Following its acquisition by PRH UK in October, all Hardie Grant titles will now be published under food and lifestyle publisher Quadrille going forward. In turn, Quadrille will debut launch four new imprints: Taste, Create, Now, and Life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble Education has released preliminary financial results that showed company revenue rising 1.5% in the fiscal year ended April 27, 2024, and net loss falling to $63 million, from $90 million a year ago. Total sales were $1.57 billion. B&NE expects to receive final approval... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the fair's guest of honor, Italy will be represented by more than 100 authors and speakers at this year's fair, as part of a robust programming slate programming with the theme 'Roots in the Future.' Italy was previously the guest of honor at Frankfurt in 1988. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
By large majorities, Indigo shareholders approved the sale of the Canadian bookstore chain to private equity firms controlled by Canadian billionaire Gerald Schwartz, an Indigo board member and the husband of Indigo founder and CEO Heather Reisman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist Maria Ressa named Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in speech at Hay literary festival in Powys“Tech bros” such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are “the largest dictators”, Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 for her defence of media freedom, has said.The American-Filipina... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-27 15:11:47 UTC ]
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that AI-generated emojis may be one of the new features Apple shows off at WWDC next month. If the current emoji library weren’t overwhelming enough (let alone my increasingly growing sticker collection both on Messages and WhatsApp), Gurman writes that the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-27 11:15:26 UTC ]
He starred in Peep Show, Green Wing and Wonka – and his first novel won an award. Now the star is making operas with 64 homeless people. Not bad going for someone who was written off by his teachersPaterson Joseph is, by his own admission, an unlikely opera librettist. He had turned 50 by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-27 04:00:13 UTC ]
His Moon Knight was a hit in the 1970s, 30 years after he began his career. Bloodshot, another popular superhero, followed two decades later. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-26 21:24:09 UTC ]
Caleb Carr, a military historian and bestselling author of "The Alienist," made his last book a touching memoir of life and love with a feline companion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-26 19:05:41 UTC ]
A teen living through the Kuala Lumpur race riots, a magical historical fantasy, a mission to Jupiter's moon, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-25 10:30:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association in London is in advanced stages of development with its 'Publishing Declares' sustainability pledge program. The post UK: Jude Gates Leads the Publishers Association’s Sustainability Task Force appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-24 22:09:15 UTC ]
Today's links include the continued rise in independent bookstores, a master bookseller on bookselling, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-24 19:41:49 UTC ]
This memoir by a gay Appalachian man is about reckoning with a homophobic family but one full of love, forgiveness, and understanding. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
Manufacturers may hate independent repair stores, but Samsung and Apple appeared to accept the direction the political wind was blowing in. Sadly, Samsung’s warm-hearted embrace of third party repair may not have been as loving as had originally been suggested. Details of the contract the Korean... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-05-24 11:15:08 UTC ]
It’s that time of year again, dust off your English Literature degrees and…interpret these emojis? Take our quiz to see how your texting skills help you name these 25 books! A little rusty? All the answers are at the bottom! Click here for the first round of guessing the book title and here for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-05-24 11:10:00 UTC ]
The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2024-05-24 10:51:02 UTC ]
I had a conversation recently with a friend whose debut memoir is coming out soon, about the dread he feels at the idea of his father reading his book. I think pretty much every memoirist faces a version of this critical moment—when we have to face the fact that all of the vulnerable, private... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-05-24 08:55:44 UTC ]
None of them are enthusiastic about Starmer or Sunak. And all are anxious about what comes nextAt first glance, it seemed same old, same old. Britain’s print media backed their usual teams when Rishi Sunak announced an election this week. Yet, behind the scenes, much has changed, not least the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-24 07:00:10 UTC ]
The Brownstone Boys, BLK MKT Vintage, Simji, and others release their first books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
As film and streaming studios scout comics of all genres for development, graphic novels also take inspiration from cinema—well beyond capes and tights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]