Michael Farris Smith's Blog, page 3

RIVERS a $1.99 Kindle special for January...

Just a heads up, Rivers is now on sale through January for Kindle owners.

Big thanks to The New York Times Book Review...

for this super review of Rivers in the December 15 issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/boo...

RIVERS named to Best of 2013...

Very happy to share that Hudson Booksellers has named RIVERS to its "Best Books of 2013" list. It's nice to be mentioned in such great company: http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/best...

Busy week on the schedule...

Jackson, then Hattiesburg, then Nashville this weekend for the Southern Festival of Books. Please check out my schedule at michaelfarrissmith.com to see if I'll be in your neighborhood with RIVERS.

Thanks to the Washington Post...

for this new review: "Smith resorts to no formula, and his ability to keep you guessing about what will happen next adds tension to long stretches of honed prose. He also manages to make 300 pages of relentless rain so real that you’re surprised your fingers aren’t pruney when you look up from this engrossing story.”—The Washington Post

RIVERS set free September 10...

today is pub day. Thanks to all and enjoy the storms.

A special sneak peek of RIVERS available...

Simon & Schuster has provided a new sneak peek of RIVERS, an excerpt of the first 2 chapters, here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/160250717/R...

Review from The Summerset Review

Thanks to The Summerset Review for this recent take on RIVERS: “Smith’s passion for the South is palpable, and the native Mississippian writes as if in part homage, part plea to save the splendor of his home state. With stunning prose and nearly perfect pacing, Rivers is an uncommonly good debut, forcing the reader to consider not only the consequences of climate change but also ponder the limits of the human spirit.”

RIVERS audiobook....

I'm very excited that I will be doing the reading for the audiobook version of RIVERS. It'll be work, but also fun (I think).

New radio interview...

I've just added a segment of a recent radio interview to my website where I discuss the origins of Rivers: michaelfarrissmith.com/interviews/