I’m Beaufort’s newest intern here to report back that, yes, BookExpo is exactly as cool as our previous post promises!
I’ve never been part of the publishing world before, but I had heard tell of a magical event where all the industry people came together to network and best of all—talk about books! I was very excited when Beaufort asked if I’d like to go to this paradise, so of course I said yes.
And BookExpo and BookCon did not disappoint! I hit the ground running on this internship, starting my first day by helping set up the booth. For the next three days I helped out there, meeting authors and helping with signings, and of course, exploring this mecca of the book world.
The Javits Center was full of larger-than-life posters of books and authors. It was like they were movie stars—some of whom I got to meet in real life! Just sharing a room with people whose books I’ve admired since I was little is enough to make my nerdy heart swoon, let alone all of the other fantastic things going on.
It was really interesting to see all the different people who came to BookExpo—not just publishers, but librarians, booksellers, and educators as well. I saw a few people from around where I live and said hello. It was nice to see a little bit of home in the big city.
But of course, for a young hopeful such as myself, it was great to see the variety of publishers there. From the big four to small presses, academics to picture books, a wide range of organizations came to BookExpo. Everyone was excited to show off the projects they’d been working on and even standing in line, attendees would talk about the exciting things they’d done or were planning to do during the convention.
BookExpo was a really great way to kick off my internship because not only did I get to be dazzled by all of the cool things happening in the industry, I also got to know the Beaufort & Spencer Hill teams better than I would have just starting behind the desk.
Signing off for now, Beauseidon
P.S. These are some of the cool tote bags I got while I was there!
This is a shared blog post for Beaufort Books and Spencer Hill Press.
Author J. F. Riordan reads an essay on WUWM 89.7, Milwaukee’s NPR
Wisconsin writer J.F. Riordan set her series of novels on remote Washington Island, just off the tip of Door County. It’s a place that locals refer to as “North of the tension line,” a phrase that gave her series its name. However, while Riordan loves that place, she does much of her writing in the Milwaukee area.
It’s that disconnect that informs the series of essays that fill her latest book, called Reflections on a Life in Exile.
Review: Rob Kall, The Bottom-Up Revolution: Mastering the Emerging World of Connectivity
“The long dormant seeds of ‘bottom-up’ culture, evolutionally baked deeply into our DNA and our neurophysiological systems, are vibrantly reawakening.
“When I asked Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, ‘What’s the next big thing on the web?’ He replied that it was trust.
“This tsunami of bottom-up thinking and behavior is causing a bigger paradigm shift than the inventions of writing or Gutenberg’s printing press because we’re already genetically primed for this by our millions of years of human evolution.
“So many trends today look toward the end of life as we know it—climate change, the huge gluttony of the super-rich who work together to transcend national boundaries in their pursuit of more money, more power, ultimately a global feudal system.
“I go to places like farmers’ markets and shopping malls to find solace in the persistence of the middle class against all odds—creeping fascism, the extreme right-wing governments that are spreading throughout the world, led, for the time being by our very own donald trump, who recently gave permission to Juan Guaidó to seize the Venezuelan government away from Nicolás Maduro. Socialism is no good, say the super-rich, focusing on Venezuela, whose assets in the United States have been seized and whose chief export, oil, has dropped in monetary value through the floor.
“Against these trends and their obvious manifestations, a quiet revolution is in progress, writes author and OpEdNews owner as well as entrepreneur and original thinker Rob Kall in his just-released book The Bottom-Up Revolution: Mastering the Emerging World of Connectivity. He offers us an optimistic vision of the future. We are transitioning from a top-down to a bottom-up worldwide society. “Top down” describes the current structure of our society, a worldwide plutocracy, but “people can be victors without the need for victims.” “Bottom-up” is its now-competing inverse: it is “small, local, interdependent, respectful, egalitarian and decentralized,” according to author Gregg Levoy. “Humans have spent 99 percent of our developmental time in the wild kingdom,” he writes. –“-99 percent of the five to seven million years hominids existed,” adds Kall. “What I call a ‘bottom-up connection consciousness’ is a revolutionary way of seeing, being, and relating to others, and . . . it affects how we behave in our community and all our other activities, including our “activism,” child rearing, religious practice, and, of course, doing business. It enhances our ability to be cooperative, interdependent, sharing, caring, empathic, egalitarian, and transparent, and although often small, it can be incredibly powerful.”
Simpson case launched victim’s sister on fight for justice
Ron Goldman was not just Kim Goldman’s big brother. He was her hero and protector, the guy who pulled a terrified teenager from a devastating car wreck 34 years ago and rode to the hospital in the ambulance with her. The person every guy had to go through if they wanted to ask her on a date.
When O.J. Simpson was acquitted of stabbing to death Ron Goldman and Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in one of Los Angeles’ most exclusive neighborhoods on June 12, 1994 , Kim Goldman was devastated. As the verdict was read following one of the most divisive criminal cases in U.S. history , cameras in the courtroom caught her sobbing uncontrollably.
Twenty-five years later, she has turned the agony of that moment into a lifetime of helping troubled teens and aiding crime victims’ rights groups while also pursuing the life of a suburban single mom who, at the moment, is teaching her 15-year-old son, Sam, to drive.
“That’s very scary,” she says, laughing while recalling gripping the passenger-side door and putting her foot where the brake would be if she was in the driver’s seat.
Still, even lighthearted moments like that come with a price.
“I don’t suffocate in my grief. But every milestone that my kid hits, every milestone that I hit, you know, those are just reminders of what I’m not able to share with my brother and what he is missing out on,” she adds.
Where are they now? Key players in O.J. Simpson murder trial
The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the Century” that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders. From Johnnie to Kato to Ito, the trial brought together a fascinating cast of charters. Here’s a look at where they are now.
THE DEFENDANT
Two years after Simpson’s 1995 acquittal, a civil court jury found him liable for the deaths of his ex-wife and Goldman, and ordered he pay their survivors $33.5 million. He got into a series of minor legal scrapes ranging from a 2001 Florida road-rage incident (he was acquitted) to racing his boat through a protected Florida manatee zone in 2002 (he was fined). His most serious transgression came in 2007, however, when he and five others barged into a Las Vegas hotel room with guns and robbed memorabilia dealers of property that Simpson said was his. He served nine years in a Nevada prison and was paroled in 2017. Now 71, Simpson lives quietly in Las Vegas where he says he plays golf nearly every day with a group of “retired guys.” He also poses for selfies with the many people still enamored with his celebrity. Simpson told The Associated Press in a recent interview that he will never discuss the murders again.
THE VICTIMS’ SURVIVORS
Ron Goldman’s sister, Kim, was 22 and broke into hysterical sobs when the not guilty verdict was read. These days she counsels troubled teens as executive director of a Southern California-based nonprofit, The Youth Project, and is a speaker to victims’ rights group. She has authored several books and on Wednesday — the 25th anniversary of her brother’s death — begins a 10-episode podcast titled “Confronting: OJ Simpson,” in which she says she’ll discuss all aspects of the trial. Goldman, now 47, lives in a Southern California suburb with her 15-year-old son.
Fred Goldman, Ron’s father, has relentlessly pursued Simpson through civil courts, maintaining it is the only way to achieve justice for his son. Goldman’s family has seized some of Simpson’s memorabilia, including his 1968 Heisman Trophy as college football’s best player that year. The family has also taken the rights to Simpson’s movies, a book he wrote about the killings and other items to satisfy part of the $33.5 million judgment that Simpson refuses to pay. Goldman, 78, lives with his wife, Patti, in Arizona, where both are Realtors.
Denise Brown, Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister, has remained the family’s most outspoken critic of Simpson, although like the Goldman family she refuses to speak his name. The former model has become a victims’ rights advocate and a speaker, urging both women and men to leave abusive relationships. She said she has gotten over her anger with God for the killings but has never forgiven Simpson and will not watch any films or documentaries about the killings.
Steve Deace Show: An Interview with Alfred Regnery
Author Alfred Regnery sat down for an interview with Steve Deace from BlazeTV to discuss his latest book, Unlikely Pilgrim.
Steve’s show is known for its principled conservatism with a snarky twist. The interview will air on June 11th. To watch, click here.
Al Regnery joins WRFH to discuss his new book, UNLIKELY PILGRIM
Scot Bertram sat down with author Alfred Regnery to discuss Regnery’s new book, Unlikely Pilgrim.
The interview aired on June 10th on The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour. To hear the full interview, click here.
CHURCH AND CULTURE: Publisher Al Regnery discusses his new book, Unlikely Pilgrim: A Journey into History and Faith, about eleven pilgrimages in the past twenty-five years.
Publisher and author, Alfred Regnery sat for an interview at Ave Maria Radio and discussed his new book. Unlikely Pilgrim sees two middle-aged men make eleven foreign trips to parts of the world rich in the history of Christianity.
The Answer, with Joe Ligotti: An Interview with Alfred Regnery
Author Al Regnery sat down with Joe Ligotti, from Boston radio’s show, The Answer, with Joe Ligotti, to discuss his newest book, Unlikely Pilgrim.
Ligotti dives into everything, from politics, to the national scene with a little sports thrown in for good measure. Tune in on WROL 950 AM and 100.3 FM, The Spirit of Boston from 4-7 pm. For more information, click here.
Interview with Al Regnery on WCHV’s Joe Thomas in the Morning
Publisher and Patriot Al Regnery has traveled the world searching out the source of our freedom and chronicles them in his new book, Unlikely Pilgrim.
Interview: “RED Hotel: A thriller within a hotel setting that has suspense and international intrigue”
“RED Hotel by Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller brings to life, in a thrilling novel, the dangers of soft targets. Using his past experiences as an overseer of Marriott International’s Global Security Strategy, and now President of the Irvine, California-based Laguna Strategic Advisors, a global consortium that provides business consulting services to corporations and governments, Fuller is able to help create a realistic plot with political thriller writer Grossman.
“The novel is a thriller within a hotel setting that has suspense and international intrigue. The plot involves a world adventure that is both realistic and believable, given the experiences of one of the authors, Ed Fuller. As the conflict intensifies readers will be on the edge of their seats.”
Elise Cooper: Did your experiences help to write this thriller?
Ed Fuller: I was President of the Marriott International Group for twenty-two years. I had to deal with a series of challenges from kidnappings, evacuations, dealing with drug cartels, and foreign governments. I knew it was necessary to build a crisis management organization.
EC: Why a novel?
EF: While I was still working with Marriott, I wrote a book, You Can’t Lead with your Feet on the Desk. It was a business book that reflected my experiences and philosophies. One of my friends in public relations suggested I make it into a movie. I sought the advice of another friend, Bruce Feirstein, who sat on a board with me and wrote three James Bond screenplays. He suggested I write a novel. Since I had trouble with pulling the characters together, I sought out a co-writer. I was impressed with Gary Grossman, a political thriller writer. So, the way it works is I contribute stories and strategy and Gary applies the glue, creativity, and through-line that binds our stories, characters.
EC: Gary, how did you find out about this project?
Gary Grossman: I bumped into a neighbor, Bruce Feirstein, who told me he knows of someone that wants to collaborate on a novel. I met with Ed and realized he was as much in the anti-terrorism business as the hotel business. I think it came down to a James Bond connection that put us together. I saw Ed as the real deal that has made the hotel experience safer for people. He had information that could protect guests around the globe.
The Charlotte Observer: “ Summer books: Murder, mischief and West Mills”
Author Webb Hubbell‘s upcoming political thriller, The East End, was featured in The Charlotte Observer‘s Summer Book reading guide!
“Hubbell gives you warm peach pie with ice cream to drool over in the same novel where four men lay a trap for Jack when he arrives at the Little Rock airport, string him up in a tree in a swampy wood and leave him to die. Bam. Hubbell is off to a rollicking start in this one about a widowed doctor who runs health clinics for the poor in Little Rock’s East End neighborhood. Somewhere Dr. Jana Hall has stepped on some powerful toes and someone wants her clinics shut down. Jack to the rescue. But can he succeed without ruining the good doctor’s reputation? Will she be ‘grist for easy gossip’? Court room scenes to keep you up late, but as with any ‘Jack Patterson’ tale, don’t let your breath out too soon.”
Tullan Holmqvist – Book Writing Process Interview on Get PublishedPodcast
In episode 294 of the Get Published Podcast, Host and 14-Time Bestselling Author Paul G. Brodie interviews Tullan Holmqvist about her author journey and the book writing process with her first book.
Author Rob Kall will sit down for an interview with Nick Lawrence from WEEU Radio and discuss his recently published book, The Bottom-Up Revolution. Tune in on Straight Talk on August 5th to hear all about it!
Rob Kall: Interview with Frankie Boyer @ BizTalk Radio
Author Rob Kall will discuss his recently published book, The Bottom-Up Revolution on an interview with Frankie Boyer from BizTalk Radio. Tune in on June 11th. You won’t want to miss it.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I wanted to share some exciting news. As most of you may know, BookExpo and BookCon are coming up soon, and I’ll be attending both for the very first time! Now this is exciting for several reasons, but for those of you who aren’t familiar with either, I’ll elaborate.
BookExpo is the publishing
industry’s leading trade event. Publishers, booksellers, librarians, and
tastemakers all gather to find out what’s new and happening with authors, the latest
titles, distribution channels, and new technologies and trends. It’s a great
space to network and make connections within the industry, keep up to date with
the comings and goings of the publishing world, and if you have a business,
it’s a great event to attend because you can learn how to give it an edge.
Equally exciting will be Unbound,
the adjacent show and new exhibit floor dedicated to unique non-book items to help
businesses grow: “aka” the goodies show. Let’s face it, though we love books,
we also like the toys and trinkets that bookshops sell to accompany and enrich
our book reading experience. I’ll have to bring a tote bag!
Prepping up for BookExpo!
Running concurrently to BooxExpo will
be the New York Rights Fair, which is the international adult and children’s
content and licensing marketplace. This is where rights professionals,
publishers, acquisitions editors, agents, scouts, film producers, and other
attendees do business, discuss rights sales and the distribution of content
across all formats.
As an intern at a publishing
house, I am extremely excited to see up close what happens at these trade shows
because A) they’re not really open to the general public, unless you’re in the
books business and B) they form the biggest and most important U.S. publishing
event of the year.
Between author panels and talks,
and sessions meant to educate on the publishing business, book swag, and
networking, this three-day-event is sure to be thrilling for book fanatics like
me!
If you’re never been and can go,
it’s an event you won’t want to miss. Be sure to stop by our booth and say hi!
BookExpo will take place May
29-31, 2019 at the Javits Center in NYC.
Wednesday, May 29: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Thursday, May 30: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday, May 31: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Just as BookExpo closes on Friday, BookCon opens on Saturday. Now
BookCon is an entirely different atmosphere. But what is it? In their own
words, “BookCon is the event where storytelling and pop culture collide.” One
of my friends described it as “Comic Con for book nerds,” and I couldn’t agree
more.
So, while BookExpo runs more on the business side of books,
BookCon is tailored for all the readers and book fans out there. Open to the
public, and targeting all ages, eager bibliophiles like me will have the
opportunity to meet & greet authors, attend workshops and panels, and get
all our favorite books autographed.
Just a taste of what I’m hoping my haul looks like from BookExpo & BookCon!!!
I’ve been living in NYC for almost three years, but this will
be my first time attending (finally!). For two years I have stared in awe (and felt
very jealous…) of my friends’ hauls after attending. Though I will sadly be
leaving this wonderful city in August, and I probably don’t need to add any
more books to my packing list, I am anticipating eagerly all the fantastic
reads I will leave the event with.
So, if you’re planning to attend, BookExpo (which I am hoping
you are), you seriously CANNOT pass up on BookCon!
Sadly, weekend tickets are sold out, but you can still
purchase tickets onsite & online. Adult tix go between $30-$45 depending on
the day, and Kid tix (aged 6-12) are priced at $10 for either day.
BookCon will take place June 1-2,
2019 at the Javits Center in NYC.
Saturday, June 1: 10:00 PM – 6:00 PM Sunday, June 2: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
I cannot wait for this fun-packed week to arrive! For more
information on either event, please click on the links below.
Starting July 22, Wisconsin Public Radio will be reading a chapter a day from Robert’s Rules. Mark your calendars, readers!
“Chapter A Day” can be heard weekdays on the Ideas Network at 12:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Jim Fleming, Norman Gilliland, Susan Sweeney, and Michele Good read a chapter from a book for a half hour each weekday.
For more information on Wisconsin Public Radio and “Chapter A Day,” click here.
“Webb Hubbell writes thrillers for the thoughtful reader. Fun, intelligent, and filled with local color, the Jack Patterson books are more than mere escapism; they are an opportunity to reflect on the American criminal justice system. The series’s newest installment, The East End, is no different. Once you pick it up, be prepared to neglect everything else in the race to its conclusion, and then, to spend some time grappling with the troubling picture it paints.
“Those already familiar with Hubbell’s books will welcome the return of the wily attorney and his circle of iconoclastic colleagues. Summoned to face a new threat, they greet each other with a sardonic affection that the returning reader is inclined to share. Once the stage has been set, however, readers will quickly be swept into the book’s fast-paced suspense. The language is clean throughout, and the dialog is refreshingly lacking the cheesy overstatement so common in the genre.
“While the book is unfailingly entertaining, its most striking element comes from the author’s nuanced understanding of the inner workings of the justice system. Somebody once remarked that a good prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich, and Hubbell’s books bring this cynical view to life. Any sense one might have of the innate nobility or Olympian detachment of prosecutors and the law will be quickly replaced by the uneasy realization that most upright citizen can be entangled in suspicion and buried in the casual brutality of the prison system. The helplessness of the suspect in these circumstances feels like something much more than an author’s imagination. This backdrop of informed reality adds a dimension of credibility to the plot, and keeps the reader’s tension high.
“Smart, fast-paced, and insightful, The East End delivers a heart-pounding tale with depth and nuance. While there is no need to go back to read the previous installments of the series, readers of The East End will want to do so. Maybe those who’ve already read them will want to go back, too. Just for the fun of it. ” —J.F. Riordan, author of The North of the Tension Line Series and Reflections on a Life in Exile
Ed Fuller and Gary Grossman talk about “RED HOTEL”
Q. Your book starts off with a bang. Literally, when the Kensington Royal Hotel in Tokyo is bombed. As in real life, hotels are now ideal targets for terrorists. Why?
Ed Fuller: Hotels are called “soft targets” when compared to Embassies, military bases, etc. In international countries, American branded hotels become targets. Condoleezza Rice commented recently that, after 9/11, hotels became known as “soft targets” as they are unable to be hardened much like a U.S. embassy. Many times, they don’t have the stand-off distance or the physical security measures in place such as an embassy.
Gary Grossman: With more Americans traveling and International travelers coming to the US in record numbers, hotel security must be a top priority. RED Hotel deep dives into a plot that shows just how important safety must be and what we can do to become more aware of our surroundings.
Q. The character Dan Reilly visits Capitol Hill to lobby the government about intelligence sharing with US corporations. Why is this so important, both in your book and real life? Does the government share intelligence with US companies?
Ed Fuller: Several countries, including the United States, work with hotels and other industries, as well as agencies like the FBI, the military and the CIA to gain information about guests. These agencies also provide security information to companies doing business globally. After the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988, the U.S Congress passed legislation mandating that the Intelligence Community warn U.S. citizens if the IC becomes aware of threats to Americans. These warnings are channeled through the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Many hotel companies have their own intelligence operations within their security departments (Condoleezza Rice calls it “mini CIA’s). These intelligence operations use a combination of “open source intelligence” (Opsint) and “human intelligence” (Humint). Additionally, some of the security departments have staff with Top Secret security clearances which gives the access to U.S. Government classified intelligence.
Gary Grossman: I learned firsthand from Ed Fuller that we’re safer when critical information is shared between intelligence agencies and hotel businesses. Moreover, with active, open relationships comes increased speed in communicating potential dangers. Speed and information allow potential targets advance time to bolster security measures. In the case of RED Hotel, these measures are based on Ed Fuller’s actual work in the field. The basic rule—make a soft target less attractive with stepped-up visible, “hardened” security measures in place and terrorists are more likely to walk.
“In [Scruton’s] writings and reflections, elegiac but never despairing, human loss gives away to intimations of transcendence…Scruton’s multifaceted exploration of what it means to be a relational and responsible person is one of the great philosophical and literary projects of our time.”
“Obsession and loneliness intersect with explosive results in this thrilling story of a woman whose life is a total mystery—even to herself. Tense, cinematic, and relentlessly suspenseful, The Woman in the Park will have you addicted, consuming one chapter after another until you reach its chilling conclusion.” — Megan Collins, author of The Winter Sister
“The Woman in the Park is a spine-tingling read that makes you question all your assumptions from one page to the next. Imagine if The Girl on the Train and The Hours had a baby, it would be The Woman in the Park. Part Thriller, part literary homage. I thoroughly enjoyed it!” —Adam Mitzner, author of A Matter of Will
“The Woman in the Park is one of those novels that you can’t stop thinking about even when you aren’t reading it. Hooked me from the very first page until the shocking end! A must read!” —Marina Di Guardo, author of La Memoria Dei Corpi
“The Woman in the Park is an insanely smart, dark trickster of a thriller. Go ahead. Scan the horizon for clues. Become obsessed. Have a great time. Read it twice. (I did.)” —Rebecca Coffey, author of Hysterical: Anna Freud’s Story
“Like a Rubik’s cube, The Woman in the Park twists the perception of reality and fantasy, keeping the reader hooked and curiously searching for the solution. Intriguing, intelligent and multifaceted.” —Vera Näsström, author of All Is As It Should Be
“Fast and thrilling, Sorkin and Holmqvist’s novel The Woman in the Park kept me guessing until the final page. There’s no tranquility to this Manhattan’s Upper East Side, just darkness, disquiet, and suspense.” —James Sturz, author of Sasso.
“This richly textured, beautifully written, and intricately plotted thriller, with a deeply sympathetic female protagonist, is at once a page-turner, a story of loss and redemption, and a beautiful testament to the power of the human spirit. The Woman in the Park is a remarkable achievement. I loved it.” —Caroline Nastro, author of The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep
For more information about The Woman in the Park, click here.
