Three Poems from Transylvania, by Gizella Hervay Poetry [email protected] Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:03 Photo by AVTG / Stock.adobe.comTranslator’s note: Gizella Hervay (1934–1982) is sometimes referred to as the “Ingeborg Bachmann of Transylvania.”... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-09-19 13:03:20 UTC ]
The Sobesednik publishing house in Russia suspended production at all of its outlets for up to three months, including its popular newspaper, following a decision by authorities to place the company on the list of "foreign agents," Yelena Milchanovska, a Sobesednik... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-09-19 11:51:00 UTC ]
Local, national, international – the weekday paper was a brilliant one-stop shop. But information, and how we get it, is more atomised nowLocal daily to close.” Ultimately, that is the truth. From today, London’s Evening Standard is indeed ceasing to appear every weekday, as it has for almost... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-19 07:00:10 UTC ]
According to AAP's StatShot program, industry sales were up 5.6% in the first half of 2024. Sales of adult titles rose 6.7%, but sales in the children's and young adult segment fell 2.7%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers gathered at the home of the Rose Bowl for the California Independent Booksellers Alliance’s Fall Fest 2024, which took place September 17–18. Of 177 bookseller members from across the Golden State, 83 were first-time attendees; 46 exhibitor organizations and 36 authors also came to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
In series like Planetary, of which he was a creator, and Astonishing X-Men, his drawings conveyed a sense of realism in situations that were often fantastical. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-09-18 22:47:54 UTC ]
Dark fantasy and horror stories, a bookish throwback to 2004, the stuff authors buy, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-18 21:22:58 UTC ]
The BBC published a story the other day on the push towards shorter and slimmer books, as a potential way for publishers to save money and reduce their climate impact. According to a 2021 study, a single paperback book accounts for around 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is “a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-18 17:11:07 UTC ]
We knew Amazon would revive its Prime Big Deal Days sale event this fall, but we didn’t know the exact dates until today. The online retailer announced that the sale event will return this year on October 8 and 9, giving us all the more reason to call it October Prime Day as we have done in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-09-18 16:55:13 UTC ]
Remember when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike for months, in great part to get protections against AI? Well, while they did get some stipulations in there, it's not stopping AI from coming to Hollywood anyways. Lionsgate, the studio behind the John Wick and Hunger... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-09-18 15:10:46 UTC ]
Myself and Other Animals draws on an unfinished memoir and a book from a trip to Australia in 1969, and will coincide with what would have been the author’s 100th birthdayA final posthumous work of autobiography by Gerald Durrell is set to come out at the end of the year, publisher Penguin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-18 14:36:23 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-18 13:00:10 UTC ]
This story was co-published by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, he claimed a similar possessiveness, while at the same time... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-18 11:31:11 UTC ]
When I started to write about motherhood a decade ago, the topic still carried a tinge of shame. Writers tended to fear motherhood would push them into some unsightly box, as if they’d succumbed to something less serious than the laudable material of their (non-mothering) peers. In the Los... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-09-18 11:05:00 UTC ]
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of When the Harvest Comes by editor-in-chief Denne Michele Norris, which will be published by Random House on April 15, 2025. You can pre-order your copy here. In this heart-wrenching debut novel, a young Black gay man reckoning with the death... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-09-18 11:04:00 UTC ]
For Jewish publishers, fall brings a wave of titles highlighting holidays from somber to joyful. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The suit accuses six major publishers of establishing a cartel through its international trade association, STM, and using the peer review process to "unlawfully divert billions of taxpayer dollars every year from science to the Publisher Defendants.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
With new European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) set to kick in for large companies on December 31, 2024, and for smaller organizations June 30, 2025, industry associations in the U.S. and U.K. are alerting members about how to prepare for the new rules. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Academic publishing with an eye to current affairs: Taylor & Francis renews its 'Pledge To Open' model after its pilot program succeeds. The post Taylor & Francis’ Issue-Driven ‘Pledge To Open’ Adds Seven Collections appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-17 23:12:39 UTC ]
The PublisHer international network for women in the book business announces a first North American meeting for late this month. The post PublisHer Plans Its First North American Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-17 22:05:13 UTC ]