Authors Reading Mean Reviews Open Road Media 2015-11-02 | It’s easy to post a nasty review on the internet, but it’s important to remember that authors have feelings too. We’ve asked some of your favorite authors to read a few of their meaner reviews from Amazon and Goodreads.These authors of magic, mayhem, and mystery take on their greatest challenge yet: 1 star Amazon reviews.Featuring William Hjortsberg, Alan Jacobson, Sarah Zettel and Eric Van Lustbader!
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Hearts at Stake, by Alyxandra Harvey Open Road Media 2020-05-12 | Listen to bestselling author Alyxandra Harvey read from her YA fantasy romance novel featuring “vampires with bite and girls who bite back. A witty, exhilarating and fresh take on an old tale” (Kelley Armstrong).
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: The Final Testament, by Peter Blauner Open Road Media 2020-05-07 | Up next in our reading series is another excerpt from Peter Blauner! In this reimagining of history set near the onset of WWII, Sigmund Freud is being blackmailed by a Nazi officer. Without any other weapons at his disposal, Freud asks the Nazi to take a seat on his couch.
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: A Passage of Stars by Kate Elliot Open Road Media 2020-05-05 | Listen to bestselling author Kate Elliott read from her “fast-paced space opera with a likable, courageous female protagonist” (Library Journal).Want more romantic science fiction novels? Click here: bit.ly/3fh282a
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Immunity, by Lori Andrews Open Road Media 2020-04-30 | Liven up your home life with the third Dr. Alexandra Blake novel from Lori Andrews. A medical thriller, 'Immunity' is "as timely as today’s headlines” (SeattlePI.com).
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: The Compendium of Srem, by F. Paul Wilson Open Road Media 2020-04-28 | Sit back and listen to New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson read from his mystery novella about an evil book that corrupts everyone who touches it.
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Reconciliation Day, by Christopher Fowler Open Road Media 2020-04-28 | Next up in our reading series is bestselling thriller author Christopher Fowler reading from his suspenseful novella, 'Reconciliation Day.' Carter, one of the world’s leading experts on 'Dracula,' has a lead on where to find a rare, long lost edition of the classic novel. But to find it means a trip to Transylvania—and a truce with his nemesis.
#TogetherInStories Reading Series: Father Neils Monkeyshines, by Neil Boyd Open Road Media 2020-04-23 | Our #TogetherInStories reading series continues with Neil Boyd reading from the sixth book in his humorous 'Bless Me, Father' series. The books, which became the basis for the popular British sitcom of the same name, are based on Boyd's real-life experiences as a young clergyman—and make for "hilarious and compulsive reading" (Catholic Herald).Want more hilarious British books? Click here: bit.ly/2Vr1qYp
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Condor in the Stack, by James Grady Open Road Media 2020-04-17 | Bestselling author James Grady ('Six Days of the Condor') reads from his thriller novella, 'Condor in the Stacks.'Want more James Grady? Read an excerpt from 'Condor: The Short Takes.' bit.ly/2VCTYrS
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: The Gospel of Sheba, by Lyndsay Faye Open Road Media 2020-04-14 | Next up in our reading series is international bestselling author Lyndsay Faye! Here she reads an excerpt from her mystery novella, 'The Gospel of Sheba.' Get more great book content by following #TogetherInStories on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Rides a Stranger, by David Bell Open Road Media 2020-04-09 | In the next video in our #TogetherInStories reading series, acclaimed mystery author David Bell reads from his thrilling short mystery, 'Rides a Stranger.' The story follows Don, who always believed he was too smart to read his father's beloved pulp fiction novels. But after his father dies, Don finds himself trapped in a thriller of his own.
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: The Book of the Lion, by Thomas Perry Open Road Media 2020-04-07 | In the fourth video in our #TogetherInStories reading series, Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry reads from his short mystery novel, 'The Book of the Lion.'Want more Thomas Perry? Check out 13 of his best books: http://bit.ly/37iQYW3
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Risa: In Camelots Shadow, by Sarah Zettel Open Road Media 2020-04-03 | In the third video in our #TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series, Philip K. Dick Award-winning author Sarah Zettel reads from the first book in her Queens of Camelot series, Risa: In Camelot's Shadow. For more great content, follow #TogetherInStories on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Want more Sarah Zettel? Check out her and other ORIM authors reading mean reviews of their work: youtu.be/wwPnIWc_jJQ
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: Slipping Into Darkness, by Peter Blauner Open Road Media 2020-03-31 | In the second video of our #TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series, New York Times bestselling author Peter Blauner reads from his crime mystery thriller, 'Slipping Into Darkness.' Follow #TogetherInStories on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see more great content about books. Want more Peter Blauner? Check out his experience writing for Law & Order: SVU: bit.ly/2xzyiVs
#TogetherInStories 3 Minute Reading Series: The Secret Witch, by Alyxandra Harvey Open Road Media 2020-03-27 | Open Road is excited to present the first video in our 3 Minute Reading Series: Author Alyxandra Harvey reads an excerpt from her fantasy thriller novel, 'The Secret Witch.' Follow #TogetherInStories on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see more great content about books.Want more Alyxandra Harvey? Check out her favorite literary vampires: bit.ly/2QOVlSF
A Conversation with Alice Walker Open Road Media 2018-02-07 | Alice Walker answers reads questions about her writing, live, and views on current affairs. This video was originally recorded on Alice Walker's Facebook page: facebook.com/authoralicewalker
Remembering Legendary Journalist Jimmy Breslin Open Road Media 2017-03-20 | "New York City wouldn't be New York City without Jimmy Breslin." Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Jimmy Breslin was among the most prominent columnists in the United States. His trademark reporting style of connecting major news to the common man made him a revered figure in New York City and across the nation. Here Breslin talks about his work, explores his city, and reminds us that he doesn't take any guff from anyone.
Pat Conroy, The Water is Wide Open Road Media 2017-02-14 | "I want you to live good, contributing lives," Pat Conroy told his students.Long before he became a famous author, Pat Conroy taught elementary school in an impoverished community on Daufuskie Island off the coast of South Carolina. His book The Water Is Wide (1972), which was honored by the National Education Association, was largely based on his experiences.
Hal Moore, A Soldier Once and Always Open Road Media 2017-02-13 | In loving memory of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017
E. R. Braithwaite In Memoriam Open Road Media 2016-12-14 | Remembering E.R. Braithwaite, beloved author, diplomat, teacher, and former RAF pilot who passed away in December 2016 at the age of 104.Braithwaite is best known for his autobiographical novel To Sir, With Love
Packing Tips for Book Nerds Open Road Media 2016-12-06 | “We’re going for a whole WEEK. You don’t understand. I NEED ALL THE BOOKS.”
How to Secretly Read Embarrassing Books Open Road Media 2016-12-06 | Looking to keep your bodice-ripper addiction to yourself? Try ebooks!
Save Yourself a Trip to the Bookstore Open Road Media 2016-12-06 | Sometimes you need the next book RIGHT. NOW.
Reading a Book While Eating Chocolate Open Road Media 2016-12-06 | Messy eater? Here's how to read while eating chocolate without making a mess.
How to Read and Eat at the Same Time Open Road Media 2016-12-06 | Ebooks make hands-free eating simple!
Ruth Gruber in Memoriam Open Road Media 2016-11-18 | Ruth Gruber, the award-winning Jewish American journalist, photographer, humanitarian and author of 19 books passed away in November 2016 at the age of 105.
Pat Conroy in Memoriam Open Road Media 2016-03-09 | Remembering our beloved friend, the brilliant Pat Conroy who has left us much too soon. This video is a celebration of his life and a tribute to his books that have touched so many lives.
Murder, betrayal, and power . . . Welcome to the Wildenstern empire Open Road Media 2015-09-08 | The slow collapse of the British Empire in the nineteenth century meant opportunity for anyone with ammunition and wit. Now the Wildensterns are by far the most powerful family—and the most ruthless. Trained from childhood in the arts of assassination and conspiracy and endowed with the supernatural ability to live for more than a century, the clan has grown rich, vicious, and seemingly invincible.After nearly two years away, eighteen-year-old Nate has returned. But his homecoming is shattered when his eldest brother, Marcus, is mysteriously killed. Following the Rules of Ascension, which allow one male family member to murder another, Nate is being blamed. Nate knows he isn’t the murderer, but who is? With the help of his sister-in-law, Daisy, and his cousin Gerald, Nate intends to find out. Their investigation brings them into the underbelly of the Wildenstern empire, where living machines, conspiring relatives, and undercover mercenaries do their dirty work. But when a disaster uncovers the ancient remains of Wildenstern ancestors, the lives of the family members and their struggle for power will take a bizarre and gruesome turn.
Maha Akhtar talks Footprints in the Desert Open Road Media 2015-08-05 | Author Maha Akhtar discusses the Arab Spring, Lawrence of Arabia, and finding the inspiration for her novel Footprints in the Desert.
Katherine Neville, Author of The Eight Open Road Media 2015-07-20 | Katherine Neville is the New York Times-bestselling and #1 international bestselling author of spellbinding adventure novels. The Washington Post called her groundbreaking first novel The Eight "a feminist answer to Raiders of the Lost Ark." In a national poll by the noted Spanish newspaper El País, it was voted one of the top ten books of all time. She has written three other novels: the New York Times Notable Book A Calculated Risk, The Magic Circle, and The Fire, the sequel to The Eight. Neville's novels, which have been published in more than eighty countries, have been enriched by her twenty-year career as an international computer executive and consultant, which took her to live in six countries on three continents and twenty-six of the United States. She has also worked as a portrait painter, a commercial photographer, and a model.This video was filmed at the Chess Forum, located on Thompson Street in Manhattan.
Meet Rudolfo Anaya Open Road Media 2015-07-13 | "How can we describe Rudolfo Anaya? One phrase comes up: 'Una fuente de fábulas.' He's a fountain of fables," explains literary scholar Roberto Cantú. Watch Cantú, author Denise Chávez, friend Maria Teresa Márquez, author Enrique Lamadrid, and wife Patricia Anaya discuss the legacy and significance of the work of Rudolfo Anaya. Anaya is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Premio Quinto Sol and a National Medal of Arts. He is the author of the classic work Bless Me, Ultima, which was chosen for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read. Anaya's other books for adults include Tortuga, Heart of Aztlan, Alburquerque, Rio Grande Fall, Shaman Winter, Jemez Spring, Serafina's Stories, The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories, and Rudolfo Anaya: The Essays. His children's books include Farolitos of Christmas, My Land Sings, Elegy on the Death of César Chávez, Roadrunner's Dance, and The First Tortilla. Bless Me, Ultima was adapted into a feature film in 2013. Anaya resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Learn more about the writer who is, as Chávez says, "the godfather—the padrino."
Ann and Nancy Wilson Discuss Their Childrens Book Dog & Butterfly Open Road Media 2015-07-08 | Ann and Nancy Wilson share the joys and surprises of motherhood, creativity and aspirations while introducing this sweet tale of an unlikely friendship and the joys of chasing dreams. The book, written by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Heart, is based on their popular song “Dog & Butterfly.”
Manana by William Hjortsberg Open Road Media 2015-06-18 | William Hjortsberg, author of the acclaimed occult thriller Falling Angel, the basis for the hit film Angel Heart, takes readers on a mind-bending ride through Mexico after the Summer of Love, in this new crime novel about an American hippie who's life is upended by a gang of ex-cons.
Andre Norton: The Biggest Groundbreaker for Women in Science Fiction” Open Road Media 2015-05-29 | “People thought she was a man,” says Todd McCaffrey of Andre Norton, born Alice Mary Norton. A science fiction writer who legally changed her name to better appeal to what was thought to be a male-dominated genre, Andre Norton has been hailed as a trailblazer for women in the field. “Andre Norton is probably the biggest groundbreaker for women in science fiction,” McCaffrey says.As we celebrate this year's Andre Norton Award, the young adult science fiction and fantasy prize given in her honor, authors Simon R. Green, Paul Di Filippo, Liz Williams, and Todd McCaffrey share their love for the worlds of this singular author. “Her books were like a gateway drug,” says Di Filippo. “You could pick the book up, like if you had never read any science fiction before, and just . . . instantly fall in love with it.”
What Is Steampunk? Open Road Media 2015-05-06 | So you’ve seen clockwork jewelry and sepia pillow covers all over Etsy; hoop skirts, gears, and airships all over YA book covers, and you keep hearing that word… “steampunk.”What is steampunk, anyway?Authors Simon R. Green, Kate Elliott, Ian R. MacLeod, Liz Williams, Todd McCaffrey, and Paul Di Filippo talk about the origins of steampunk literature, and how it has transformed into a whole world of accessories, cosplay, and fun. Learn how this fanciful way of looking at Victorian history has exploded into a pop culture phenomenon.
John Ashbery on Poetry Open Road Media 2015-05-06 | John Ashbery was born in 1927 in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm near Lake Ontario. He has authored more than thirty books of poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism, his work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and he has won numerous American literary awards for his poetry, including a MacArthur Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and a National Humanities Medal. His book Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award. For many years, Ashbery taught graduate and undergraduate poetry courses at Brooklyn College and Bard College, and his most recent book of poems is Quick Question, published in 2012.
Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian in the World Open Road Media 2015-04-06 | "All of us, Indian and white, are haunted by salmon." Watch Sherman Alexie read from "The Toughest Indian in the World."Sherman Alexie is the author of, most recently, Blasphemy, stories, from Grove Press, and Face, poetry, from Hanging Loose Press. He is the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award, the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the 2001 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, and a Special Citation for the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction. Smoke Signals, the film he wrote and coproduced, won both the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
Nancy Willard Reading From Swimming Lessons Open Road Media 2015-04-06 | Watch acclaimed poet Nancy Willard read "Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him," from her collection Swimming Lessons.
Fiction Writers Discuss Poetry Open Road Media 2015-04-06 | What do writers of other genres think of poetry? You might be surprised. Watch David Handler, Adam Langer, Fred Bowen, Robert Munsch, Jane Yolen, and Anne Perry share their thoughts on poetry.
Poets on Poetry Open Road Media 2015-04-03 | What does poetry do? Why do poets write? Watch poets Alice Walker, Sherman Alexie, Luis J. Rodriguez, and scholar Christopher Freeman discuss the form.
Meet Kevin Emerson Open Road Media 2015-04-02 | Kevin Emerson once competed in a beauty pageant and lost (probably because he was wearing a suit of armor). He is the author of twelve novels for teen and middle grade readers, including the Atlanteans series, the Exile series, and The Fellowship for Alien Detection. Watch now.
Welcome to Andy Warhols Silver Factory Open Road Media 2015-03-17 | Here's what is was like to move to New York City and be discovered by Andy Warhol.
He for She in Science Fiction: Men on Feminism in the Genre Open Road Media 2015-03-02 | “The purpose of a woman” in ’50s science fiction “was to make the man look good,” laments Todd McCaffrey, son, co-author, and biographer to his mother, revered science fiction and fantasy author Anne McCaffrey. He goes on: “And scream when the bug-eyed monsters came in. My mother hated that trope; and she said, you know, ‘If a bug-eyed monster was invading my home, I’d find the nearest frying pan and beat the crap out of him!’”Along with McCaffrey, Science Fiction Grand Master Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Simon R. Green, Ian R. MacLeod, and Ian McDonald discuss how women have been portrayed in science fiction, in light of the He for She movement. These men also share their thoughts about their female role models in the genre; groundbreaking female science fiction authors like Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia E. Butler, and Andre Norton. “The most important political problem in the modern world is the position of women . . . ” says Samuel R. Delany. “Something has got to be done about it.”
In the Future, Everyone Will Be Famous for 15 Minutes Open Road Media 2015-02-17 | In the 1960s, artist Andy Warhol famously predicted that in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. In the present day, through the advent of reality television, youtube superstars and internet memes, we've watched Warhol's famous quotation come to life. Visit www.openroadmedia.com/factorybooks to learn more.
Things That Scare Me Open Road Media 2015-02-13 | "Yeah, it's a little creepy," says John Lutz of his work, much of which deals with crimes committed by serial killers and other sociopaths. "But then that's what I'm trying to do." Many authors find that exploring dark subject matter takes a psychological toll. Some find that after writing about murder and other heinous crimes they need to walk away from their work for a little while. Watch this video to find out how Lutz and other thriller writers handle the dark side of their craft.
Meet Joe Haldeman Open Road Media 2015-02-03 | “The world was changing in ways that you needed science fiction to discuss,” says Science Fiction Grand Master Joe Haldeman of the post–Vietnam War era. Haldeman began writing while in the army; he was drafted in 1967 and fought in Vietnam. When he came home from the war, he saw how technologies—military and civilian—were rapidly changing the human experience. This unstoppable forward momentum propelled him to write science fiction stories that drew on his combat experience and view of the world.“Good science fiction writers ought to be equally passionate” about believing “the world is going to hell” and “the world is going to be a wonderful place,” Haldeman says. Take a glimpse at that dual world through Haldeman’s eyes, and see how this award-winning author has shaped his career to be attuned to the march of change.
Womens Heart Health: Martha Lear on Surviving Her Heart Attack Open Road Media 2014-12-17 | "More women die from heart disease than from all types of cancer combined," says Martha Lear, who found herself in the same coronary unit where she lost her husband Hal thirty years prior. Here Martha discusses how she went from a caregiver to a patient, an experience she details in her stunning memoir Echoes of Heartsounds. From the emergency room through her recovery, Martha's bravery is an inspiration to women everywhere suffering from heart disease.
Meet Laurie Colwin Open Road Media 2014-12-11 | “It was the ’80s. It was the age of the powersuit, and the 10-minute meal, and, ‘oh look, we have the microwave ovens.’ And she just dismissed all of that,” says Rosa Jurjevics of her iconic food writer mother, the late Laurie Colwin (1944–1992). Throughout her career, both Colwin’s food and fiction writing gained a cult following, with her intimate writing style that is as comforting as the food she cooks.Watch Jurjevics, Victoria Wilson, and Emily Gould discuss Colwin’s legacy and why her writing matters more than ever.
