He released an eight-episode documentary entirely via 90-second Reels, and the result is stunning. British botanist James Wong broke into TV in his twenties with the BBC series Grow Your Own Drugs, and although he’s gone on to be an award-winning garden designer and best-selling author of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-07-06 07:00:00 UTC ]
Tattered Cover has named Brad Dempsey interim CEO of the Denver bookstore chain, replacing CFO Margie Keenan, who served as interim CEO after former CEO and co-owner Kwame Spearman left in April to start a political career. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Read on for news about Curiosity Ink Media and Dynamite Entertainment's Cats Vs Pickles books, Mad Cave's new licenses, new comic book programs for Hasbro's toy brands, 'Love You Forever''s recent collaboration with Drake and Nike, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Letting a Wild Ride Be a Wild Ride: A Conversation with Amy Spangler, by Ipek Sahinler & Iclal Vanwesenbeeck Interviews [email protected] Wed, 07/05/2023 - 14:43 Amy Spangler is the co-translator (with Nermin Menemencioğlu) of Leylâ Erbil’s A... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-07-05 19:43:55 UTC ]
In his opening keynote at CONTEC Mexico, Hugo Setzer has encouraged publishers to join the SDG Publishers Compact and work together. The post CONTEC Mexico: ‘Is the Publishing Industry Sustainable?’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-05 19:17:56 UTC ]
In 1973, a conservation project brought Newfoundland puffins to Maine, where the species had been nearly wiped out by hunting. 50 years later, Project Puffin is an ecological success. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-07-05 17:07:25 UTC ]
Debut novelist Terah Shelton Harris used to believe some actions were unforgivable. Then her mind was changed by survivors of a church shooting and a friend who was sexually assaulted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2023-07-05 15:56:20 UTC ]
Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay allege that their books, which are copyrighted, were ‘used to train’ ChatGPT because the chatbot generated ‘very accurate summaries’ of the worksTwo authors have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT, claiming that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-05 14:33:31 UTC ]
A ton of Dungeons and Dragons hardcover rulebooks are on sale today for about 40% off, from the basics to the more advanced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-05 13:24:17 UTC ]
The German book market faces a perplexing set of circumstances, resulting in an overall performance down -1.9 percent in 2022. The post Germany’s 2022 Market Report: Turnover Down 1.9 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-05 13:17:22 UTC ]
Kathleen Cheng is having a hell of a Saturn Return. The late-20s protagonist of Jenny Xie’s debut novel Holding Pattern has just been dumped by the man she thought she’d spend her life with. Unmoored and questioning, she drops out of her cognitive psychology graduate program on the East Coast... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-07-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
Emergence Magazine is an online publication with annual print edition exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the Earth, we look to emerging... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-05 08:53:57 UTC ]
NASCAR's Chicago street race during the holiday weekend shut down many businesses along the route, including Exile in Bookville, which sustained thousands of dollars in losses. Some of that loss was alleviated by a spike in online orders by customers wanting to support the store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author of a series of comic novels that focused on the tragi-comic nature of relationships and the general absurdities of lifeMavis Cheek, who has died aged 75, was the author of a series of comic novels that cast an acute eye on middle-class marriage and relationships and marked her out as one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-04 16:07:50 UTC ]
The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is readKakwenza Rukirabashaija tries to keep his scars covered around his children. Even in the height of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-04 12:53:40 UTC ]
Amazon Prime Day 2023 is one week away on July 11th, but you don't have to wait until then to get a good deal. The company has started to roll out a few early Prime Day deals before the two-day shopping event officially commences, including, as expected, several discounts on its own devices and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-07-04 12:48:53 UTC ]
Henry had always been a theatrically pious king and in his last years he turned to religion with melancholy intensity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2023-07-04 12:22:50 UTC ]
Sammy Harkham’s new graphic novel, 'Blood of the Virgin,' weaves the lives of a young film editor and his wife and infant son into a personal, complex evocation of low-budget filmmaking in 1970s Hollywood and an epic meta-narrative on the history and legend of Tinsel Town. An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Remember the early days of the AI hype train, when everyone spent their time making stupid images using text prompts? If you want to recapture the nostalgic haze of, uh, late 2022, Picsart has got you covered. The popular image editor just launched an AI-powered animated GIF generator.The major... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-07-03 17:59:35 UTC ]
The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-03 14:54:55 UTC ]