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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

1) Dean Haspiel won an Emmy for Outstanding Title Design (for Bored to Death). Also, Haspiel’s app/comic STREET CODE #1 launched earlier this month; and from October 2 – December 12, there will be an exhibition on the making of … Continue reading →

1) Kate Bernheimer has two new books out: Horse, Flower, Bird (Coffee House Press, illustrated by Rikki Ducornet), a collection of her “forceful and spirited stories that will definitely prove disturbing” (according to Library Journal Review); and she’s edited My … Continue reading →

1) Matthew Sharpe has a novel, You Were Wrong, coming out in a few weeks from Bloomsbury. Check out Sharpe’s website, on which you’ll find, among other things, videos exploring key themes and locations in the novel. Its first two … Continue reading →

1) On August 24, Scott Jacobson and some friends — including Significant Objects contributor Todd Levin — are publishing a humor book, SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk (Random House). Art is by Robert Sikoryak, and the graphics minds from The … Continue reading →

Speaking of Rosecrans Baldwin‘s new novel You Lost Me There, it turns out our friends over at Coudal did the trailer, above. Coudal explains the team-up: [Mr. Baldwin]  wanted to use the prologue to the book and tracked down a … Continue reading →

1) Rosecrans Baldwin‘s first novel, You Lost Me There, is coming out from Riverhead on August 12. 2) Susanna Daniel‘s first novel, Stiltsville (HarperCollins), is coming out in August, too. She’ll be reading in the Midwest and in Florida, where … Continue reading →

1) Andrew Ervin published a story in Monkeybicycle last month, and — looking ahead — his first book, Extraordinary Renditions (Coffee House Press), will be out in September. 2) On August 4, Rebecca Coffey‘s flash piece, “From the Notebook of … Continue reading →

We’re thrilled to report that a novel by one of our authors — Tom McCarthy — was included on the Man Booker Prize 2010 longlist. That novel is titled C. According to the Booker website, C follows the short, intense … Continue reading →

1) Stephen O’Connor’s collection of stories, Here Comes Another Lesson, will be published on August 3rd by Free Press. Most of the publication-related events will occur in September. Click here to read advance reviews. 2) Stewart O’Nan is editing his … Continue reading →

1) Sara Ryan recently wrote “Fair Trade,” a story for the Welcome to Bordertown anthology forthcoming in 2011 from Random House, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner. The story is in comics form with art by Dylan Meconis, with … Continue reading →