Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Violets of March, by Sarah Jio


The book trailer for the novel by @sarahjio. To be published by Penguin, Plume, April 26, 2011. For more information, visit www.sarahjio.com
(From the YouTube description)

Beneath the Shadows, by Sara Foster

How do you begin to move on, if the past won't let you go?

Book Trailer for BENEATH THE SHADOWS by Sara Foster. A stunning and complex thriller about a young woman named Grace, who loses her husband, Adam, on the Yorkshire moors. A year later, Grace returns trying to tie up loose ends but always desperate for answers. Soon she discovers she has been looking in the wrong place all along and the real danger is only just beginning.

Read more about BENEATH THE SHADOWS
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/B...

BENEATH THE SHADOWS is out February 2011
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Shimmer, by Alyson Noël


Available March 15, 2011: @AlysonNoel, author of the Immortals series, continues her new series about Ever's younger sister, Riley.

Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi's advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca's sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she's not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during a slave revolt in 1733. Mired in her own anger, Rebecca is lashing out by keeping the ghosts who died along with her trapped in their worst memories. Can Riley help Rebecca forgive and forget without losing herself to her own nightmarish memories?

Shimmer by Alyson Noël
Published by Square Fish
An Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
www.mackids.com
(From the YouTube description)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The Leopard, by Jo Nesbø


A teaser trailer for the new Harry Hole thriller by Jo Nesbo - The Leopard. Can Harry Hole return to Oslo and help the struggling police catch a new serial killer?

In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of options. There is only one man who can help them, and he doesn't want to be found.

Deeply traumatised by The Snowman investigation, which threatened the lives of those he holds most dear, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong's opium dens. But with his father seriously ill in hospital, Harry reluctantly agrees to return to Oslo. He has no intention of working on the case, but his instinct takes over when a third victim is found brutally murdered in a city park.

The victims appear completely unconnected to one another, but it's not long before Harry makes a discovery: the women all spent the night in an isolated mountain hostel. And someone is picking off the guests one by one.

Published January 2011 by Harvill Secker
www.jonesbo.co.uk
www.vintage-books.co.uk

A Gemini Films production
Director - Yasmin al Naib
Cinematographer - Christopher Moon
Producer - Kurban Kassam
(From the YouTube description)

The 2011 Edgar® Nominees in Book Trailer

The full list is here






Sunday, January 16, 2011

Book + Trailer: A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz

http://www.adamgidwitz.com/

"Unlike any children's book I've ever read... A Tale Dark and Grimm holds up to multiple rereadings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be."
--The New York Times, Editor's Choice

"A marvelous reworking of old stories that manages to be fresh, frightening, funny and humane." --The Wall Street Journal

"An audacious debut that's wicked smart and wicked funny." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Gidwitz is terrifying and funny at the same time. His storytelling is so assured that it's hard to believe this is his debut novel. And his treatment of the Grimms' tales is a whole new thing." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.

Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Lady of Light and Shadows, by C. L. Wilson


(@clwilsonbooks) She is the salvation of a Fey king's tormented soul and the key to saving
his immortal race. Only by unleashing her vast power can they conquer the
evil forces determined to destroy them. Award winning author, C.L. Wilson
combines epic fantasy with simmering romance in her two-book publishing
debut, Lord of the Fading Lands and Lady of Light and Shadows.
Watch the Book Trailer...read the book!
http://www.clwilson.com

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Await Your Reply, by Dan Chaon


(@Danchaon)
http://www.danchaon.com - Book info here.
http://www.jamiesonfry.com - More videos here.
http://www.hanisbrown.com - Score by Hannis Brown
--
directed / edited / produced by Jamieson Fry
director of photography Brett Pawlak
camera assistant Christopher Arata
original score by Hannis Brown
sound design by Steve Tushar
illustrations by Pete Larsen
read by K. Kvashay-Boyle
--
starring:

Ben Messmer
Paloma Campos
Nathan Budde
Pete Larsen
Caden Kvashay
Brett Pawlak
Resmine Atis

special thanks to:

Dan Chaon
Patrick Brown
T.C. Boyle
Edan Lepucki
K. Kvashay-Boyle
Randal Kirk
Skylight Books

(From the YouTube description)

Saturday, January 15, 2011

To Darkness Fled, by Jill Williamson


(@JillWilliamson) Book trailer for the medieval fantasy adventure novel. It is the second in the Blood of Kings series.

In this book Achan, Vrell, and the Kingsguard Knights have fled into Darkness to escape the wrath of the former prince. They head for Ice Island to rescue two of Sir Gavin's colleagues who were falsely imprisoned years ago. Darkness is growing and only one man can push it back. Achan wanted freedom, not a crown. His true identity has bound him more than ever. He must learn decorum, wear fancy clothes, and marry a stranger. Achan knows one thing for certain. He will not be a puppet prince. Either he will accept his role and take charge or he will flee. But which will he choose?
(From the YouTube description)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Book + Trailer: The Memory Palace by Mira Bartók

(@miraslist)
It's a breathtaking literary memoir about the complex meaning of love, truth, and the capacity for forgiveness among family. Through stunning prose and original art created by the author in tandem with the text, The Memory Palace explores the connections between mother and daughter that cannot be broken no matter how much exists—or is lost—between them.
(From the YouTube description)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Book + Trailer: Mad Love, by Suzanne Selfors


In Suzanne Selfors's third teen novel, sixteen-year-old Alice Amorous, daughter of the internationally famous romance writer, The Queen of Romance, meets a boy who claims to be Cupid.
(From the YouTube description)

Monday, January 10, 2011

Book + Trailer: Clarity, by Kim Harrington

(@Kim_Harrington)
Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift. And a curse. When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case—but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother, who has supernatural gifts of his own, becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture to the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most? Learn more at http://www.kimharringtonbooks.com
(From the YouTube description)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Book + Trailer: Desires of the Dead (Body Finder), by Kimberly Derting


(@kimberlyderting)

Book + Trailer: Cryer's Cross, by Lisa McMann


A brand-new paranormal novel by @lisa_mcmann, the New York Times bestselling author of Wake, Fade, and Gone.
Get more on Lisa McMann at SimonandSchuster.com: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/L...

(From the YouTube description)

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Book + Trailer: Dead Zero (A Bob Lee Swagger Novel), by Stephen Hunter


Best selling author Stephen Hunter turns into his popular creation Bob Lee Swagger to talk about his forthcoming novel about America's favorite sniper. With the assistance of a beautiful femme fatale, Hunter demonstrates the explosive action of his newest work utilizing a sniper bolt-action rifle, a 1911 handgun, an AR semi-auto rifle, and a fully automatic Thompson machine-gun. Don't miss this action-packed and suspenseful preview of his upcoming book complete with French film credits.
(From the YouTube description)

Friday, January 7, 2011

2nd Book Trailer of 2011? Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer, by Wesley Stace


(@WesleyStace) (Via @PicadorUSA)

Learn more at http://www.WesleyStace.com. Read an excerpt from the first chapter here: http://bit.ly/dFSRFl. You can also connect with Wesley on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/fkvhBX and on Twitter: http://bit.ly/esV1qJ.

"Wesley Stace's tale of music and murder is a baroque intellectual thriller, wittily erudite and psychologically astute." —Alex Ross, author of The Rest Is Noise

"This is one of the few novels I have read that is truly musical. Wesley Stace is a brilliant and intensely original writer and this is his most unusual book yet." —Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife

For more from Picador, please visit http://www.youtube.com/picadorusa and connect with us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/picadorusa ) and Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/picadorusa ).
(From the YouTube description)

1st Book Trailer of 2011? The Squeaky Wheel, by Guy Winch

(@GuyWinch) (via @BloomsburyUSA)
For more information about The Squeaky Wheel, visit http://www.guywinch.com where you'll find links for purchasing the hardcover edition, audiobook, and ebook, Guy's blog, a complaint makeover section and more.
(From the YouTube description)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Book + Trailer: The Neighbors Are Watching, by Debra Ginsberg


A pregnant teenager shows up, literally, on her biological father's doorstep, and the neighbors can't stop talking. Joe Montana is a handsome restaurant manager who failed to tell his wife that he fathered a baby with an ex-girlfriend seventeen years ago. Diana's bombshell arrival in their quiet cul-de-sac sets off a chain reaction of secrets and lies that threaten to engulf the neighborhood along with the approaching flames from a Santa Ana-fueled California wildfire.

A woman scorned, a former reality TV star, and a suburban housewife with her own checkered past--these are just a few of the warring neighbors who will be forced to band together when Diana disappears in the aftermath of the wildfire evacuation, leaving her newborn baby--and many unanswered questions--behind.

Get your copy today at your favorite bookseller.

Updated trailer, with new reviews by the New York Times and the Boston Globe, produced by Matt Giraud at Gyroscope Pictures http://vimeo.com/channels/gyroscope

Special Thanks to:
Katelynn Zoellner
Randi Rudolph
Chaitan Baru
Sundari Baru
Nachi Baru
Nami Baru
Melissa Thurston
deja bleu ginsberg
Bo Ginsberg
Gabriel Barillas
Maya Ginsberg
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/di...

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie


With the same dazzling imagination and love of language that have made Salman Rushdie one of the great storytellers of our time, LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE revisits the magic-infused, intricate world he first brought to life in the modern classic HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES. This breathtaking new novel centers on Luka, Haroun's younger brother, who must save his father from certain doom.
(From the YouTube description)

Monday, January 3, 2011

Book + Trailer: A Shore Thing, by Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi


@Sn00ki's A SHORE THING

Get more on Nicole Polizzi at SimonandSchuster.com: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/N...

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Brushstrokes and glances, by Djelloul Marbrook


published by Deerbrook Editions, is the second book of poetry by Wick Poetry Prize winner Djelloul Marbrook (Far From Algiers). This video features the poem "Canvas." For more information, seehttp://djelloulmarbrook-books.com.
(From the YouTube description)