Explore our new BookBrowse Community Forum!

Exclusive prepub readings of Toni Morrison's 'Mercy' on NPR

BookBrowse News - The Full Story

Exclusive prepub readings of Toni Morrison's 'Mercy' on NPR

Oct 24 2008

Pulitzer-winning author Toni Morrison will unveil her highly anticipated ninth novel, A Mercy (publishing Nov 11), on NPR.org's Book Tour in pre-publication readings on October 27, 28, 29 and 30. During the four days she'll read the first 30 pages of the 177-page novel and discuss her book with NPR arts correspondent Lynn Neary, and Michele Norris, host of All Things Considered. Then Morrison will participate in a web chat at NPR.org sometime during the week of November 17.

Source: NPR.org/books

More News Stories

Top Picks

  • Book Jacket: Our Evenings
    Our Evenings
    by Alan Hollinghurst
    Alan Hollinghurst's novel Our Evenings is the fictional autobiography of Dave Win, a British ...
  • Book Jacket: Graveyard Shift
    Graveyard Shift
    by M. L. Rio
    Following the success of her debut novel, If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio's latest book is the quasi-...
  • Book Jacket: The Sisters K
    The Sisters K
    by Maureen Sun
    The Kim sisters—Minah, Sarah, and Esther—have just learned their father is dying of ...
  • Book Jacket: Linguaphile
    Linguaphile
    by Julie Sedivy
    From an infant's first attempts to connect with the world around them to the final words shared with...

Members Recommend

  • Book Jacket

    Pony Confidential
    by Christina Lynch

    In this whimsical mystery, a grumpy pony must clear his beloved human's name from a murder accusation.

    Read the Reviews
Who Said...

The only completely consistent people are the dead

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Solve this clue:

F the M

and be entered to win..

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.