Perry’s Week

Every generation gets the gurus it craves. Ours include Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Kahneman, Brené Brown, Jim Collins, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Dan Gilbert, Dan Pink, Dan Ariely and Nate Silver. What do they all have in common? They use research to tackle issues that were once the provenance of poets, theologians and philosophers. (Also, there’s a 40 percent chance they’re named Dan.)  Make sure to read The New York Times article, “The United States of Metrics“.

It’s always nice to have someone say kind words about you and your work, but just in this past month, Hooks Book Events has received two wonderful endorsements from clients that we believe capture the essence of our work.  We believe our clients can say it better than we can and we appreciate their taking out the time to share their thoughts. See below! Noblis Executive “I was one of the attendees at today’s workshop with Dan Pink. It was […]

“Writers and readers are two poles, apart from each other,” he said. “And you, ladies and gentlemen, are the electricity that connects us.” — Wally Lamb, BEA 2013 BEA 2013! Another whirlwind trip to NYC at the Javits Center in late May.  This year we were traveling with a small entourage of young friends wanting to learn more about the world of publishing as well as our digital book pals from Livrada in California! (www.livrada.com).  We had a great time connecting with old […]

How fitting to have such a nice tribute to Barbara Meade in the Washington Post.   Retiring yes, but slowing down, no!  My first memory of Barbara was in 1999, when I walked into Politics and Prose looking for the paperback edition of Peter Guralnick’s Last Train to Memphis. Being a native Memphian, an early Elvis fan and the mother of a son born on January 8th, I come by my Elvis love naturally. We had just moved to the DC […]

Hooks Book Events often has the opportunity to mention awards received by one of the many authors it works with. Today, we are pleased  to note some well deserved recognition received by one of our longtime clients – Noblis, Inc.  Noblis has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 2012 by Ethisphere, and one of the top 25 Great Places to Work by Entrepreneur. We are also thrilled to note that, in detailing why Noblis is “a great […]

Among the many topics covered at HBE events, leadership is a client favorite. Over the years, HBE has had the pleasure of working with many of the nation’s most acclaimed leadership authors and speakers. In fact, in a recent perusal of The Washington Post‘s On Leadership blog, Hooks Book Events CEO Perry Pidgeon Hooks couldn’t help but notice how many of the site’s recommended books and authors her team has worked with at various client events! On Leadership’s featured book […]