The Penguin Group is launching a new monthly radio series called The Literary Life. Completely written, produced, and hosted by Penguin employees, The Literary Life features literary fiction and nonfiction from bestselling, critically acclaimed authors and fast-rising newcomers. It’s hosted by Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. Each episode will debut on the last Tuesday of the month.
In addition to candid interviews with authors, regular segments on The Literary Life include: Inside Publishing, featuring a publishing personality giving a behind-the-scenes look into the book industry; Writer’s Rant, where authors are given the floor to vent; and Penguin Mix Tape, featuring interviews and performances by musicians-turned-authors.
To listen to the first broadcast, click on this link:
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/publishersoffice/radioroom/0910/tll/short_story.html#vmix_media_id=17778249
In this debut episode, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, author of the new bestselling memoir Composed, answers questions and performs “The World Unseen.”
Maile Meloy, author of the bestselling collection Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, and Doug Dorst, author of The Surf Guru and Alive in Necropolis, discuss the art of the short story.
Sloane Crosley, author of the bestselling essay collections I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number, rants about punctuation.
To celebrate the launch, Penguin is hosting a fast and furious giveaway for one of the 4 new books featured on this month’s show:
Rosanne Cash’s Composed
Maile Meloy’s Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It
Doug Dorst’s The Surf Guru
Sloane Crosley's How Did You Get This Number?
Leave a comment here, with the book you'd like to win! A winner will be picked on 12 noon on Friday, September 3rd!
My thanks to Lindsay Prevette with Penguin Books for allowing my blog to host this giveaway!
