What's New at Hawthorne Books
Congratulations to Monica Drake! SNL's Kristen Wiig options Clown Girl!
06 May 2010
Saturday Night Live cast member Kristen Wiig is using her own money to option Clown Girl, the 2007 Monica Drake novel that Wiig will adapt into a feature script. She wants to play the heroine, Nita, a clown in crisis who works street fairs as Sniffles the Clown. Nita is barely surviving in her hometown of Baloneytown, pining for a dream man who used her to finance his attendance at clown college. As a result, she struggles to live and tries to resist the potentially lucrative prostitution trade involving clown fetishists. The dark novel was published by Hawthorne Books in 2007 and the option deal is being handled by Inkwell Management.
To read more: http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/snls-kristen-wiig-options-clown-girl-wants-to-wear-the-big-shoes-onscreen/
Jody Roy and Frank Meeink go Italian!
06 May 2010
Congratulations on the first foreign rights sales, Jody Roy and Frank Meeink! Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead rights sold to Edizioni Piemme. http://www.edizpiemme.it/
Excerpt of Interview with Jody M. Roy, Ph.D., and Frank Meeink from Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
01 February 2010
Publishers Weekly announces Hawthorne Books' first two-book deal with the lovely Lidia Yuknavitch.
25 January 2010
Read more about the two book deal, which includes a memoir, The Chronology of Water, and a novel, The Small Backs of Children: www.publishersweekly.com
Hawthorne Books Donation Program
20 December 2009
Hawthorne donated to some fantastic organizations including Portland-based Write Around Portland (WRAP), Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools, Outside In and Portland Public Schools. We also donated several cartons of books to the prison literacy program Changing Lives Through Literature.
Scott Nadelson’s "Dolph Schayes's Broken Arm” to be published by Ploughshares, Spring 2010, edited by Elizabeth Strout.
02 December 2009
Read the story in the spring: www.pshares.com
This story is from Scott's new collection, Aftermath, due out from Hawthorne Books in 2011.
Hawthorne Books Online
03 November 2009
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Hawthorne Books' Author Sites
16 September 2010
Monica Drake www.monicadrake.com
Peter H. Fogtdal www.fogtdal.blogspot.com
Mark Mordue www.markmordue.com
Scott Nadelson www.scottnadelson.com
Lynne Sharon Schwartz www.lynnesharonschwartz.com
Tom Spanbauer www.tomspanbauer.com
Michael Strelow www.michaelstrelow.com
Loretta Stinson www.lorettastinson.com
Lidia Yuknavitch www.lidiayuknavitch.net
Upcoming Readings & Events
Frank Meeink Book Tour
- Tuesday, 30 March 2010 :: 7.00 - 9.00 pm
- Iowa State University | Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 50011. T: (515)294-4111. :: Frank Meeink lecture for students. Sponsored by Committee on Lectures, Sociology, Students of Sociology, Center for the Study of Violence and the Women's Center.
- Wednesday, 07 April 2010 :: 7.30 - 8.30 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077. T: (847) 676-2230. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Monday, 12 April 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 21001 N. Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85050. T: (480) 730-1142. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Thursday, 15 April 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Changing Hands Bookstore | 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe, AZ 85283. T: (480-730-1142. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Changing Hands!
- Wednesday, 21 April 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 3120 Fairlane Drive, Allen Park, MI 48101. T: (313) 271-0688. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Friday, 30 April 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 6600 Albuquerque, NM 87110. T: (505) 883-8200. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Wednesday, 12 May 2010 :: 6.00 - 7.00 pm
- Bookworm | 8702 Pacific Street, Omaha, NE 68114. T: (402) 392-2877 :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Bookworm!
- Tuesday, 18 May 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 7881 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. T: (714) 897-8781. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Wednesday, 26 May 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 567 N. Stephanie, Henderson, NV 89014. T: (702) 434-1533 :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Tuesday, 01 June 2010 :: 7.30 - 8.30 pm
- Eliott Bay Book Company | 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA T: (206) 624-6600. :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Elliott Bay!
- Saturday, 05 June 2010 :: 9.00 - 12.15 pm
- Book Launch Party at Mississippi Pizza | 3552 North Mississippi Avenue Portland, OR 97227-1155 (503) 288-3231 :: Please join us for pizza and beer and Jody Roy and Frank Meeink and the launch of their book, Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead.
- Monday, 07 June 2010 :: 7.30 - 8.30 pm
- Powell's Books | 1005 Burnside, Portland, OR 97205. T: (503) 228-4651 :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Powell's!
- Wednesday, 09 June 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | Clackmas Town Center, 12000 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97086. T: (503) 786-3464 :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Barnes & Noble!
- Friday, 11 June 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Tattered Cover Book Store | 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80206 T: (303) 322-7727 :: Frank Meeink, "Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead" at Tattered Cover!
Loretta Stinson Book Tour
- Saturday, 22 May 2010 :: 11.45 - 1.15 pm
- Portland State University Ooligan Press | Neuberger Hall, 724 SW Harrison Street, Portland, Oregon 97201. 503.725.9748 :: Loretta Stinson to participate on a panel at the Write to Publish, a conference organized by Ooligan Press.
- Thursday, 03 June 2010 :: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
- Portland State University | Smith Hall, Room 333, Portland, OR :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, LIttle Green.
- Tuesday, 29 June 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.30 pm
- Broadway Books | 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232. 503-284-1726 :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green</cit>.
- Wednesday, 07 July 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Barnes & Noble | 1317 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232. (503) 249-0800. :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green.
- Wednesday, 14 July 2010 :: 7.30 - 9.00 pm
- Powell's Books | 3747 Hawthorne, Portland, OR 97214. (503) 235-3802 :: Loretta reads from her debut novel, Little Green
- Sunday, 18 July 2010 :: 9.00 - 11.30 pm
- Mississippi Pizza Pub | 3552 North Mississippi Ave · Portland, Oregon T: (503) 288-3231. :: Please join us for the book launch party of Loretta Stinson's debut novel, Little Green! Free pizza and beer and music by Nicole Berke.
- Thursday, 29 July 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- Eliott Bay Book Company | 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 624-6600. :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green
- Wednesday, 25 August 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.30 pm
- Green Apple Books | 506 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. (T) 415 387-2272. :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green</>.
- Thursday, 26 August 2010 :: 7.00 - 8.30 pm
- Book Passage Cafe | 51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera, CA 94925-1145. T: (415) 927-0960 :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green.
- Tuesday, 14 September 2010 :: 6.30 - 7.30 pm
- Multnomah County Library | Belmont Branch #1038, SE 39th Ave, Portland, OR 97214, T: (503) 988-5382 :: Loretta Stinson reads from her debut novel, Little Green.
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