Weekly Roundup for 8/16/13
Every Friday, the Akashic team highlights industry news, reviews, and features from around the web. This week’s roundup comes to you from Akashic intern Katie Martinez.
News & Features
“MegaBlast” by R.K. Solomon
I’m not a complete monster. It pains me to hear her beg for her life. She says she’s got two kids. Little kids. A boy and a girl. Maybe she does. Maybe not. People will say anything in these situations. I wish she’d shut up. This is hard enough without the hysterics . . .
SALE! Midwest Noir Complete Set for $35!
To celebrate the publication of Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition, we’re pleased to offer all a set of four area titles from our Noir Series (Twin Cities, Detroit, Chicago and Kansas City) for only $35, plus shipping, while supplies last!
Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Mysterious Bookshop (New York City)
Welcome to Akashic in Good Company! This week, take a walk through The Mysterious Bookshop, our criminally good friends located right here in NYC!
“Undone” by Michelle Sacks
It was full of backpackers, Udaipur: dreadlocked, slightly malodorous waifs and strays from the Western world, decked out in worn sandals and ill-fitting local garb, gathered from their travels around Asia . . .
“The Eternally Lit” by Joseph G. Peterson
You had seen once long ago when you were an eighth grader the JFK Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery and you marveled at the idea that a flame might flicker eternally . . .
Indie Bookstore Spotlight: Quimby’s Bookstore (Wicker Park, Chicago)
Indie Bookstore Spotlight: Akashic in Good Company takes a walk through the not-to-miss Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago!
Johnny Temple interviews Malaika Adero, Vice President & Senior Editor at Atria Books/Simon and Schuster
Akashic publisher Johnny Temple interviewed Malaika Adero, Vice President & Senior Editor at Atria Books/Simon and Schuster, about Miles Davis; the books that have inspired her as an editor; and about books that give her hope and those that give her nightmares.