Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen

"...of author Alvin Schwartz and artist Stephen Gammell’s creeptastic HarperCollins kid-lit frightmares packs a visually disturbing – and memorable..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point of Sale

"...in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Missouri for HarperCollins and only for HarperCollins. After graduating from the University..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Hightower Report

Don't Mess With Librarians; and Rising Economy, Downward Mobility

"...Among other things, this multibillionaire, right-wing media mogul owns HarperCollins Publishers, and among its products are e-books. These downloadable,..."

April 1, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hightower's Hoedown

Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour kicks off in Austin.

"...the publishing world. Last fall, Stupid White Men publishers HarperCollins told Moore that due to the sensitized (sanitized?) climate..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Stupid White Guilt

"...Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! (Regan Books/HarperCollins, $24.95) features an oversized Moore bestriding a boardroom of..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

"...news of Rupert Murdoch's plans to drop his company HarperCollins' publication of a book by Chris Patten, the last..."

April 3, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

I’ll Take You There

Wally Lamb's novel spotlights a spirit of early Hollywood, but its Metabook edition gives her a 21st century showcase

"...fans can enjoy the book the old-fashioned way – HarperCollins has released it in hardback – but I'll Take..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bedside Manner: Let Freedom Ring

The latest invasion of privacy, another Chronicle bedside table.

"...bottom: Signed copy of Just Kids by Patti Smith (HarperCollins), the story of her artistic journey alongside Robert Mapplethorpe..."

Nov. 15, 2010 Books Post by Anne Harris

Going Postal

The joy of reading Pratchett's skillfully constructed artifices is in the discovery of his endless fascination with How People Work, and Going Postal, puns aside, is practically an instruction manual

"...HarperCollins, 377 pp., $24.95..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Book Review

"...HarperCollins, 285 pp., $24.95..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...Taliaferro (PublicAffairs)9. Things You Should Know by A.M. Homes (HarperCollins)10. The Necessary Grace to Fall by Gina Ochsner (University..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Book Review

Jane Leavy, who will be at the 2002 Austin Jewish Book Fair, "goes out of her way trying to distinguish the 'real' Sandy Koufax from the perception held by many of an aloof recluse" in her new biography of the Dodgers lefty.

"...HarperCollins, 282 pp., $23.95 In 1965, at the pinnacle of..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Books Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Bouchercon 2002

The world's premier mystery convention awards its premier authors.

"...Charlaine Harris (Ace)Best Nonfiction Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)Best Short Story "Chocolate Moose" from Death Dines at 8:30..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Books Feature

Book Reviews

Kate Cantrill reviews A.M. Homes' first collection since 1990.

"...HarperCollins, 224 pp., $23.95..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood believes that she has found the elusive pie in the sky, and tells you all about it while reviewing Pascale Le Draoulec's American Pie: Tales of Life (and Pie) From America's Backroads.

"...Pie: Tales of Life (and Pie) From America's Backroads (HarperCollins, $23.95) by food journalist Pascale Le Draoulec, had a..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Lowdown

The media fails to report Alan Greenspan's pro-corporate zealotry; greedy doctors make for bad medicine; and subliminal advertising makes its way into books.

"...This doesn't bother the CEO of HarperCollins, her publisher, who's ecstatic about the deal, saying ominously:..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postscripts

Harry Potter's Pot of Gold

"...best publishing decision of the year, the decision by HarperCollins to publish a collection of Jarrell's essays, No Other..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Beyond the Multiverse

Author Michael Moorcock

"...MM: They all are. HarperCollins has done some abominable stuff. Rupert Murdoch is an..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Alright, Alright, Alright: Dazed and Confused in Print

AFS celebrates new oral history with virtual signing

"...celebrate the Nov. 17 release of the book from HarperCollins, on Nov. 18 at 7pm AFS will be hosting..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Matthew Patin Named Texas Book Festival Literary Director

Local writer/editor will book authors for fest's 25th year

"...at Greenleaf Book Group in Austin; assistant editor at HarperCollins in New York; writer and editorial director for UT's..."

Jan. 29, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Sixties Baltimore is unveiled in this new crime novel

"...full display. Lady in the Lakeby Laura Lippman William Morrow/HarperCollins, 352pp., $26.99..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

In her eighth novel, Ann Patchett shows that what makes a family cannot be measured by the grandness of a house

"...not be his own. The Dutch Houseby Ann Patchett HarperCollins, 352 pp., $27.99..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Review by Yvette Benavides

Texas Book Festival 2018: Real Romance: Alyssa Cole and Jasmine Guillory

The two on what makes their contemporary love stories sparkle

"...Guillory and Cole came familiar with each other’s work..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Greg Hrbek Gets Incendiary at Malvern Books

Award-winning author presents a bomb-ravaged USA this weekend

"...Note: Kind of like Chris Brown’s own career. The..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bedside Manner: Hell, Ghosts, and Blood

Nihilists have more fun

"...if she reads that), and her autobiography Drawing Blood (HarperCollins, 252 pp., $29.99) promises all the talent, humor, humility,..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Sheet Music: Waylon & The Grand Tour

Shooter Jennings' brother Terry delves into pop's big britches & Ol' Possum – blisters, warts, scars, et al.

"...and Music of George Jonesby Rich Kienzle Dey Street Books/HarperCollins, 288 pp., $27.99..."

May 27, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Kissing in America

Rabb's second YA novel features more than one love story, and they're all worth telling

"...all stories worth telling. Kissing in Americaby Margo Rabb HarperCollins, 400 pp., $17.99..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

Listen to the Mockingbird!

Before her new book's out, hear Harper Lee's first read aloud

"...much beloved To Kill a Mockingbird, is released by HarperCollins...."

July 13, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

First Quarter

Bradley Jackson and Andrew Disney kick off a festival run of their new comedy about the importance of intramurals

"...book about Santa Claus' naughty list coming out on HarperCollins, and Disney's got a script retouching old Eighties time-travel..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...Iowa Writers Workshop and produced this full-color work with HarperCollins: "You see the world through a peephole," he offered..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

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