New Book Releases, Bestsellers, Author Info. & More at Simon & Schuster Canada

Heather Armstrong Drops by The Today Show

Jan. 23 — Tune in this morning to see the author of It Sucked and Then I Cried chat about announcing her separation on her popular mommy blog, Dooce.com. Click here to check local listings.

Lisa Genova Appears on The Today Show

Jan. 20 — Tune in this morning to see the author of Left Neglected chat about Not Fade Away, a new documentary about Alzheimer’s. Click here to check local listings.

Tonya Reiman Appears on Good Morning America

Jan. 18 — Tune in this morning to see the author of The Body Language of Dating. Click here to check local listings.

Dr. David B. Agus Appears on Good Morning America

Jan. 17 — Tune in to see the author of The End of Illness. Click here to check local listings.

Philip Galanes Stops by The Today Show

Dec. 7 — Tune in this morning to see the author of Social Q's chat about his new book and holiday etiquette. Click here to check local listings.

Siddhartha Mukherjee Appears on The Colbert Report

Nov. 28 — Tune in tonight to see Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies. Click here to check local listings.

Snooki Chats up Jay Leno on The Tonight Show

Nov. 15 — Tune in to see the Jersey Shore star and author of Confessions of a Guidette. Click here to check local listings.

Stephen King Stops by The Today Show

Nov. 8 — Tune in this morning to see the acclaimed author of 11/22/63 chat about his new book. Click here to check local listings.

Brad Paisley Appears on The Daily Show

Nov. 3 — Tune in tonight to see country artist and author of Diary of a Player. Click here to check local listings.

Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Appears on Good Morning America

Nov. 2 — Tune in this morning to see the TLC star and author of Baking with the Cake Boss. Click here to check local listings.

Carrie Fisher Stops by The Today Show

Nov. 1 — Tune in this morning to see the ever-witty author of Shockaholic chat about her new book. Click here to check local listings.

Snooki Visits Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Oct. 25 — Tune in to see the memorable, incomparable Jersey Shore star and author of Confessions of a Guidette. Click here to check local listings.

Paula Deen Appears on The Tonight Show

Oct. 24 — Tune in tonight to see the TV star and author of Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible chat with Jay Leno. Click here to check local listings.

Steve Jobs Biographer Walter Isaacson Talks to 60 Minutes

Oct. 23 — Tune in at 7PM EST to see the first interview with the author of Steve Jobs, the much anticipated authorized biography of the Apple CEO, who passed away Oct. 5. Click here to check local listings.

Touré Appears on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher

Oct. 21 — Tune in tonight to see the author of Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? discuss current events with fellow panelists Rachel Maddow, Tom Friedman, and Joshua Green. Click here to check local listings.

Duff McKagan Featured on Dr. Phil Special

Oct. 13 — Tune in this afternoon to see the rocker (Guns 'N Roses, Velvet Revolver, Loaded) and author of It's So Easy discuss addiction and the near-death experience that led him to sobriety. Click here to check local listings.

Paula Deen Appears on The Today Show

Oct. 11 — Tune in this morning during the 8AM and 10AM EST hours to see the TV star and author of Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible chat about her new book of recipes. Click here to check local listings.

Hilary Duff Stops by Good Morning America

Oct. 10 — The star and author of Devoted discusses the latest in her Elixir series. Click here to check local listings.

Susan Orlean Appears on The Colbert Report

Oct. 5 — Tune in tonight to see the author of Rin Tin Tin. Click here to check local listings.

Simon & Schuster to Publish New Chris Cleave Novel

Oct. 4 — Bestselling author Chris Cleave (Incendiary, Little Bee) will publish his next novel Gold with Simon & Schuster. It is set for a July 2012 release.

Little Beehas appeared on numerous bestseller lists worldwide and spent several weeks at #1. Rights to the novel have been sold in 33 countries, and BBC Films acquired film rights with Nicole Kidman attached as star and producer.

Gold is the story of Zoe and Kate, world-class athletes who have been friends and rivals since their first day of elite training. They’ve loved, fought, betrayed, forgiven, consoled, gloried, and grown up together. Now on the eve of London 2012, their last Olympics, both women will be tested to their physical and emotional limits.

Arnold Schwarzenegger to Release S&S Autobiography

Sept. 27 — Simon & Schuster has acquired world rights Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, set to be published globally in October 2012.

Considered one of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation, Schwarzenegger presents a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye. He began working on his biography in 2010, and earlier this year started formally collaborating with Peter Petre, former executive editor of Fortune.

Bethenny Frankel Gets Her Own E! True Hollywood Story

Sept. 21 — Tune in tonight as the author of A Place of Yes gets the bio treatment in a new installment of the popular series, airing tonight at 10PM EST. Click here to check local listings.

Levi Johnston Chats with Dr. Phil

Sept. 20 — Tune in this afternoon to see Alaska's most hated man and the author of Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs. Click here to check local listings.

Dave Ramsey Appears on CBS Early Show

Sept. 20 — Tune in this morning to see the author of EntreLeadership. Click here to check local listings.

Jermaine Jackson on Access Hollywood

Sept. 14 — Tune in tonight and tomorrow to see Michael Jackson sibling and the author of You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through a Brother's Eyes. Click here to check local listings.

Dick Cheney Stops by The View

Sept. 13 — Tune in today to see the former Vice President and author of In My Time chat with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg and crew. His wife Lynne will also appear on the show. Click here to check local listings.

Common Appears on The Colbert Report

Sept. 12 — Tune in tonight to see the hip-hop star and author of One Day It'll All Make Sense. Click here to check local listings.

Simon & Schuster Audio Teams with Broadcastr for Brooklyn Bridge Tour

August 30 — Simon & Schuster Audio and Broadcastr have joined forces for "The Great Bridge Tour," a social media experience that features eight exclusive audio excerpts from Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough's acclaimed audiobook The Great Bridge, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Herrmann.

Broadcastr, a new social media platform for location-based audio, has a free app—available on iPhone, Android, and the Web—which lets users easily create and share recordings on an interactive map. The excerpts come together to form a streaming, half-hour walking tour that unlocks history surrounding the landmark Brooklyn Bridge.

Snooki Chats up Jay Leno on The Tonight Show

August 30 — The Jersey Shore star and author of A Shore Thing and upcoming Confessions of a Guidette discusses the wild events unfolding on the new season of her show. Click here to check local listings.

Publisher Speaks out Against School Ban of Tweak

August 25 — With school nearly back in session, a New Jersey district has ruffled feathers by banning two books from its required reading list, Nic Sheff's Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

"We are opposed to censorship in any form," said Justin Chanda, VP and publisher of Books for Young Readers. "Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines has been applauded by critics, librarians and national anti-drug organizations for its honest and realistic depiction of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, chronicled by a young person who has experienced its horrors first-hand. It is a cautionary and inspirational tale for all teens and we believe that parents and their children should be given the choice about what they can and should read, rather than be deprived of the opportunity because of the beliefs of a few particularly vocal students and parents."

Siddhartha Mukherjee Wins Pen Award for Emperor of All Maladies

August 11 — The 2011 Pen Awards have been announced and Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies, has won the Inaugural Pen/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! The $10,000 award, given to a book of literary nonfiction on the subject of the physical and biological sciences published in 2010, was presented for the very first time this year. Congratulations!

Snooki Appears on Good Morning America

August 10 — The Jersey Shore star and author of A Shore Thing discusses the wild events unfolding on the new season of her show. Click here to check local listings.

Bestseller Jodi Picoult to Scribe Teen Novel with Daughter

August 8 — International bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer have teamed up to write Between the Lines, a young adult novel which will be published June 26, 2012.

Picoult is the author of eighteen novels, including the No. 1 bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister's Keeper. Between the Lines is her first teen novel and the first book she has co-written with her daughter.

Remembering Author L.A. Banks

August 3 — It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Simon & Schuster author L.A. Banks (Conquer the Dark). She will be missed.

There is a benefit fund established for the author's family. Click here for more information.

Singer Linda Ronstadt to Pen Memoir

August 2 — Simon & Schuster has acquired world rights to the self-penned memoir, Heart Like a Wheel, by Grammy Award winner Linda Ronstadt. The book will trace her rise and iconic career as one of the best-selling, trail-blazing women in contemporary music.

Ronstadt, whose career has bridged the worlds of rock, folk, country, jazz, Latin, and opera, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. "Few singers have been as wide-ranging or as distinctive in their artistry," said Jonathan Karp, publisher of Simon & Schuster. Publication is tentatively scheduled for 2013.

Monday the Bullfrog Safety Recall

For information on the Monday the Bullfrog safety recall, click here.

You: Having a Baby Contest Winner

Congratulations to Laura B. of Oshawa on winning the new baby gift basket through our You: Having a Baby contest! Enjoy!

Kati Marton Nominated for 2010 National Book Critics Award

Enemies of the People by Kati Marton (Simon & Schuster) has been named as a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in the Autobiography category. Winners will be announced on March 11. Congratulations to Simon & Schuster! For more information and a complete list of nominees, visit bookcritics.org

Ticket Giveaway!

Planning a wedding? Make sure to check out The Burlington/Oakville Bridal Show January 23rd and 24th. Click here to enter to win a pair of complimentary tickets.

Stephen King In-Person Event

Don't miss Stephen King's exclusive in-person event in Toronto on November 19th. Tickets available at www.ticketking.com Read more here.

Davy Rothbart in the National Post

Davy Rothbart's interview with the National Post ran on Saturday, May 30.

HORSE SOLDIERS Review in Toronto Star

Click to read the review of Doug Stanton's Horse Soldiers that ran in the Toronto Star on Sunday, May 31.

RAVEN review in June's Quill and Quire

Allison Van Diepen's new novel, RAVEN, is reviewed in the June issue of Quill and Quire.

Tall Man review in the Globe and Mail

A review of Chloe Hooper's Tall Man, and an essay by Chloe will run in May 30th Globe and Mail.

Gayla Trail Launches Column in Globe & Mail

Gayla Trail, author of YOU GROW GIRL(Touchstone), has just launched a column in the Style section of the weekend Globe & Mail.

Suzy Welch on CBC's The Hour

Suzy Welch, author of 10-10-10, will be on CBC's The Hour on Monday, May 11th, 11 PM EST.

Eric Wight and Lucy Knisley at TCAF

Eric Wight, author of the forthcoming FRANKIE PICKLE AND THE CLOSET OF DOOM, and Lucy Knisley, author of FRENCH MILK, will be at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) this weekend. Stop by and say hello!

Bakewise Wins 2009 James Beard Award

Bakewise by Shirley O. Corriher (Scribner) is the 2009 James Beard Foundation Book Awards winner in the Baking and Dessert category. The James Beard Foundation Awards is the US’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. The awards were presented on Monday evening at a ceremony hosted by Cat Cora, Emeril Lagasse and Stanley Tucci in New York City.

Murder By Family on 20/20

Friday, May 1 at 10 PM ET, the ABC television show 20/20 will air an hour-long episode featuring Murder By Family.

Kristin Chenoweth's A Little Bit Wicked Feature in Toronto Star

Kristin Chenoweth and her new book A Little Bit Wicked are featured in an article in Saturday, April 18th's issue of the Toronto Star.

Tori Spelling on Canada AM

Tori Spelling will be on Canada AM Friday, April 17 at 8:15 am to promote her new book Mommywood.

Spellman Files Director Named!

Barry Sonnenfeld of “Men in Black” and “Get Shorty” fame is slated to direct The Spellman Files movie!

Nic Sheff featured on CNN

A CNN TV special "Addiction: Life on the Edge" will feature Nic Sheff and the bestselling Tweak Hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the episode will air Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March 19.

Cassandra Claire on Cover of UK's Bookseller

Cassandra Clare is featured on the March 20 issue of The Bookseller!

Toni Morrison to Pen Children's Book

Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, under the imprint of Paula Wiseman Books, announced today plans to publish children’s picture books by Nobel Prize Laureate Toni Morrison and her son Slade Morrison. The first book, entitled Peeny-Butter Fudge, will be published on September 9, 2009, and S&S holds world rights.

Aravind Adiga Attending Toronto's Luminato

Aravind Adiga, author of the 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The White Tiger, will be in Toronto for the Luminato festival. Luminato runs June 5-14, 2009. Tickets go on sale April 16.

Bryan Gruley for the Globe and Mail

Bryan Gruley's author essay appeared in Saturday's Books/Focus section of the Globe and Mail.

Vancouver, Meet Jodi Picoult!

Meet Jodi Picoult in Vancouver!
March 24th at 7:00pm
Chapters Robson & Howe
788 Robson Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
(604)682-4066

Old City Hall at new City Hall, Toronto

The book everyone is buzzing about... check out Old City Hall author Robert Rotenberg and Toronto mayor, David Millar.

New! 365 Crosswords for iPhone

Feb. 24 — The 365 Crosswords puzzle application for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available for $4.99 at the iTunes App Store.

S&S Titles Win NAACP Image Awards

Feb. 13 — Simon & Schuster had two winners at the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards last night:
• Fiction: In the Night of Heat by Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due and Blair Underwood
• Children: Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes

2009 Audie Award Nominations

Feb. 9 — Six Simon & Schuster Audio titles have been nominated for 2009 Audie Awards:
• The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer, narrated by Jeffrey Gitomer
• Duma Key by Stephen King and narrated by John Slattery
• Swan Peak by James Lee Burke and narrated by Will Patton
• Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline and narrated by Marci Shimoff, with an introduction by Jack Canfield
• The War Within by Bob Woodward and narrated by Boyd Gaines
• Fine Just the Way It Is by Annie Proulx and narrated by Will Patton

An Inconvenient Truth Wins Grammy

Feb. 8 — An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore and read by Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. Born Standing Up written and read by Steve Martin was also nominated.

Atria Books to Publish Memoir by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi

Feb. 6 — The deeply personal book by actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, is scheduled for publication in fall 2009.

2008 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalist

Jan. 26 — The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper was named a finalist in the autobiography category.

American Library Association Honors S&S Titles, Authors

Jan. 26 — The Underneath by Kathi Appelt has been named a Newbery Honor Book for distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
• Laurie Halse Anderson has been given the Margaret A. Edwards award for lifetime achievement and contribution to young adult literature.
• Ashley Bryan has been honored with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for lifetime contribution to children’s literature.
• Just After Sunset by Stephen King has been honored with an Alex Award for being one of the best adult books for teens.

Change Has Come Picked for Today Show Book Club

Jan. 23 — Change Has Come by Kadir Nelson is the February pick for Al Roker’s Book Club on NBC's Today.

81st Annual Academy Award Nominations

Jan. 22 — Slumdog Millionaire, which is based on the novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup, has been nominated for 10 awards, including best picture. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story, picked up 13 nods.

Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Oprah Winfrey Show Today

Jan. 21 — The author of Team of Rivals will be a part of Oprah's Post-Inauguration Special. Check local listings for showtimes.

S&S Titles Are Finalists for 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Jan. 16 — The nominees for the awards, given by Mystery Writers of America, are Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno, Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz and Calumet City by Charlie Newton. Author James Lee Burke will be honored as a Grand Master.

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