http://www.bridieclark.com/news Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:54:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY ACQUIRES WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING, FILM, AND TV RIGHTS TO BRIDIE CLARK'S "I THINK SHE'S GOT IT" NEW YORK, NY (November 27, 2007) The Weinstein Company is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired the worldwide publishing, film and television rights to Bridie Clark's new novel, I THINK SHE'S GOT ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/11/29/weinstein-bridie-clark-book/ Because She Can by Bridie Clark (Bantam, £6.99) In The Devil Wears Prada you met the fashion magazine world's boss from hell, and now, in Because She Can, you'll meet the book world's biggest ogre, Vivian Grant. A publishing maverick, Grant doesn't mind what books she publishes as long as they ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/10/23/glamour-uk/ vanityfair.com runs an excerpt of Because She Can http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/02/becauseshecan200702 http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/10/19/38/ Review of the audiobook… Because She Can Bridie Clark, read by Mary Birdsong. Hachette Audio, abridged, five CDs, 6 hrs., $29.98 ISBN 978-1-59483-869-9 Mary Birdsong, who plays Deputy Kimball on TV’s Reno 911!, spawns a comically horrific incarnation of boss-from-Hell Vivian Grant, who steamrollers over assistants, editors, agents, authors and even corporate executives ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/10/19/publisher%e2%80%99s-weekly/ The Christian Science Monitor reviewed Because She Can on March 17, 2007. PAGE TURNERS: ‘BECAUSE SHE CAN’ In the latest example of "assistant lit," Bridie Clark's debut takes on another villainous boss character. By Teresa Méndez | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Shelve this one next to "The Devil Wears Prada." In ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/10/19/christian-science-monitor/ Read Bridie’s recent piece in the New York Times about the summer before she started junior high. Summerscapes An occasional series on the rites of summer. OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR First Day of Cool By BRIDIE CLARK Published: September 3, 2007 IT was a humid evening at the tail end of summer. My family was eating dinner around our ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/10/19/new-york-times-op-ed/ Over at The Huffington Post Eat the Press column, Peter Hyman interviews Bridie: What prompted you to leave after less than a year on the job? I left because I wanted to be a writer. But there was the added benefit of not having to work there anymore. Judith's a notoriously difficult ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/02/19/huffington-post-interview-with-bridie/ On the front page of the USA Today life section for February 4th, writer Jocelyn McClurg covers BECAUSE SHE CAN: She's the most "hot-headed, ruthless woman" in the publishing industry. She made her name producing "tabloid-inspired blockbusters" by porn queens and "a despicable serial killer." She hurls obscenities and lamps at her overworked ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/02/19/usa-today-why-a-boss-from-hell-book-because-she-can/ The Washington Post Media Mix covered BECAUSE SHE CAN on February 4th. http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/02/19/washington-post-mention/ From The New York Times Newly Released section: In the taxonomy of publishing, Bridie Clark’s new novel falls into the genus chick lit; species, boss from hell. An idealistic young book editor, Claire Truman, goes to work for the powerhouse Vivian Grant, who, as Ms. Clark writes, “made her name and ... http://www.bridieclark.com/news/2007/02/19/new-york-times-mention/