An Unexpected Guest is out in Russia. With a dreamy, dramatic Russian jacket cover – and even a Russian twist to the author’s first name! To see, look here…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest was a “Pick of the Week” on Book Case TV, season 2, episode 2, broadcast on NYC Life Channel 25 and now available on VOD. Host Frederic Colier calls the book, “a great novel from first-time author Anne Korkeakivi.” To see the review in full, look here (around 24 minutes in…(Read More)
In the Maplewood Patch, author Marina Budhos said, “An Unexpected Guest is a patient book, impressively skillful for a first novel as Korkeakivi balances the artful arrangement of domestic life with the eruptive energy of past youthful passions, and the tension of present-day political fears. And, to my surprise, about a third of the…(Read More)
Anne will bring An Unexpected Guest to the Sunday Night Fiction series at KGB Bar in the lower East Side of New York City on Sunday, October 28, alongside readings from authors Josip Novakovich and Don Bajema…(Read More)
Just back from an evening at the American Library in Paris, An Unexpected Guest will be heading to the US with events in NY and NJ in late October and early November. Check out the events page for details…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest made a guest appearance in the Christian Science Monitor’s review of best-selling British author Zadie Smith’s latest novel, NW. To read the whole post, look here…(Read More)
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has chosen An Unexpected Guest for their “Beyond Bestsellers: Notable New Fiction Titles (September 2012)” list. To see the full post, look here…(Read More)
Anne will be a guest of annual Le livre sur les quais book festival in Morges, Switzerland, September 7 through 9th. She’ll be on site signing copies of An Unexpected Guest throughout, and will participating in roundtables entitled, “The French Connection” (in English) on Saturday afternoon and Ecrivains anglo-saxons” (in French) on Sunday…(Read More)
In its most recent issue, Columbia magazine says of An Unexpected Guest, “Korkeakivi does an admirable job echoing Woolf but… is at her best when she claims her own territory. Clare’s past life, a mini political thriller, unfolds delicately over the course of the novel and provides an intriguing counterpart.” Sorry, no link available…(Read More)
Glencoe Public Library has made An Unexpected Guest a staff pick, saying, “Like Claire’s event-filled day, An Unexpected Guest packs in a lot. It is a politically-charged thriller, a family drama, and a story of lost love, all set against the backdrop of the City of Light.” For the full story, look…(Read More)
