Members of the Signed First Editions Club receive a signed first edition each month of a new work of fiction by an emerging author who shows exceptional talent and promise. Many of our selected authors have gone on to win literary acclaim, including Paul Harding, whose novel Tinkers won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction!
Register for the Signed First Editions Club >> Paul Harding’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tinkers was initially slated to be released in paperback only. Book Passage buyer Sheryl Cotleur was so thrilled by it, however, that she convinced the publisher, Bellevue Literary Press, to print a small, special run of hardcover editions. We then chose Tinkers as our January 2009 Signed First Editions Club selection. Our 250 club members received the only signed first editions of this Pulitzer winner!
Others include The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006 Booker Prize), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007 Pulitzer), Rachel Kushner’s Telex from Cuba (2008 National Book Award finalist), our March 2009 selection, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin was a Pulitzer finalist (as well as a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Story Prize for Short Fiction), Jaimy Gordon's Lord of Misrule (December 2010 selection) won the National Book Award, Brando Skyhorse's The Madonnas of Echo Park (August 2010 selection) was recently honored with the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award, and Tea Obreht's The Tiger's Wife won the Orange Prize. A recent issue of The New Yorker magazine's list of "20 under 40" writers to watch includes several First Editions Club authors: Daniel Alarcon, David Bezmozgis, Joshua Ferris, Nell Freudenberger, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li, and Dinaw Mengestu.
We can't promise award winners every time, but we can promise you some great reading! To sign up, please use the online form, or for more information, call Signed First Editions Club Coordinator Mary Benham, at (415) 927-0960 ext. 227, or email mbenham@bookpassage.com. |
