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For upcoming events click on the link to the right, under ‘Matthew Quick.’
Please visit Q and Al’s blog QUEST FOR KINDNESS.
July, 2010
Azbooka Publishers (Moscow) buy the Russian translation rights for THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
Q reflects on the writing life in a Quest for Kindness essay. Are you in a maze or labyrinth?
Authors Unleashed interviews Q.
PrincessReviews interviews Q.
June, 2010
Q’s editor at Little, Brown–Alvina Ling–blogs about SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR over at Blue Rose Girls.
Toledoblade.com puts SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR on its Summer Reading List for Children.
Q is featured in The Daily Holden.
Q speaks at the Haddonfield Public Library, Haddonfield, NJ; The Gale Free Library, Holden, MA; and the Collingswood Library, Collingswood, NJ.
May, 2010
Cleveland’s THE PLAIN DEALER puts THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK on its excellent summer paperbacks list calling TSLP “tender, appealing…funny and satisfying.”
Q speaks with the students of New Hope-Solebury High School, who rock!
SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR is recommended highly by readwritethink.org’s Text Messages (it’s the last book discussed)
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is named Collingswood’s Town Book.
Who is Big H? Q guest blogs at Teenreads.com: Matthew Quick on the real ’star’ of SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR
QUEST FOR KINDNESS begins with Q’s essay, ‘Kindness, Sixteen Years Later.’
Q and SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR appear on Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes.
SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR is officially published!
Q guest blogs on The Debutante Ball. He’s written about small kind strangers, shopping, and Al.
April, 2010
The sale of BOY21, Q’s second YA book, is officially announced by PW here.
SLARS is spotted in many stores, including The Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock, VT (note the photo on the left).
The Divining Wand responds to SLARS.
TSLP US paperback is officially published.
School Library Journal gives SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR a STARRED review and calls it “Hugely enjoyable.”
THE SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR BOOK TRAILER DROPS!
Librarian Mary Schwander puts SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR on the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association’s Top Ten.
Q guest blogs over at The Divining Wand. He’s written about “Messed-Up Fairy Tales.”
Wordbird interviews Q – SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR & the writing life.
Ken Wheaton, author of THE FIRST ANNUAL GRAND PRAIRIE RABBIT FESTIVAL, responds to SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR here.
Teens Read Too gives SLARS the Gold Star Award for Excellence!
Reading Between The Lines and Notes From The Bedside Table offer extremely thoughtful responses to SLARS.
Drexel University picks THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK as the summer read for all incoming freshmen. Q will give a lecture next fall and teach a one-day master class in fiction writing.
The Divining Wand interviews Q. Q discusses Geico cavemen and sentimental hogwash.
The Fictionistas interview Q and post his high school senior photo! Read here.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6-8 pm – After work pre-release party. Treno in Westmont, NJ – Receive your copy of SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR before it is available in stores AND support Steininger Behavioral Care, an important South Jersey non-profit. Ticket info and details here.
March, 2010
Little, Brown & Company purchases Q’s next YA book, BOY21. Look for it in 18 or so months. Boy21 is about love, poverty, basketball, mental health, forgiveness, and outer space—but mostly it’s about growing up. More details to come…
Untitled Books (in the UK) publishes Q’s ‘Character Study,’ Glen Williams of Robinsville, PA, USA, Night Janitor.
SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR – we believe this is the first blog response written by a teenager.
TSLP gets the window treatment in London. Very cool article here.
On Goodreads: Enter to win 1 of 3 FREE signed copies of SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR. And you can also enter to win 1 of 3 FREE signed copies of THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK US Paperback.
Picador launches awesome new TSLP website in the UK: video by Chris Barrett, new audio clips and photos by Dave Tavani, and Pat’s Magic 8 Ball Game. Come play! Hit this link here!
February, 2010
Q discusses book covers on Barnes & Noble’s website.
The UK’s TV Book Club interviews Q – My Life In Books: Matthew Quick
Q’s wife, novelist Alicia Bessette, launches her web site www.aliciabessette.com
January, 2010.
National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr, Asian Pacific American Award for Youth Literature winner Justina Chen, and Dana Reinhardt endorse SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR. Their blurbs.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is selected by Amanda Ross for The TV Book Club (UK), which the Telegraph calls “Britain’s most powerful book club.”
Dave Tavani blogs about photographing Amber Appleton, the star of SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR. Great photos here.
Helen Stubbs from OffTheShelf English bookshop in Geneva discusses TSLP on World Radio Switzerland. Please hit this link and listen to the clip on the website.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK book cover makes top 50 of 2008.
Reading Group Discussion Questions for THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
The new SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR cover.
December, 2009.
Matthew speaks at the The Gale Free Library – Holden, MA.
November, 2009.
Publishers Weekly. Librarian Preview The tone of SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR is compared to Sherman Alexie’s THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is a Book Circle selection for the town of Holden, MA.
Matthew hires Kent Green and Ernie Rockelman of Emerald Productions to shoot and edit the SLARS book trailer, which will debut later this winter.
SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR audio rights are sold at auction to Listening Library.
Tim Rayworth finishes Matthew’s new website.
Matthew speaks with students at Moorestown Friends High School.
October, 2009.
Matthew signs books at the Susquehanna Bank opening – Center City Philadelphia.
Matthew visits with The Carriagebrooke Farm Book Club.
Matthew is interviewed by Jill Dearman here: Barnes & Noble’s Unabashedly Bookish.
In her weekly Wednesday blog, Matthew Quick ’s wife (Alicia Bessette) tells the wacky, epic love story behind how Q and Al ‘became writers’ and landed agents.
August, 2009.
Stan Hochman writes about Matthew in Philadelphia’s Daily News. Aug 25, pg 53.
Tianjin Huawentianxia purchases the Chinese language rights for THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
June, 2009.
NPR posts Nancy Pearl’s summer picks. TSLP makes the list.
Nancy Pearl discusses TSLP on Library Beat’s Podcast. Minutes 9:17-11:11.
Helen’s Reads declares TSLP a ‘fun airplane read.’
Tuesday, June 2, Matthew will speak with the students of New Hope-Solebury High School.
Friday, June 5, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Matthew will be selling and signing books at The Grey Lodge Pub (Northeast Philadelphia). It’s also Manayunk Keller Beer Night.
Saturday, June 13, 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm, Matthew will be signing books at the Cherry Hill Barnes and Noble.
May, 2009.
TSLP is published in Italian.
Sunday, May 24, 10:00 am, Matthew will appear on The Drexel InterView. WYBE/MiNDTV programming can be viewed on channel 35 and cable channels 34 and 57 in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Saturday, May 9, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Matthew will be selling and signing books at Grooveground (Collingswood, NJ).
Wednesday, May 20, 6:00 pm, Matthew will speak about TSLP and his life. Steininger Behavioral Care Services presents A Night Of Silver Linings.
April, 2009.
April 2, Peter Anthony Holder interviews Matthew on Canadian radio. Click here to listen to the interview.
Woman’s Weekly New Zealand reviews TSLP.
Matthew appears in New Jersey Monthly.
April 30, Braddock’s Tavern, Medford, NJ – Dinner With An Author to benefit the Literary Volunteers of Burlington Country, Vince Papale is the guest speaker, Matthew will host a table.
March, 2009.
Variety and /Film report that David O. Russell will direct the movie adaptation of TSLP.
TSLP was short-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award.
Chris Barrett films Matthew reading from TSLP.
TSLP reviewed by The New Zealand Herald.
On March 5th Matthew was the Haddonfield Lions Club’s guest speaker.
February, 2009.
Nancy Pearl included TSLP in Pearl’s Picks, February 2009 (the 9th book down).
Philadelphia, PA – La Salle University – Thursday, February 5, 2009 – Matthew will be doing a reading, Q & A, and book signing.
Collingswood, NJ – Collingswood High School – Wednesday, February 18, 2009 – Matthew spoke to CHS students. For more info, click here.
Collingswood, NJ – The Collingswood Public Library – Tuesday, February 24, 2009 – 7 pm – Matthew will be doing a reading, Q & A, and book signing.
UK – Matthew is NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND’s Author of the Month. To read the interview, click here.
Matthew has also been interviewed by Sixers Review. To read the interview, click here.
January, 2009.
Scotland On Sunday reviews TSLP.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is published in the UK.
Picadorinterviews Matthew.
Matthew appears in South Jersey Magazine.
Plainfield, VT – Goddard College – Wednesday, January 7, 2009 (evening) – Matthew will be doing a reading, Q & A, and book signing.
December, 2008.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is reviewed by Amy Benfer for The Barnes & Noble Review.
Marilyn Dahl of Shelf Awareness tags THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK apick of the year.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is published in Spain under this title UN FINAL FELIZ.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is reviewed by Head Butler.
November, 2008.
Nov. 24, the Philadelphia Inquirer writes about Matthew Quick.
Philadelphia – Saturday, November 1, 2008 @ 6:30 p.m. – 15th annual Borrowers Ball – Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central Library 19th and Parkway
October, 2008.
Oct., THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK reviewed by NPR.
Collingswood, NJ – Saturday, October 4, 2008 Matthew will be speaking and signing @ 10 a.m. – Collingswood Book Festival
New York – Wednesday, October 1, 2008 @ 7 p.m. – Reading with Daphne Beal, author of In the Land of No Right Angles, and Matthew Quick, author of THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK – The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction 17 E 47th St, NYC
September, 2008.
In the Morning with Bonnie Grice – Long Island’s NPR station, WLIU 88.3 FM – Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @ 9:45 a.m. – Radio Interview
New York – Sunday, September 28, 2008 @ 11:30 a.m. – Waldorf Astoria Bestseller Brunch: Authors will read from their latest book and/or discuss their work and themselves, then take questions from the audience. The reading/discussion and Q&A will be followed by a book signing. Waldorf Astoria brunch will be served.
TV – NBC Philadelphia – Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 11:00 a.m. – Matthew will be a guest on the 10! show.
Conversation and signing with Eagles WR HANK BASKETT. Philadelphia – Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 6:30 p.m. – Friends Select School 17th & The Parkway Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 22, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK reviewed by Phillyist.
Sept. 18, TSLP appears in THE NEW YORK TIMES’ New Books section
Philadelphia – Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 5 p.m. – AIA Philadelphia AIA Bookstore and Design Center 1218 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 14, BILL LYON reviews TSLP in THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
TV – Fox Philadelphia – Tuesday, September 9, 2008 7:50 a.m. – Matthew will be interviewed live on the Fox morning show.
Sept. 9, to read Matthew’s Book Notes on TSLP, please hit this link: LARGEHEARTED BOY
Sept. 5, TSLP was reviewed by STEPHEN BARBARA, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“…plucky debut novel…Quick fills the pages with so much absurd wit and true feeling that it’s impossible not to cheer for his unlikely hero.” Allison Lynn, People Magazine, September 8, 2008
The Philadelphia City Paper has excerpted THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. To read the excerpt online click A HIVE FULL OF GREEN BEES.
Boston – Tuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 6 p.m. – “First Time Out: Debut Novelists Share their Work” With Matthew Quick, Brunonia Barry and Amy McKinnon. – Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street, Orientation Room Boston, MA
August, 2008.
Writer’s Digest has featured Matthew and THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK in the More Notable Debuts section of the October 2008 issue. To read the feature online click HERE.
June, 2008.
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK reviewed by Publishers Weekly.
May, 2008.
Matthew is now blogging on writing and publishing. His blog, Questioning Q, will be updated every Monday. Please visit weekly.
This just in from Publishers Weekly: “Alvina Ling at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has bought North American rights for SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR, the debut YA novel by author Matthew Quick, which will pub in fall 2009. In the story, a girl on the fringes of life navigates the pressures of poverty and a neglectful mother while inspiring others to embrace hope. Doug Stewart at Sterling Lord Literistic did the deal.”
February, 2008.
David O. Russell to pen THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK screenplay.
January, 2008.
Goddard College interviews Matthew (click to read).
December, 2007.
The Sun has printed Matthew’s personal essay, “The Whiskey Robe,” in the December issue.
