The freshly announced “Booker’s dozen” of titles longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize is making its way around the literary internet, so let’s see what the morning tides have brought in. There are four debut novelists on the list, and Irish writers nabbed a record four out of the 13 nominations... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-08-01 14:43:06 UTC ]
Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-01 13:21:55 UTC ]
The short stories in Jamel Brinkley's second collection, 'Witness,' don't just reveal stories of violence, gentrification and racism — they put you inside them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-01 13:00:50 UTC ]
A memoir by Tahir Hamut Izgil, a Uyghur intellectual who escaped China, explores the corrosive effect of repression and surveillance on his community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-01 12:36:10 UTC ]
Despite winning awards, these little-known beautiful and thought-provoking literary fiction books, like Last of Her Name by Mimi Lok, remain criminally underrated. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-01 10:34:00 UTC ]
The Oscar-nominated actor’s new memoir is at once a Hollywood air kiss and a moving tribute to a happy marriage that ended too soon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-01 09:01:10 UTC ]
Previously nominated authors Sebastian Barry, Tan Twan Eng and Paul Murray join 13-strong field including four debuts• Irish writers, debuts – and groundbreaking sci-fi: the Booker longlist in depthA longlist of 13 “original and thrilling” books offering “startling portraits of the current” are... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-01 08:00:00 UTC ]
Defamation trial hears Mark Willacy criticised ‘Murdoch’s people’ in email to confidential source after Daily Telegraph questioned reports on ex-commandoFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-01 05:44:11 UTC ]
More than four months after finding the Internet Archive liable for copyright infringement, the next phase in the litigation appears to be close. In a July 28 order, judge John G. Koeltl gave the parties until August 11 to deliver recommendations for determining a judgment in the closely watched... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
See our tributes to children’s authors, illustrators, and publishers we have lost this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The U.A.E.'s Kalimat Group and Penguin Random House India have entered into a partnership to translate books from Arabic to English and English into Arabic, for global distribution. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Goldstein has been promoted to executive v-p at Penguin Random House Publisher Services, the publisher's distribution arm, which services more than 50 publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist for the 2023 Booker Prize was announced on August 1. Among the 13 authors to make the list, 10, including four debut novelists, were longlisted for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The first three novels in the Marvel Crime line will feature Marvel superheroes in a new light, with authors Lisa Jewell, S.A. Cosby, and Alex Segura slated to pen the first three titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
This lively paranormal YA graphic novel follows an aspiring, albeit comically insecure, teen musician with a very peculiar electronic keyboard haunted with the soul of a long-dead jazz legend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
A magistrate judge in New York has once again recommended that a lawsuit accusing the Big Five publishers of colluding with Amazon to fix e-book prices should be dismissed. But in a twist, the court found that a monopolization claim against Amazon should proceed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Will These Stories Ever Be the Same? A Korean Translator’s Misgivings, by Ha-yun Jung Essay [email protected] Mon, 07/31/2023 - 17:32 Photo by Daniel Bernard / UnsplashA translator discovers that an author—whom she has translated and admired for so... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-07-31 22:32:27 UTC ]
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Leveraging a translation-exchange model, Kalimat Group and Penguin Random House India and Southeast Asia open a partnership. The post A PRH-Kalimat Partnership: South and Southeast Asian, Arabic, English appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-31 16:57:00 UTC ]
The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-31 13:37:54 UTC ]