Say you're a budding author, and you are lucky enough to get a contract for an unwritten book. How long do you have to deliver the manuscript before the publisher sues you to recover the advance payment? If the experience of MC Hammer is anything to go by, the answer is about six years.In 2003, … Continue reading Hammer Time
Author: Anders
Two Poets for the Price of One
On Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30pm, two poets will read from their new work at Magers & Quinn Booksellers.In her third book of poems, The Plum-Stone Game, Kathleen Jesme asks what happens if the ordinary ways of knowing are taken away—if one is suddenly unable to see or hear or has been stripped of the … Continue reading Two Poets for the Price of One
Like Magic
On Sunday, May 3, at 5:00pm, Magers and Quinn will be hosting author Steven Vander Ark, author of The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials. Vander Ark's book was the subject of a long legal battle. Ms R and her publisher didn't want this information getting out to you mere … Continue reading Like Magic
Musings from Magers and Quinn 