Gareth Rapley announces a long-term move for London Book Fair to March, away from Bologna's 2024 dates. The post ‘LBF-BCBF’ 2024 Conflict Resolved: London Date Change appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-04-06 15:08:55 UTC ]
Caryl Phillips on being chosen as a Best of Young British Novelists in 1993 and the nascent culture of literary celebrity. The post On Literary Celebrity appeared first on Granta. Continue reading >> [ Source: Granta | 2023-04-06 11:41:47 UTC ]
A.L. Kennedy on being chosen for, and judging Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. The post On Judging <em>Granta</em>’s Best of Young British Novelists appeared first on Granta. Continue reading >> [ Source: Granta | 2023-04-06 11:32:41 UTC ]
Ned Beauman on his translation into Assamese, and where being named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists took him. The post On the Anxieties of Translation appeared first on Granta. Continue reading >> [ Source: Granta | 2023-04-06 11:24:19 UTC ]
What states spend the most money on their public libraries and what states see the most use per person? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-06 11:21:40 UTC ]
The Halo Rise is also a small but significant piece of Amazon’s ongoing foray into health and wellness. For $140 (on sale now for $100), the Rise uses motion sensing to predict and track your breathing rate and calculate how long you’ve slept.Like Google’s Nest Hub, which also uses motion... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-04-06 11:15:05 UTC ]
Check out new books that center immigration, disability, LGBTQ+ pride, and more in this list of April children's book releases. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-06 10:30:00 UTC ]
“I queued up to get his autograph with nothing but a dollar bill for him to sign,” says the pop star, whose debut novel is “This Bird Has Flown.” “He glanced up, amused, gave me a mischievous half-smile and said, ‘Ah, defacing U.S. currency,’ and proceeded to sign it.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-04-06 09:00:12 UTC ]
I have imbibed fairy tales ever since I was six years old. I used to sneak into the public library and scatter several books on the floor to read, even if I couldn’t read them. My mother used to read the Grimms and Andersen tales aloud to me every night until I could read them […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-06 08:53:02 UTC ]
La Verne Wimberly, whose Sunday morning selfies in her fabulous hats went viral, is promoting the newly released 'My Sunday Best' during Easter season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
An early Easter and sales of more than 225,000 copies of the newest edition in Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man series combined to increase unit sales of print books by 2.7% last week over the comparable week in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Children's Books has acquired publishing rights from Hasbro for 'Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes,' a new animated action-adventure series starring a seven-year-old African girl, Kiya, whose passions for dancing and martial arts are transformed into superpowers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
News of Mango Publishing's book tied to a Jane Goodall-inspired TV series, a self-published Major League Baseball-licensed title, and prosocial initiatives from Sesame Workshop that include digital storybooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2022 'Sustainable Business Report' from the Springer Nature Group examines workforce dynamics and responses to the climate crisis. The post Springer Nature Issues a New Sustainability Report appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-04-05 20:42:53 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2023 5 Under 35 Honorees, who are five writers with exceptional debuts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-05 18:17:05 UTC ]
In December 2022, author Chelsea Banning had 37 people RSVP “yes” to her book event. On the day, only two showed up. In March 2023, Jamar Perry showed up to his 7 p.m. book event to find the bookstore empty, and figured he would give it another 40 minutes. Still, no one came. This week, […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-05 11:57:06 UTC ]
Whether you love horror, thrill rides, romance, space adventures, or something else entirely, spring 2023 YA paperbacks have you set. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-05 10:37:00 UTC ]
Call or swing by your local comic book shop and add these great books to your pull list. Here are 1 new comics to read in April 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-05 10:30:00 UTC ]
The Stinging Fly has helped launch several of Ireland’s most promising writers. How has a publication with 1,000 subscribers carved a niche in the Irish canon? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-04-05 09:00:42 UTC ]
Profound, big-hearted, and raw, the adaptation of bestselling book Tiny Beautiful Things is powerful television. Its writer talks grief, sorrow and being friends for life with Reese WitherspoonIn 2011, a little-known fortysomething author called Cheryl Strayed was about to become huge. She had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-05 05:00:25 UTC ]