tack shows off holiday-themed cupcakes from What's New, Cupcake? (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780547241814). PW's review said, "Kids and adults alike will find joy in the many artful creations, including a 'pizza' supported by cupcakes and topped with fruit 'pepperoni'; a banana split with cupcakes in the form of ice cream scoops, and Chinese takeout complete with Tootsie Roll broccoli florets. This is an innovative title that doesn't hold back."
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Springtime Screen Time: Movie Tie-In Books
It's not even the New Year, and already the Tinseltown pundits are out with their Oscar predictions—well, predictions for the nominations, at least. (Mark those calendars: nominations announced, January 25; Academy Awards extravaganza, February 27.) How many of the following actors, directors, and producers will be holding their collective breaths as the time-honored ritual is repeated ("And the Oscar goes to... ") as it has been since 1929.
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Authors on the Air: Foxworthy, Kinney, Buchanan, Seinfeld
Jeff Foxworthy, author of Hide!!! (Beaufort Books, ISBN 978-0-8253-0554-2), is on The View today. PW's review said, "The creators of Silly Street offer a cheerful but slight search-and-find/counting game, which follows a group of bored kids (initially seen gazing listlessly at a Foxworthylike comedian performing on TV) who decide to play hide-and-seek in their neighborhood.... By Where's Waldo? or Walter Wick standards, this doesn't present much of a challenge; it's best suited to kids on the younger edge of the targeted audience."
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Authors on the Air: 'Chronicles of Narnia,' 'Garden of Eden,' 'The Tempest'
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader opens today, starring Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, and Skandar Keynes. HarperFestival has a movie tie-in edition of the novel by C.S. Lewis (ISBN 978-0061969058), and HarperCollins has a new movie tie-in box containing Lewis's The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle (ISBN 978-0061992889).
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Authors on the Air: Ree Drummond, Bill Shore, Pat Cooper
The Today Show says hello today to Ree Drummond, author of Pioneer Woman Cooks (Morrow, ISBN 9780061658198). Drummond talked to Cooking the Books last year about making the transition from blog to book.
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Globe Pequot Does Push for 'The Long Walk'
When Lyons Press was acquired by Globe Pequot in 2001, one of its backlist gems was Slavomir Rawicz's memoir, The Long Walk. Originally published in the UK, the book, about the author's harrowing escape from a Soviet Labor Camp in 1941, has long been a steady seller for Lyons. And now, as a film adaptation of the book called The Way Back is set to hit theaters, GP is doing a push to re-energeize the title's sales.
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Authors on the Air: Dorie Greenspan, Sara Moulton
The Martha Stewart Today talks to Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 978-0618875535). A recent PW feature on Greenspan looked at how her cookbook has become of the season's most popular cookbooks, despite Greenspan's lack of a TV show or magazine.
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Authors on the Air: Bakerella, Jessica Seinfeld
Bakerella (a.k.a. Angie Dudley), author of Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats (Chronicle, ISBN 9780811876377), is on the Today Show today. Bakerella's cute treats--tiny cakes formed into baby chicks, space martians, and more, atop a lollipop stick--have been a huge hit online, at her bakery, and in bookstores.
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Authors on the Air: Trudeau, Crystal, Brown, Lakshmi
Gary Trudeau is on The Colbert Report tonight. Trudeau is the author of 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective (Andrews McMeel, ISBN 978-0740797354). PW's starred review said, "This monolithic overview of G.B. Trudeau's landmark newspaper strip is the most comprehensive book on the subject imaginable, a must-read for both fans and those interested in what amounts to a chronicle of American society over the past four decades."
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Authors on the Air: 'I Love You Phillip Morris'
I Love You Phillip Morris opens today, starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. It is based on Steve McVicker's book (Miramax, ISBN 978-0786869039). PW's review said, "Steven Russell, the subject of this true crime story, is a rare individual, a genius who has run afoul of the law, a prodigious intellect endowed with boundless energy, audacity and guile.... Journalist McVicker has written an unexceptional book about this exceptional man, but Russell's charisma--shining through lackluster prose--is what makes this offbeat biography a success."
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Authors on the Air: Brad Meltzer, Stacy Schiff
Brad Meltzer's new show, Brad Meltzer's Decoded, premieres on History tonight. In the 10-part series, Meltzer scours secret clues, symbols, and conspiracy theories to unravel provocative enigmas such as the real story behind the White House cornerstone, the location of the lost Confederate Treasury, and the hidden messages of the Statue of Liberty. Meltzer's next book is The Inner Circle, which Grand Central will publish in January (ISBN 978-0446577892).
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Authors on the Air: Sam Calagione, Anne Rice, Gil Marks
This week, Sam Calagione, coauthor of He Said Beer, She Said Wine (DK Publishing, ISBN 9780756654498) begins starring in the new show Brew Masters on the Discovery Channel. Brew Masters follows Calagione and his partners in suds as they travel the country and the world sourcing exotic ingredients and discovering ancient techniques to produce beer. PW's review said, "This cute exploration of food pairings screams that it wants to be a cable TV series."
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Authors on the Air: Siobhan O'Connor, Alexandra Spunt, The Kardashians
The Today Show features No More Dirty Looks: The Truth about Your Beauty Products--and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics by Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt (Da Capo Lifelong, ISBN 978-0738213965) and Kardashian Konfidential by Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe Kardashian (St. Martin's, ISBN 978-0312628079).
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Authors on the Air: Steve Martin, The Kardashians
Talk of the Nation today features An Object of Beauty: A Novel by Steve Martin (Grand Central, ISBN 978-0446573641). PW's review said, "Martin compresses the wild and crazy end of the millennium and finds in this piercing novel a sardonic morality tale.... If Shopgirl was about the absence of purpose, this book is about the absence of a moral compass, not just in the life of an adventuress but for an entire era."
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Authors on the Air: 'An Awesome Book of Thanks', 'Tyler Florence Family Meal'
Dallas Clayton, author of An Awesome Book of Thanks! (AmazonEncore, ISBN 978-1935597377), is on CBS's The Talk today. The book's message is simple: be thankful for all that you have. Clayton is also the creator of the Awesome World Foundation, which donates books to needy children.
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Authors on the Air: Kimball, Herm, Garten
Today, The Leonard Lopate Show interviews Kristin Kimball, author of The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love (Scribner, ISBN 978-1416551607), about why Kimball left a career as a freelance writer in New York City to become a farmer near Lake Champlain. And fourth-generation farmer Eric Herm, author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth: A Path to Agriculture's Higher Consciousness (Dreamriver Press, ISBN 978-0979790898), discusses the strains commercial agriculture puts on our natural resources, ecosystems, and farmers.
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Authors on the Air: Darin Strauss, Steve Martin
Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life (McSweeney's, ISBN 978-1934781708) is on The Diane Rehm Show today. PW's review said, "Strauss's spare memoir begins with a confession: 'Half my life ago, I killed a girl.' Strauss (The Real McCoy) readily acknowledges the problems of writing about this event, the result of a moment's distraction... yet a discomfiting tone pervades, and some of the author's concerns, such as those related to public perception, may alienate readers."
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Authors on the Air: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ralph Fiennes, opens today. It is based, of course, on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Arthur A. Levine Books, ISBN 978-0545139700).
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