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27/11/2018

NPR's Book Concierge

We always love NPR's annual "Book Concierge" -- their picks for the best books of 2018. Happy to see four Audere Media clients among the best of the best! Congrats Nell Scovell, Guy Branum, Michael Ovitz and Ryan Holiday! https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2018/ #/_

Visit the , NPR's guide to 2018's great reads.

20/11/2018

100 Notable Books of 2018

2018 was a better year than you may remember when you review the New York Times 100 Notable list. So many incredible books to choose from!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/19/books/review/100-notable-books.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0CLD5CszqVnh7jx7oMwoRovdwyUFH5UQ4TSUP8oFZifwhCDmNfz2KrUD4&mtrref=www.facebook.com&gwh=5DE192D61E3A05DCC57E81B56A5323BD&gwt=pay

The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

20/11/2018

After Reading Hundreds of Titles, These Are Our 15 Favorite Books of 2018

It's "Best Books of the Year" time. First up: O Magazine with these 2018 amazing selections. Congrats to all of the authors and publishers! https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/g24527272/best-books-2018/?fbclid=IwAR2XK62zlT5fR9NhsD4DxyqOX2xcKXXMcXFFs4RTV1pEcoQ3jZPHWBbDsLs

If your passion is the printed word, you've come to the right place.

05/10/2018

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An excerpt from Michael Sokolove's book, THE LAST TEMPTATION OR RICK PITINO, entitled “Christian Dawkins, Brian Bowen Jr.'s Recruitment and the Saginaw Connection” in today's Sports Illustrated. A must-read as the NCAA corruption trial unfolds in lower Manhattan.

News from around the web.

02/10/2018

The saga of Brian Bowen Jr. and Coach Rick Pitino shows how blatantly unfair college sports have become

“The corrupting influences in college sports are not exterior to the system. The rot comes from the structure of college sport itself.” --Michael Sokolove, author of THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO, a must-read as the NCAA trial unfolds this week in New York City.

Top athletics officials make millions. Young players get screwed.

02/10/2018

Bill Murray and Michael Ovitz on the first time they met - 92Y On Demand

Bill Murray gives Michael Ovitz the business at the 92nd St Y regarding his book, WHO IS MICHAEL OVITZ? Here's a great clip from that night.

Both on our stage for the first time, Michael Ovitz and Bill Murray share a story about the first time they met. After a friend suggested they get together, Bill called Michael and Michael asked him where they should meet. Bill said, “Grant’s Tomb,” and hung up. And that’s where they did mee...

02/10/2018

How Scandal and Corruption Brought Down a College Sports Powerhouse

The brilliant Michael Sokolove weighs in with an excerpt from his book, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO as the NCAA corruption trial in Manhattan opens. Read the excerpt.

What happens when an ultra-ambitious university's plans unravel? Ask the University of Louisville.

24/09/2018

Michael Ovitz: Why I Really Left CAA (Exclusive Book Excerpt)

A sneak peek of WHO IS MICHAEL OVITZ? from The Hollywood Reporter. Book on-sale tomorrow!
Congrats to the author and the team at Portfolio Books.

“The truth is I had always been faintly embarrassed to be an agent,” writes the CAA founder in his new memoir, revealing how he lost Barbra Streisand as a client, tried and failed to take over Universal and endured an explosive fallout with his friend and partner Ron Meyer: “I felt like I was ...

18/09/2018

The College Recruit and the Downfall of a Hall of Fame Coach

One of our most gifted reporters and writers, Michael Sokolove, writes about the human cost of the NCAA corruption scandal. Read more about Brian Bowen's story in the New York Times (below) and in the upcoming book, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO (Penguin Press; on-sale September 25). https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/magazine/college-basketball-recruiting-bribery-case-rick-pitino.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmagazine&action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Should a high school star be prevented from playing college basketball because his father was accused of taking a bribe?

31/07/2018

Guy Branum reveals why Chelsea Handler was the best boss: 'She wasn't just financially generous'

Happy book birthday to Guy Branum! The buzz on MY LIFE AS A GODDESS is real. EW says "alternately inspiring, hilarious, and deeply touching"--it's that and more. Check out an audio excerpt and interview here! http://ew.com/books/2018/07/31/guy-branum-memoir-audio-excerpt/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly

Listen to the former 'Mindy Project' writer read an exclusive excerpt from his new book, 'My Life as a Goddess'

30/07/2018

Opinion | My Gay Voice

ICYMI: (still) trending from yesterday's New York Times Sunday Review, "My Gay Voice," by the brilliant Guy Branum, an important piece for all readers, gay or straight. Guy's book, MY LIFE AS A GODDESS, is on-sale tomorrow (Atria Books).

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/my-gay-voice.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region

When I talk, people assume a lot about me. For a long time I thought I had to hide.

28/06/2018

The New York Case That Brought Down FIFA | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News

As the World Cup plays out dramatically on the pitch in Moscow, Ken Bensinger walks readers through an even more dramatic story of corruption, bribery, and yes, Russia. RED CARD is available now.

A new book looks at the federal bribery case against the most powerful men in the soccer world, and how a Queens man was the key to their downfall

14/06/2018

Why the Most Compelling Drama at the World Cup Might Be Off the Field

FIFA still dirty; Russia wins their first game. With the world gone mad, read Ken Bensinger's RED CARD to help make some sense of it all.....here's Ken's piece in TIME magazine.

Just look to the FIFA officials

13/06/2018

Review: ‘Red Card’ Tells a Tale With Parallels to the Russia Investigation

“Red Card... delivers an engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue culminating in dozens of individuals and companies associated with professional soccer being brought to justice." - New York Times

Ken Bensinger delivers an engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue culminating in dozens of individuals and companies associated with professional soccer being brought to justice.

12/06/2018

Perspective | If the U.S. doesn’t get the 2026 World Cup, blame Trump

Why the 2026 World Cup matters today--and why it tells us what the world thinks of Trump.

Another brilliant take in today's Washington Post by Ken Bensinger from his book, RED CARD, officially on-sale today from S&S.

Could the rest of the world seek revenge on the U. S.?

08/06/2018

Opinion | How Russian Meddling Gave Us This Year’s World Cup

The latest in Russian skullduggery from brilliant journalist Ken Bensinger. His book, RED CARD, is on-sale June 12. It's incredible, just like this piece featured in New York Times opinion.

If you like white collar crime capers, wire taps, flipped witnesses, spy dossiers and the like, this book is a must-read.

Long before anyone had heard of Christopher Steele or a “pee tape,” there was an investigation into FIFA corruption.

31/05/2018

Congratulations to the team at Viking for their latest bestseller, FACTS & FEARS, by former Dir of Intelligence James Clapper. The attention and praise are richly deserved.

“Facts and Fears does more than simply tell Clapper’s own story, allowing it to rise above the tired genre of public servant memoirs, littered as it is by self-serving, I-did-everything-right arguments meant to tell all and settle scores. Instead, he’s written a book that stands with the likes of Robert Gates’ first memoir, From the Shadows, which remains one of the best histories of the final chapter of the Cold War.” -- review by Garrett Graff, WIRED

16/05/2018

How students who struggle with mental illness can find help

PORTRAITS OF RESILIENCE | Part 2 from PBS Newshour. Share their story and help change the conversation about mental illness. And of course, buy the book. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-students-who-struggle-with-mental-illness-can-find-help

These three high-achieving students at one of the world's most prestigious universities have also suffered crippling depression and been through years of therapy and medication. In the second part of his report, Jeffrey Brown hears how they got help with debilitating illness, then learns more about....

15/05/2018

KERRY KENNEDY CALISTRI JOINS AUDERE MEDIA

Kerri Kennedy Calistri is joining Audere Media, it was announced today.

Based in the Boston area, Kerri has worked as a freelance publicist and was recently the events coordinator at Wellesley Books in Wellesley, MA where she hosted events for Donna Tartt, Alice McDermott, Paul Harding , Kelly Corrigan, Mo Willems and numerous local authors. Kerri was formerly an Assistant Director of Publicity at Simon & Schuster where she executed bestseller campaigns for historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Taylor Branch, Richard Rhodes, Richard Reeves, and David Maraniss; Senators John Kerry and George McGovern; political strategists David Gergen, Robert Shrum and Donna Brazile and journalist Lesley Stahl. She was also James Patterson’s publicity brand manager at Little, Brown.

She can be reached at [email protected]

04/05/2018

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Need more hours in the day....

Australian short story writer Carys Davies’ “haunting and beautifully crafted” debut novel, West—the tale of a widowed Pennsylvania mule breeder who, upon hearing that ancient mam…

04/05/2018

RED CARD by Ken Bensinger | Kirkus Reviews

Whatever the author equivalent of EGOT is, Ken Bensinger is on his way. RED CARD has received nothing but starred trade reviews (3 for 3) and so well-deserved. Even if you don't follow World Cup soccer, this book is so much more, complete with colorful characters, white collar criminals, geopolitics, and other intrigue—including cameos by Christopher Steele and Vladimir Putin. Publishing June 12 by Simon & Schuster.

Investigating and prosecuting corruption in the world's most popular sport.

30/04/2018

A Bill To Make Every American Bear Arms, In The Novel 'Big Guns'

Written last year as fiction, discussing now as a way to change things in real life. Steve Israel on "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin. BIG GUNS is on-sale now. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/29/602300232/a-bill-to-make-every-american-bear-arms-in-the-novel-big-guns

Steve Israel's new satire imagines a world where the gun lobby holds enough sway to pass such legislation through Congress. As a former Democratic congressman, he knows the subject intimately.

05/12/2017

Review | A former congressman asked his old colleagues for book suggestions. Here’s their list.

Steve Israel asks his former colleagues in Congress what they're reading to get through 2017 -- and here's what they said. One of the more interesting "Best of..." reads you will find.

Steve's upcoming novel, BIG GUNS (Simon & Schuster; April 2018), is a political satire that does for the gun lobby what Thank You for Smoking did for Big To***co.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-former-congressman-asked-his-old-colleagues-for-book-suggestions-heres-their-list/2017/12/05/ef558012-d929-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?utm_term=.567487bdfff9

Congress can’t agree on much, but the lawmakers have good taste in reading.

02/11/2017

Hilde Lysiak, Reporter, Author, 10-Year-Old

Adore this story. The future of the Fourth Estate is in good hands!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/books/hilde-lysiak-child-reporter.html

Her story went viral when she scooped a local homicide story. Now, she stars in a children’s book series based on her reporting experiences.

13/10/2017

“Diversity in Publishing” Doesn’t Exist—But Here’s How it Can

A *must-read* piece from Chris Jackson on diversity in publishing.

"When we expand the range of the industry’s gatekeepers, we expand the range of our storytelling, which expands our ability to see each other, to talk and listen to each other, and to understand each other."

http://lithub.com/diversity-in-publishing-doesnt-exist-but-heres-how-it-can/

The following essay is adapted from a talk given to the Association of American University Presses at its annual meeting in June 2016. I’m often asked to speak about a thing that doesn’t actually e…

05/10/2017

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