News
Lost City of Z hits The New York Times Bestseller List at #1
date: Feb 25, 2010
The Lost City of Z hit The New York Times Bestseller List for paperback nonfiction last week at #1!
Secrets of the Lost City of Z on CBS’s Sunday Morning
date: Feb 25, 2010
I was on CBS’s Sunday Morning on Sunday the 21st. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation:
“There was, by the end, a maniacal quality to him,” said Grann. “And I think with obsession, there are kind of two qualities about it: there is the fruits of obsession, which can lead to wonderful discoveries - Fawcett made many interesting discoveries - but there could also be a lethal quality to obsession, and in this case, there really was.”
And you can read the rest at CBS
“Hail, Britain’s Indiana Jones of the Amazon”
date: Jan 07, 2010 - Ben Macintyre, Times London
Great piece in The Times on Fawcett and recent discoveries in the Amazon:
Recent archaeological research, using satellite imagery and radar, has uncovered convincing proof of large pre-Columbian settlements in the very places where Fawcett searched and vanished: not merely houses, but moats, roads, bridges, avenues and squares laid out with geometric precision.
The latest discovery, reported in the journal Antiquity, has found more than 200 earthworks in the upper Amazon basin, some built in the 13th century but others dating back two centuries before Christ.
Sadly, deforestation of the Amazon is partly responsible for the discoveries. Read the rest of the article here: “Hail, Britain’s Indiana Jones of the Amazon”
“The Lost City Of Z” Named One Of The Best Books Of 2009
date: Jan 01, 2010
The book was chosen as one of the best books of the year by many newspapers and magazines in the United States and around the world. The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani selected “The Lost City of Z” as one of the ten best books published in 2009; so did Entertainment Weekly and Publishers Weekly. It was also chosen as one of the best or most notable books of the year by the Sunday New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Providence Journal, Bloomberg, McClatchy Newspapers, Globe and Mail, Amazon, and Evening Standard. The Los Angeles Times and World Hum also selected it as one the best travel books of the year. Barnes and Noble chose it as its number one non-fiction book of 2009.
The Lost City of Z has been shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award
date: May 21, 2009 - The Guardian
The Lost City of Z is one of six finalists for England’s highest non-fiction award.
John Grisham Talks About The Lost City of Z ON C-SPAN
date: Mar 31, 2009 - C-SPAN
Listen to John Grisham talks about The Lost City of Z.
Interview on “Colbert Nation”
date: Mar 17, 2009 - Colbert Nation
The Colbert Report
date: Mar 17, 2009 - The Colbert Report
David Grann discusses The Lost City of Z on the Colbert Report.
NPR The World
date: Feb 28, 2009 - NPR The World
Marco Werman interviews David Grann about “The Lost City of Z.”
NPR The World
date: Feb 28, 2009 - NPR The World
Watch a slide show about “The Lost City of Z” and listen to David Grann tell the story behind each image.
Events
Wine & Words at the Pan Pacific Hotel
Where: Pan Pacific Hotel
When: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
2125 Terry Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Contact: Kim Ricketts, 206-632-2419
Malcolm Gladwell and David Grann in Conversation with Bill Goldstein
Where: Barnes & Noble Union Square
When: Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Discussion, Q&A, signing
33 E. 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
Discussion at Brookdale Community College
Where: Brookdale Community College in NJ
When: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ, 07738
Porter Square Books in Boston
Where: Porter Square Books
When: Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Interview, Q&A, Signing
25 White Street
Cambridge, MA 02140
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
Where: UCLA
When: Saturday, April 24th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024