The Actor Jim Carrey was on ‘The Howard Stern Show’ recently where he got a chance to talk about his new book, “Memoirs & Misinformation: A Novel” (Knopf). In the first video, down below, Jim talks about the special event around the choice of the Book Cover’s image. Here’s a few clips from the show: ————————————————————————————————————
The Comedian, Movie Star & Author Jim Carrey was recently honored to be a guest on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Jim was mainly there to share info about his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation” (Knopf). He goes into detail about the image for the cover design of the book. It’s a pretty interesting story about the false “Ballistic Missile Strike Warning in Hawaii” & how the photo was taken. The Book Designer, Chip Kidd, used this image to […]
In this video down below, posted by Penguin Random House, the Author Lawrence Wright & Nicholas D. Kristof of BookPeople discuss Wright’s new book, “The End of October” (Knopf). Sign up for the Penguin Random House newsletter to get more videos like this and tailored book recommendations: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ ————————————————————————————————————
Penguin Random House proudly joins forces with Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West to present Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon one and only virtual event to discuss their new novel, MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION. Find the book here: https://bit.ly/memoirsandmisinformation “None of this is real and all of it is true,” says Jim Carrey about his new novel, Memoirs and Misinformation, co-written with the author Dana Vachon. The award-winning actor and author will make his one and only virtual […]
This is just a quick post to share this awesome photo of Conan O’Brien promoting Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon’s latest book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: a Novel (Published by Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Conan also added a quote, “I really enjoyed JimCarrey’s “memoir.” Like Jim, the book is wildly comic, inventive, subversive, and made primarily of compressed paper pulp.” Thanks Conan, SO Awesome!! ————————————————————————————————————
Charmaine Esmeralda, over at the MEDIUM Website, recently wrote a super-excellent article on the Book Designers who have created covers for Haruki Murakami. She does a short individual biography of Chip Kidd, John Gall & Suzanne Dean. It’s very well researched & it’s also loaded with great pictures too! To check it out, just CLICK HERE!! ————————————————————————————————————
In this recent video by the POLITICS AND PROSE Bookstore James Ellroy discusses his novel, “This Storm” (Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Ellroy, one of the top crime fiction writers working today, excels at telling large stories on an expansive canvas. He won renown first with his Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy–which included the classic American Tabloid—and cemented his reputation with his unparalleled L.A. Quartet. In his new novel, which follows Perfidia as the second volume of a projected four, […]
If you think Jim Carrey is merely a brilliant-but-quirky actor/comedian, just wait until you read his new book titled “Memoirs and Misinformation:A Novel (Knopf).” CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Carrey and co-author Dana Vachon about their new “semi-autobiographical novel.” ————————————————————————————————————
In his newest book, Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World (Knopf), former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates provides a candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations, and how it has been exercised, effectively or poorly, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity, […]
Jim Carrey was on the Graham Norton Show (BBC America) where he talked about his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel”. Now, the cool thing, is that they show the cover of the book on screen really big & Jim shares a very interesting story about the image used for the cover. As a side note, this book & it’s cover were designed by Chip Kidd. ( The book is being published by Knopf, a Division of Penguin Random […]