ěCold Mountainî novelist Charles Frazier is releasing a new book.
The Random House Publishing Group said Tuesday that ěNightwoodsî will be released in October. The novel takes place in rural North Carolina in the 1950s and tells of a young woman who cares for her murdered sisterís twins.
ěCold Mountain,î Frazierís debut work about a Civil War soldierís return home, sold a million copies and won the National Book Award in 1997.
Afterward, the North Carolina native made news by leaving his publisher, Grove/Atlantic, to accept an $8 million deal with Random House. His second novel, ěThirteen Moons,î came out in 2006. Random House says it has sold about 500,000 copies.
In 2003, ěCold Mountainî was made into a movie starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger.
End coming for ëInheritanceí
The end is near for Christopher Paoliniís ěInheritanceî cycle.
An imprint of Random House Childrenís Books announced Wednesday that the fourth and final novel of the multimillion-selling fantasy series will be out Nov. 8. The book is called ěInheritanceî and has an announced first printing of 2.5 million copies. The previous works are ěEragon,î ěEldestî and ěBrisingr.î Worldwide sales for the series total 25 million copies, according to the publisher.
Online book club for tweens
Simon & Schuster has partnered with a social media network for an online, interactive book club for tweens.
The publisher announced Wednesday that it had joined with Everloop to launch a club that would connect tweens with favorite books and authors. The club will be on the Everloop website, www.everloop.com., and will begin with ěDork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life,î by Rachel Renee Russell.
Book club members will be able to engage in online discussions with authors.
Maurice Sendak writes again
NEW YORK (AP) ó There will be some new fall reading for the kids: a new Maurice Sendak book.
HarperCollins Childrenís Books announced Friday that it was releasing ěBumble-Ardyî in September. Sendak wrote and illustrated the story of a partying pig and his friends.
HarperCollins said the new book will have a first printing of 500,000 copies.
Sendakís books have sold millions of copies and include ěWhere the Wild Things Areî and ěIn the Night Kitchen.î