1. Bloomsbuy Acquires Books from Lucy Wood, Lilian Pizzichini and Rajesh Parameswaran

... The second acquisition is another novel and short story collection this time from Rajesh Parameswaran who has previously written for McSweeney's and Zoetrope. The short story collection will be published ...

2. David Eggers and Roddy Doyle to Promote Literacy for Children

Dave Eggers (Mr McSweeney's) has been promoting literature for children through a series of drop-in centres throughout the US and is now in the UK doing similar - Roddy Doyle is taking the Irish side of ...

3. The Changing Face of the Book

... Penguin came along with a simple design and ironically created probably the most beautiful series of publications. More recently publishers like McSweeney's, Charnel House and the Folio Society have created ...

4. Mr McSweeney's

The mysterious man that inspired Dave Eggers to name his quarterly journal McSweeney's has died. The back story is interesting, and quite sad. Have a look here. ...

5. National Book Awards Winners Announced

... Giroux) The award for distinguished contribution to American Letters went to Gore Vidal, and Dave Eggers of McSweeney's fame won the Literarian Award.  ...

6. McSweeney's - Always Pushing The Boundaries

I may be persuaded to write an article on McSweeney's one day; it all depends on how good the full set looks on my shelves if I ever complete it. The books (I refer to the quarterlies) have always fascinated ...