Friday, March 18, 2016

The Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close author’s first book in a decade.

Acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer is back with his first novel in over a decade: Here I Am. And here’s the cover!

Acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer is back with his first novel in over a decade: Here I Am. And here’s the cover!

Here I Am is the story of a family in crisis. As Jacob and Julia confront their collapsing marriage in Washington, DC, a catastrophic earthquake devastates the Middle East, sparking a pan-Arab invasion of Israel. At stake is the very meaning of home – and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear.

Hamish Hamilton

Here I Am will be released on 6 September in the UK, the US, and Canada. Here's the cover for the US and Canadian editions:

Here I Am will be released on 6 September in the UK, the US, and Canada. Here's the cover for the US and Canadian editions:

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In a joint statement, Eric Chinski, editor-in-chief at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Simon Prosser, publishing director at Hamish Hamilton and Penguin UK, and Nicole Winstanley, publisher at Penguin Books Canada, said:

What should a book cover look like for an author as original, as questing, and as full of aliveness as Jonathan Safran Foer? The answer, since the start, has come from the brilliant graphic imagination of gray318, aka Jon Gray – and it is a thrill to see how he has risen to the challenge of representing to the world what we all feel is Jonathan's greatest book yet.


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“…I think we’re at war?”

ABC3 has released a full-length trailer for their upcoming six-part series Tomorrow When The War Began.

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Based on John Marsden's iconic novels, the series follows a group of mates who find themselves in the middle of a hostile takeover of Australia.

Based on John Marsden's iconic novels, the series follows a group of mates who find themselves in the middle of a hostile takeover of Australia.

Isolated and surprised by the attack, the military is overwhelmed, and none of Australia's allies are able to come to the rescue.

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The teenagers are forced to grow up pretty quickly when they realise that they're the only ones left with the ability to save the things they love most.

The teenagers are forced to grow up pretty quickly when they realise that they're the only ones left with the ability to save the things they love most.

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The cast is full of Aussie newcomers like Molly Daniels, Narek Arman, Jon Prasida, Madeleine Clunies-Ross, Madeleine Madden, Andrew Creer, Fantine Banulski, and Keith Purcell.

The cast is full of Aussie newcomers like Molly Daniels, Narek Arman, Jon Prasida, Madeleine Clunies-Ross, Madeleine Madden, Andrew Creer, Fantine Banulski, and Keith Purcell.

They're joined by Sibylla Budd, Deborah Mailman, James Stewart, and Alison Bell.

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