As someone who works in the tech field, I have a lot of gadgets hanging around the house. While I enjoy playing around with my custom-built theremin (yes it’s a real thing) or my embarrassingly decrepit iPhone, there’s one gadget that I always seem to reach for: my Kindle. I’m a... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2023-07-03 14:05:14 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Mexican Movies’ is a short story from Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, a 1991 collection of short stories by the American writer Sandra Cisneros (born 1954). In the story, a young Chicana girl describes going to her local movie theatre to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-07-03 14:00:35 UTC ]
Six months. 179 books. Here's what we can't wait to read in the second half of 2023. The post Most Anticipated: The Great 2023B Book Preview appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2023-07-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins ‘sincerely apologises’ to doctor for claims about Sydney private hospital in ABC journalist Steve Cannane’s bookFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA long-running defamation case sparked... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-03 06:33:55 UTC ]
Always rooting for the anti-heroine, Rita Chang-Eppig, author of 'Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea' (Bloomsbury), recommends 10 books with morally gray female protagonists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The former president's lawyers contend that he was speaking in his personal capacity, not as president of the United States, when he gave a series or recorded interviews later used in the 2022 audiobook 'The Trump Tapes.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Christine Swedowsky has acquired the publisher from Libella Publishing Group in a management buyout. The World Editions offices in Amsterdam and London will close, and the publisher will be based solely in New York. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two bestselling novelists filed a suit against OpenAI, claiming the company used intellectual property to 'train' its artificial intelligence chatbot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-07-01 14:28:47 UTC ]
Beth Nguyen left Vietnam and her biological mother when she was a baby. Her memoir “Owner of a Lonely Heart” examines the ripple effect of those departures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-01 09:03:10 UTC ]
As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-01 09:00:50 UTC ]
The influencer and Slay in Your Lane co-author talks about her journey via Twitter to become a writer, and channelling her experience of social media into debut novel The List“Honestly, I’m a better painter than I am a writer,” says Yomi Adegoke, cackling, as she takes a sip of prosecco.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-01 08:00:07 UTC ]
If Harry wins he will have to thank legal precedent set by apprentice chimney sweep 300 years agoIf Prince Harry wins his phone-hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers he will have to thank a legal precedent set by an apprentice chimney sweep more than 300 years ago.The royal’s case... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-30 16:17:33 UTC ]
The new Random House Worlds 'pop-comics' imprint Inklore is acquiring manga, manhwa, manhua, and more for a 2024 launch. The post Penguin Random House’s New Inklore: ‘Pop-Comics’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-30 15:54:25 UTC ]
Amazon has announced that Prime Day 2023 will begin 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... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-06-30 15:20:45 UTC ]
Fans of the publisher World Editions, which has brought translations of work by Maryse Condé, Amin Maalouf, Pilar Quintana, Jaap Robben and Zhang Yueran to English-language audiences, has found a new owner—none other than the US director Christine Swedowsky. A rare fairy-tale finish! World... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-30 13:57:16 UTC ]
Small presses have been publishing excellent work by writers who you may not know (yet). From compelling short stories to heart-wrenching novels, these books will take you on a journey across states and countries, into the past or to the future, as well as deep into the minds of richly-drawn... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-06-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
One of the world’s oldest newspapers, the Vienna-based Wiener Zeitung, is ending its daily print run after more than three centuries Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-06-30 10:46:38 UTC ]
The kids are more prepared than most adults to understand and expect acceptance for all in school libraries (and beyond!). Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-30 10:35:00 UTC ]
First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next weekIt is a book that has certainly lived up to its name: a rare edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought for 30p could fetch up to £5,000 at auction.The first novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-30 09:29:28 UTC ]
Before you say it, I know: there are so, so many books about the Second World War. And when I set out to write my most recent novel, The Paris Deception, the thought crossed my mind—do we really need another book about Paris during the war? But historical fiction is a rich field, and there […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-30 08:55:14 UTC ]