Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative reporter who was one of the first to warn of global pandemics. In his latest book, “The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID (Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd),” Wright shares what he’s learned from studying the origins, the politics and the ongoing threats of the pandemic and what that means for Americans and the world. In the YouTube Video down blow Lawrence Wright joins Washington Post […]
Here’s a quick shout out to Author David A. Price for receiving this amazing review over at the FOREIGN POLICY website for his latest book, “GENIUSES AT WAR: Bletchley Park, Colossus, and the Dawn of The Digital Age” (Knopf). Of course we’re featuring it here because the book (& it’s cover design) was designed by Chip Kidd. But seriously, this book deserves all the praise it gets, it’s got a very well thought out story line with historic details. […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan chart the life and art of the formidable Francis Bacon, a towering figure in 20th century art. Through 25 choice images, the duo sketch a more varied, nuanced, and surprising character than typically known of the celebrated bon vivant. The conversation is expanded by art critic, curator, and artist Robert Storr, bringing together three luminaries of contemporary art writing. If you CLICK HERE you can view a 1-hour video featuring these two […]
First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami The eight stories in this new book are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From memories of youth, meditations on music, and an ardent love of baseball, to dreamlike scenarios and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator may or may not be Murakami himself. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and […]
SPARK & FIRE PODCAST recently did a profile on the Designer who created the Iconic “Jurassic Park” Book Cover. Back in the day, a Designer named Chip Kidd got a dream assignment: Create an iconic book cover for a soon-to-be-blockbuster: Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. And when the pressure to perform is that high, it’s easy to get creatively paralyzed. SPARK & FIRE follows Chip on his journey in and out of stuck-ness as he creates one of […]
Coming to a Store Near You! Here’s a very recent Book Cover Design at Knopf by Chip Kidd. This is for “ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY” by Billie Jean King. An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice.In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life’s journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career–six years as […]
In Stores Now! Here’s a very recent Book Cover Design at Knopf by Chip Kidd. This is for “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” by Lawrence Wright. LAWRENCE WRIGHT is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a playwright, a screenwriter, and the author of ten books of nonfiction, including The Looming Tower, Going Clear, and God Save Texas. His recent novel, The End of October, was a New York Times best seller. Wright’s books have […]
Here’s a very cool video by CARTOONIST KAYFABE (with Hosts: Ed Piskor & Jim Rugg) and it’s basically a Book Review about BATMAN: ANIMATED, a Book by Paul Dini & Chip Kidd. Now keep in mind that this book will not be coming out soon because it was published back in ©1998 & is kind of hard to find. So why a review now?? Because everyone STILL loves BATMAN: the Animated Series!! For a lot of people it’s considered the […]
Virtual Author Event! On Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 at 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT, Tony Hiss will visit Gibson’s Bookstore virtually to present Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth, a book about wilderness conservation to save our planet and ourselves. CLICK HERE to read about how to get tickets to the event (which is FREE!) RESCUING THE PLANET (Knopf) is an urgent argument in support of protecting 50% of the earth’s land by 2050 – thereby saving […]
Hey Everybody, please be sure to check out the April 2021 Issue of Kirkus Reviews Magazine because SEEK YOU: A JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS (Pantheon) Just Got It’s First Book Review!! Another option is to just click this LINK & you can read it before it hits the newsstands… Just CLICK HERE! This is a brand new Graphic Novel by Kristen Radtke & will be released by Pantheon Books on July 6th, 2021. ————————————————————————————————————