IN THIS POST: Neil LaBute, Myla Goldberg, Miranda Mellis, Mimi Lipson, Meg Cabot. DON’T FORGET: On October 9th, from 6-7 p.m., as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS will present its first live event: An Evening of Remarkable Stories about … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Jonathan Lethem, Jessica Helfand. DON’T FORGET: On October 9th, from 6-7 p.m., as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS will present its first live event: An Evening of Remarkable Stories about Unremarkable Things featuring Rob Baedeker, Chris … Continue reading
DON’T FORGET: On October 9th, from 6-7 p.m., as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS will present its first live event: An Evening of Remarkable Stories about Unremarkable Things featuring Rob Baedeker, Chris Colin, Miranda Mellis, Beth Lisick, and Katie … Continue reading
IN THIS POST: Rachel Axler, R.K. Scher, Peter Rock, Patrick Cates, Padgett Powell. DON’T FORGET: On October 9th, from 6-7 p.m., as part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS will present its first live event: An Evening of Remarkable Stories about … Continue reading
IN THIS UPDATE: Miranda Mellis, Jason Grote, Terese Svoboda. 1) Miranda Mellis recently reviewed Thalia Field’s Bird Lovers, Backyard in Brooklyn Rail. Excerpt: More than half a century ago, Hannah Arendt was already arguing that scientists “move in a world … Continue reading
1) Annalee Newitz published a sci-fi story, “The Gravity Fetishist,” in the webzine Flurb. Excerpt: “Follow me.” Ahmed held out a hand, fingers spread to admit Chris’ between them. Down more stairs, and at last through a heavy door into … Continue reading
This is the third installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant Objects book (forthcoming in 2011 from Fantagraphics). *** 11. Sarah Manguso’s JAR OF … Continue reading
1) S.O. contributor Scarlett Thomas reviewed S.O. contributor William Gibson‘s new novel, Zero History, in this past Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. Excerpt: “One of the great things Gibson does is put some romance back into the digital world. … Continue reading
This is the second installment in a series of twenty posts announcing — in no particular order — which 100 stories will be collected in the Significant Objects book (forthcoming in 2011 from Fantagraphics). *** 6. Maud Newton’s CRACKER BARREL … Continue reading
1) Last month, we reported that Significant Objects author Tom McCarthy’s novel C had landed on the Man Booker Prize 2010 longlist. Earlier this week, the Booker Prize shortlist was announced — and McCarthy’s C is on it. Congratulations, Tom! … Continue reading
After a somewhat agonizing process of editorial decision-making (because we’re proud of every story we’ve published so far), we’re thrilled to announce which 100 stories will be reprinted in the Significant Objects collection forthcoming in 2011 from Fantagraphics. We’re going … Continue reading
SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS presents … An Evening of Remarkable Stories about Unremarkable Things PLUS: The first-ever … Object Slam! Saturday, October 9, 2010 6-7p.m. ROOT DIVISION 3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness) San Francisco, CA 94110 [Map to Venue.] Part … Continue reading
1) Stephen O’Connor‘s new collection of stories, Here Comes Another Lesson, has just been published by Free Press. He will be giving readings and participating in other events throughout September and October. For details and reviews, click here. 2) Rosecrans … Continue reading
Hello, friends and readers and interested parties: Just a quick word to say we’re here, and there will be news of our activities soon. We’re hard at work finalizing the lineup and other details of the Significant Objects book. We’ll … Continue reading
Toronto Star on dating/social sites that match by taste in books and the like. http://bit.ly/9ADO4a # Grumbler assesses NYT article claiming "social stigma" attached to reading books in public. http://bit.ly/cUZiir # Climb Inside Bookshelf Tower http://tumblr.com/xr4gn8y9n # Mushrooms + 40,000 … Continue reading
1. The Huffington Post recently named Andrew Ervin’s debut Extraordinary Renditions one of the 15 “Most Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2010.” The book will be published on Sept. 1. (Pre order from our shop.) 2. Benjamin Percy received … Continue reading
1. William Gibson‘s Zero History, his tenth novel, will be released September 3 in the UK, September 7 in the US. He will be touring the US, UK and Canada during September and October. 2. Jason Grote‘s play 1001 [cast … Continue reading
