Hawthorne Books

Independent publishing house Hawthorne Books today announced the availability of The Mary Smokes Boys, from Patrick Holland on February 1, 2014.

• Longlisted for the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award
• Shortlisted for 2011 The Age Book of the Year
• A 2011 Australian Book Review Book of the Year
• A 2011 Adelaide Advertiser Book of the Year
• A 2011 Readings Book of the Year

The Mary Smokes Boys is a gem. The writing is absolutely terrific and the characters distinct and deftly revealed. And the...Forward

Hawthorne Books Releases Poe Ballantine’s First Book in Six Years and His First Memoir: Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, with an Introduction by Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild. (Pub date: 9/1/13.)

Cheryl Strayed says of Poe Ballantine’s Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, “This is his best book ever.” Tom Robbins describes Love & Terror: “Mark Twain would have admired his wit, and had Oscar Wilde read him, he would have bought an old Ford pickup and moved to Nebraska...Forward

Independent publishing house Hawthorne Books today announced the availability of Brilliance, from Anthony McCarten.

Brilliance is about Thomas Edison and the “world’s banker”, J.P.Morgan who become embroiled in the War of the Currents, which pits their Direct Current electrical system against the Alternating Current system promoted by George Westinghouse and the brainchild of Edison’s former assistant, Nikola Tesla.  Brilliance brings to life the birth of the modern era, providing an indelible...Forward

Independent publishing house Hawthorne Books today announced the availability of Dora: A Headcase, the debut novel from award-winning author and memoirist Lidia Yuknavitch.

The novel is a contemporary farce based on Freud’s famous case study – retold and revamped through Dora’s point of view, with shotgun blasts of dark humor and sexual play, and has been called the female Fight Club.

Dora: A Headcase received a starred review in the September issue of Publishers Weekly. Other articles,...Forward