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James Frey spoken out about a phone call he received from Oprah last autumn in which she apologised to him for publicly humiliating him on her show. “It was a nice surprise to hear from her,” Frey told Vanity Fair.
Posted May 15, 2009
James Frey spoken out about a phone call he received from Oprah last autumn in which she apologised to him for publicly humiliating him on her show. “It was a nice surprise to hear from her,” Frey told Vanity Fair.
Posted May 15, 2009
To see James’ responses to the questions collected from social media and this site, click here.
Posted April 23, 2009
To see James’ responses to the questions collected from social media and this site, click here.
Posted April 23, 2009
James will be doing an online Q&A session in the UK on 11th March
Do you have a question for James?
If so, email it to frey@johnmurrays.co.uk The best ones will be put to him, and a video of his answers will be posted here and elsewhere online shortly after
Deadline is 14.00 GMT [pls adjust for time [...]
Posted February 25, 2009
James will be doing an online Q&A session in the UK on 11th March
Do you have a question for James?
If so, email it to frey@johnmurrays.co.uk The best ones will be put to him, and a video of his answers will be posted here and elsewhere online shortly after
Deadline is 14.00 GMT [pls adjust for time [...]
Posted February 25, 2009
James Frey will be touring the UK to talk about Bright Shiny Morning next month. Tour dates confirmed below:
9 March James Frey at Aye Write!, Glasgow
10 March James Frey at Waterstone’s Liverpool
11 March James Frey at Miller’s Academy, London
12 March James Frey at the ICA, London
13 March James Frey at the Waterstone’s [...]
Posted February 25, 2009
This December, James undertook an internship at Gawker to, quote unquote, ‘pad out his CV’. Frey spent most his time answering questions on the Gawker blog and drew a startling amount of attention: fans and those generally intrigued about him and his writing came out in full force to grill the celebrated author. The [...]
Posted December 23, 2008
Somewhat embarrassingly, I’d never read anything by James Frey before. I’ve worked in bookselling since I was 17 (I’m now 27), and his books had somehow just passed me by. When the publishers came in to pitch Bright Shiny Morning right back at the beginning of the year, they showed us a cover image and [...]
Posted October 17, 2008
This month sees the unveiling of ‘Public Stoning’, a painting by Ed Ruscha comissioned by none other than James Frey to commemorate his run-in with Oprah. See it here.
Posted October 3, 2008
It may seem a little old-hat, but still, everyone loves a bookmark… the only drawback is that they are pretty small – we only had 190 x 60 mm to play with and quite a lot to say…
We wanted to put across a strong message to potential Frey readers – to make them see [...]
Posted August 19, 2008