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May 10, 2016
Naomi Attending BookCon This Weekend
Naomi is attending Chicago’s BookCon this weekend on Saturday only.
What is BookCon? From their website, “BookCon is the event where storytelling and pop culture collide. Consumers and brands will experience the origin of the story in all its forms by interacting with the authors, publishers, celebrities and creators of content that influence everything we read, hear and see. BookCon is an immersive experience that features interactive, forward thinking content including Q&As with the hottest talent, autographing sessions, storytelling podcasts, special screenings, literary quiz shows and so much more. BookCon is the ultimate celebration of books, where your favorite stories come to life.”
Naomi has a panel and signing on Saturday. Details are below:
Unwritten: Stories You Haven’t Read (Yet)
May 14, 2016, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Room W470
Authors write more stories than they ever get published… and even more remain in their heads, unwritten. How do Authors choose one idea from the many? What…
Naomi Novik Autographing
May 14, 2016, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, BookCon Autographing Area
Come meet Naomi Novik! A free galley will be provided for signing. Additional books will be available for purchase at the table or you can bring a book from home.
April 26, 2016
Hugo Nominee: UPROOTED
US Edition
Hi Everyone,The blog title says it all!
Uprooted has been nominated for a Hugo Award. Count me as one who is not surprised. When I read the book before publication, I knew it to be something special. Naomi has crafted a beautiful and elegant novel. I feel quite strongly it deserves the recognition. I know many of you feel the same way.
The novel is nominated alongside several of my other favorite books of the year. I highly recommend you read them all. They are listed below:
Best Novel (3695 nominating ballots)
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Congratulations to the nominees! It’s great that Naomi is alongside such talented writers!
To learn more about this year’s Hugo Award nominations, click HERE!
Happy reading!
UPROOTED Nominated For A Hugo Award!
US Edition
Hi Everyone,The blog title says it all!
Uprooted has been nominated for a Hugo Award. Count me as one who is not surprised. When I read the book before publication, I knew it to be something special. Naomi has crafted a beautiful and elegant novel. I feel quite strongly it deserves the recognition. I know many of you feel the same way.
The novel is nominated alongside several of my other favorite books of the year. I highly recommend you read them all. They are listed below:
Best Novel (3695 nominating ballots)
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Congratulations to the nominees! It’s great that Naomi is alongside such talented writers!
To learn more about this year’s Hugo Award nominations, click HERE!
Happy reading!
March 28, 2016
Writers With Drinks NYC! Featuring Colson Whitehead, Naomi Novik, Aparna Nancherla and Annalee Newitz!
The spoken word “variety show” that rocked San Francisco is finally
coming back to New York! Featuring Naomi Novik, Colson Whitehead,
Annalee Newitz, Aparna Nancherla, Charlie Jane Anders, and others TBA.
Where: The Delancey, 168 Delancey Street, NYC
When: Wednesday, April 13 @ 7 PM
Door: $10 to $20 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit Housing Works
About the readers/performers:
Colson Whitehead‘s new novel is The Underground Railroad. His previous books include The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky & Death, Zone One, Sag Harbor, Apex Hides The Hurt, The Colossus of New York, John Henry Days and The Intuitionist. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship, A Guggenheim Fellowship, and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
Naomi Novik‘s latest book is Uprooted. She’s also the author of the Temeraire series of novels, including His Majesty’s Dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War, Empire of Ivory, Victory of Eagles and Tongues of Serpents. She also wrote the graphic novel Will Supervillains Be on the Final? She won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel.
Annalee Newitz is the author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Exctinction. She’s also the author of Autonomous, a novel coming in 2017 from Tor Books. She is the Tech Culture Editor at Ars Technica, and the founding editor of io9. She was the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.
Aparna Nancherla has written for Late Night With Seth Meyers, and she wrote for (and sometimes appeared on) Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. Other comedy credits include Conan on TBS, Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, @midnight, and Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central, Seeso’s Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, VH1’s “I Love the 2000s”, and Fuse’s White Guy Talk Show.
Charlie Jane Anders is the host of Writers With Drinks, a spoken word “variety show” that mostly happens in San Francisco, and the editor of io9. Her new book is All the Birds in the Sky. She won a Hugo Award for her novelette “Six Months, Three Days.”
About Writers With Drinks:
Writers With Drinks has won numerous “Best Ofs” from magazines and newspapers, and has been mentioned in 7×7, Spin Magazine and one of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City novels. The spoken word “variety show” mixes genres to raise money for local causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format.
March 18, 2016
My Lunacon Schedule This Weekend
I’m heading to Lunacon in Westchester NY today and will be there all weekend as one of the Guests of Honor!
My schedule:
Friday 8pm — Meet the Pros party (Westchester Ballroom C)
Saturday 12 noon — Research for Historical & Fantasy Fiction (Westchester Ballroom D4)
Saturday 3:30pm — Autographing (Westchester Assembly)
Sunday 12:30pm — An Hour With Naomi Novik (check schedule for the room)
I’ll take questions, I’ll talk writing and fandom and whatever else we want to cover. If people like I might read a bit of the Temeraire-universe Pride & Prejudice, we’ll see!
Sunday 2pm — Alternative History Jam (Westchester Ballroom D4)
Hope to see some of you there!
February 27, 2016
Naomi On NPR Books Today
NPR is a great resource for information.
In particular, I loved their NPR Books segments. It’s always great to hear about new books and authors, and get an inside glimpse at writers and how they go about their work.
NPR Books invited Naomi to talk about Temeraire, Uprooted, and her fan fiction roots. It’s a great segment. It’s about five minutes long and worth a listen. It made me realize I need to re-read the series in preparation for League of Dragons!
Click HERE to listen to it or to read a transcript!
League of Dragons is coming this summer!
February 16, 2016
January 11, 2016
Uprooted Had a Great Year In 2015
US Edition
Uprooted by Naomi Novik had a great 2015!First, it was well-received by readers. You guys loved it, shared it with your friends and family, and made it one of the most successful books during the year. It was optioned for a movie by Ellen DeGeneres.
At the end of 2015, many websites included Uprooted in their best of the year lists!
Here are some of those lists:
Fantasy-Faction’s Best Fantasy Novel of 2015 Award
LitHub’s The 25 Best Books of the Year
Library Journal: Best SF/Fantasy of 2015
The 32 Best Fantasy Books of 2015
NPR’s Book Concierge
Tor’s Best Books of the Year
Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2015
Amazon’s Best Books of 2015
If you haven’t read Uprooted, definitely do so! It’s a great novel and worthy of all its attention.
Cheers!
Shawn
November 3, 2015
Vote UPROOTED! For Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
Vote Now!
It is that time of year again!Goodreads has begun its end of year Choice Award. 2015 saw some wonderful novels published and, of course, Uprooted by Naomi Novik was one of them.
It is now up to you. Uprooted has been nominated for the award of Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction. There are some great books in the same category and Naomi is excited to be among them.
To vote for Uprooted, click HERE! Then go to the other categories and vote there as well!
Happy voting!
October 5, 2015
Naomi’s NYCC Schedule
Naomi is attending the New York Comic Con later this week!
She isn’t the only one. There are some great writers going to attend. And celebrities. And comic book creators. And most importantly—geeks from all walks of life who enjoy hanging out together in the Javits Center with thousands of like-minded people!
Naomi has several events planned. Here are the details:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
Signing at Del Rey Booth #2205
2:00-3:00PM
Panel: Fantasy Draft League | Room 1B03
4:15PM *signing to follow in Autograph Area
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
Signing at Del Rey booth #2205
5:00-6:00PM
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Coffee Klatsch and Educator events at Random House
11:00AM through late afternoon
For those of you not able to attend New York Comic Con but who will be in the city on Monday, October 12, Penguin Random House is putting together a Coffee Klatsch meet-and-greet with many of the authors who will be attending the convention. Details are HERE!
I’ll be there too! Hope to see some of you!
