by editor | Jun 19, 2017 | Articles, News + Features, Written
When Ross Rojek and I launched City Book Review back in 2008, Chronicle Books was one of the first publishers to support our endeavors by sending us great books to review. Being that we were local to the San Francisco Bay Area, we also had the great pleasure of being...
by editor | May 18, 2017 | Articles, Author Interviews, News + Features, Written
What has been the biggest challenge in putting together this book? The biggest challenge was trying to squeeze the complexity of child development into a book that was comprehensive, relatable, and manageable for parents. The sheer size of it was a bigger challenge...
by editor | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, Author Events, Author Interviews
By Jennifer Dwight | @jennifer_dwight Author and satirist, Ron Currie recently entertained his following with tales of his newly-released novel, The One-Eyed Man (Penguin Rand House 2017) and its curious protagonist, “K,” who is a sort of modern-day Diogenes. K., a...
by editor | Apr 20, 2017 | Author Interviews, Podcast
JUDD WINICK grew up on Long Island, where he spent countless hours doodling, reading X-Men comics and the newspaper strip Bloom County, and watching Looney Tunes. Today, Judd lives in San Francisco with his wife, Pam Ling; their two kids; and their cats, Chaka and...
by editor | Apr 12, 2017 | Author Interviews, Written
Barbara de la Cuesta has one published novel, The Spanish Teacher, winner of the Gival Press Fiction Prize in 2007. She has been a past recipient of fellowships in fiction from the Massachusetts Artists’ Foundation and the New Jersey Council on the Arts, as well as...
by editor | Apr 4, 2017 | Articles, Author Interviews, Written
Tracey Brame took an oath to serve the nation at the United States Military Academy. When she revealed an interest in entering politics during formation, a cadet violently attacked her. Brame subsequently suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and a dangerous memory...