Leah Stewart's Blog: Giveaway

In my ongoing quest to get people to read books I like, I’ve enlisted two debut novelists (and fellow Harper authors) for a Q&A and giveaway, which you’ll find below. I got my hands on advance copies of these books—Susanna Daniel’s Stiltsville and Chandra Hoffman’s Chosen—and enjoyed both so much I’ve been recommending them ever [...]

It's been a long time since I was as excited about a movie as I am about the Coen brothers' version of True Grit, based on the novel by Charles Portis. The trailer makes it look like the movie might actually live up to the brilliance of the novel, which is no easy feat, and [...]

In my ongoing quest to get people to read books I like, I've enlisted two debut novelists (and fellow Harper authors) for a Q&A and giveaway, which you'll find below. I got my hands on advance copies of these books—Susanna Daniel's Stiltsville and Chandra Hoffman's Chosen—and enjoyed both so much I've been recommending them ever [...:]

I'm always asked at readings what my favorite books are, and although I have plenty of favorites and should be more than prepared for this question, I continually draw a blank. So I thought I'd start writing a monthly post about my favorite books, when I first read them, and why I love them. Below [...:]

[Thanks to Catherine McKenzie, author of Spin and the force behind the Facebook group "I bet we can make these books bestsellers" for this guest post. Next week I'll start my own monthly recommendation feature, highlighting one of my favorite books.:]
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a woman who had read my [...:]

I just want to say thanks again to the writers who participated in our Year of Books giveaway, and list them and their fabulous books one more time. Please check out the list. This was such a diverse group, you're sure to find something you'd like.
Husband and Wife, by Leah Stewart
@leahcstewart, http://www.leahstewart.com/
The House on Fortune Street, [...:]

The list of winners in our big book club giveaway is below. If you see your name, please email me at leah@leahstewart.com with your address. If you don't, and you're still in the giveaway mood, I'm reopening my buy-one-get-one offer for the week. Pick up Husband and Wife between now and Friday, July 9, 5 [...:]

A whole lot of Facebook posts and tweets and more than 1200 entries later, I'm about to close our book club giveaway. Many thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope that even if you don't win you'll check out some of the books on our list. (I'll have results by Monday, and hopefully before [...:]

I've fallen behind on posting the individual descriptions of our contest participants (which you can find on my FB fan page) so I'll group some here. To enter go here: http://bit.ly/aPhYtQ and like or comment on the post.
Let's start with Allison Winn Scotch, my contest-creating muse. Allison not only has the enviable job of celebrity [...:]

To enter our contest to win a year's worth of book club picks, go here.
Ayelet Waldman, novelist and essayist, is contributing copies of her new book, Red Hook Road, which comes out in July. About the book Pat Conroy said, "Red Hook Road is a terrific novel, and might even be a great one. The [...:]