http://www.james-frey.com The work of James Frey Thu, 21 May 2009 14:44:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.james-frey.com/2009/05/15/oprah/ To see James' responses to the questions collected from social media and this site, click here. http://www.james-frey.com/2009/04/23/frey-qa-follow-up/ 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 ... http://www.james-frey.com/2009/02/25/frey-qa/ 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 ... http://www.james-frey.com/2009/02/25/james-frey-on-tour-in-uk/ 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 ... http://www.james-frey.com/2008/12/23/freys-internship-at-the-gawker/ 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 ... http://www.james-frey.com/2008/10/17/id-never-read-james-frey-before/ 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. http://www.james-frey.com/2008/10/03/public-stoning/ 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 ... http://www.james-frey.com/2008/08/19/making-our-mark-2/ Hello, I’d like to share my James Frey experience with you all… My housemate works for a publishing company. This means 5 nights out of 7 she returns from work describing the latest exciting plot line or unexpected twist from her favourite up and coming book… I do try ... http://www.james-frey.com/2008/08/12/making-our-mark/ University ended. Unlike many students, at least I had the good fortune of knowing exactly what I wanted to do: publishing. So I got down to it and sent my CV to the major players in publishing and waited with bated breath, for three weeks. Three long weeks. Hurrah! ... http://www.james-frey.com/2008/08/11/meeting-the-man/