British Library aims to trace writers, photographers and artists whose work appeared in magazine from 1972 to 1993It was radical, out there, with covers shouting from the news stands on subjects ranging from "Liberating Orgasm" to "Kitchen sink racism" and the prevalence of "disturbing images of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Dangerous Women,' an anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, features an impressive assembly of work, and a new novella by Martin.The fury of a woman scorned is just one of the perils encountered in "Dangerous Women," a splendid cross-genre anthology featuring original... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The World Service's expert reporting of Mandela's memorial service showed why its grant shouldn't be cutLive Coverage of the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela (World Service)| iPlayerBook at Bedtime (R4) iPlayerAlice's Wunderland (R4) | iPlayerThe BBC comes into its own when covering state... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literature. Love. They get skewered — though generously — by Los Angeles author Mark Haskell Smith in his new novel, 'Raw: A Love Story.'It's impossible to count how many times literature has died. In the last century alone, it's been killed by radio, television, comic books, video games and,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books’ share of total consumer spending on books fell to 12% in the third quarter of 2013, compared to 13% in the third quarter of 2012, according to new findings released by Bowker Market Research. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australian authors and critics sift through the piles of books they read in 2013 to highlight the treasures they found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The charitable arm of education publisher Pearson, the Pearson Foundation, will pay $7.7m (... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has acquired Gone Are the Leaves, a new novel from Glasgow-based author Anne Donovan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A seasonal selection of new (and not so new) books about language that are anything but dullBooks about English fall into various categories, mostly offputting ones: the academic, rarely of much interest, and often incomprehensible, to the general reader; the lament for a (mythical) golden age... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HBO's award-winning adaptations are novelistic in ambition, but TV executives hoping to follow Game of Thrones should look to the starsIt's almost commonplace to suggest that the HBO box set is now television's answer to the novel – witness the wily self-publishers who have started publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A program at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun titled 'Winning Authors' brings bestselling authors to the casino, drawing crowds of hundreds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Specs Who Troy Young Age 45 New gig President, Hearst Magazines Digital Media Old gig President, Say Media What’s it been like coming from pure-play digital companies like Say Media to Hearst, which has had a print mind-set? It was different at first, for sure. There were a lot more steps... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Dennis Abrams South African writer Anita Pouroulis, a former primary school teacher from Johannesburg, won the Best World Children’s Book Award at the China […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen Hawking has gone to great lengths to promote science through books and videos, but he has been conspicuously absent in the software world -- until now, that is. The astrophysicist has just teamed up with Random House on Snapshots of the ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zed Books' first ebook short is an essay by Elleke Boehmer on Nelson Mandela. The essay,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales slipped 1% in October, to $799 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
For anyone struggling with choosing the perfect literary present this holiday season, there’s a large, vocal, and opinionated group that just might be able to help: the more than one million subscribers to the Books category on Reddit, the popular social media Web site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A computer game based on Christopher Brookmyre’s Bedlam (Orbit) – a book about... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeffrey Shotts, executive editor at Graywolf Press, appears to have a golden touch when it comes to identifying talent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many independent booksellers have begun to have a change of heart about self-published books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]