By 2030, the company’s “30/30 Strategy” aims to cut 30% of its global emissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Hollywood talent agency is further expanding its presence in book publishing with the acquisition of the independent literary agency Fletcher & Co. After buying U.K.-based agency Curtis Brown in June 2022, the acquisition will see UTA add 12 full-time staffers to its publishing division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nine newly announced translations supported by the UAE's Sheikh Zayed Book Award have taken Arabic books into five languages. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award: Funding for Nine Translations, Arabic Into Five Languages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-03 20:39:38 UTC ]
Here’s a piece of good literary news to start the year: a new independent bookstore named after the legendary Octavia E. Butler is opening in Pasadena, California, where the late Sci-Fi icon was born and raised. I took the leap and quit my job to open my very own bookstore. Octavia’s Bookshelf... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-03 17:31:27 UTC ]
Lit Hub is pleased to share the cover for Safiya Sinclair’s forthcoming memoir, How to Say Babylon, which Simon and Schuster will publish this summer. Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-03 15:30:30 UTC ]
Let's talk about great book titles. But in order to find out what makes a good book title, let's first explore the worst book titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-03 11:36:00 UTC ]
January children's book releases are on fire with a new book by Kwame Alexander called An American Story, Emma Straub's picture book debut, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-03 11:34:00 UTC ]
Book Club for Inmates, a program run in federal penitentiaries, is having a big impact on inmates at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ont., helping them develop great discussions and open up about their own lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-01-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
The Prix Voltaire-winning Cairo publisher and bookseller Khaled Lotfy was released from prison, the IPA reports, on November 19. The post Egypt’s IPA Prix Voltaire Laureate Khaled Lotfy Out of Prison appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-03 05:05:52 UTC ]
An acclaimed theologian and author, his ideas and influence prompted titles by journalists and scholars. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Patricia Holt, book editor of the 'San Francisco Chronicle' for 17 years and the first western correspondent for 'PW,' died December 3 following a battle with cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Theologian Joseph Ratzinger, the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, was a publishing powerhouse with scores of titles by or about him. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Baillie Gifford Prize is the most prestigious nonfiction literary award in the world. We checked in with some past winners about their year in reading. * Craig Brown, 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize-winner for 150 Glimpses of the Beatles, recommends: Geoff Dyer is the funniest and most original... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-01 14:20:48 UTC ]
From ‘all the books I read this month’ pictures on Instagram to Goodreads targets, we are forgetting to read for pleasureHow long will it take you to read this article? It would almost certainly take me longer. On average, adults read about 240 words a minute, but I always exceed those pesky... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-12-31 09:00:13 UTC ]
‘Young Goodman Brown’ is an 1835 short story by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story contains a number of powerful symbols. But how should we analyse the symbolism of the story? Let’s take a closer look at the most […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-12-30 15:00:29 UTC ]
Over the holidays, we asked our social media followers to vote for the best book cover of 2022 and after an especially close competition, a crowd favorite won the hearts of book lovers. From 32 beautiful cover designs, here are the semi-finalists: Valley of Want by Ross White, cover design by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-12-30 12:00:00 UTC ]
These manga have some weird titles. Here's what they were like to read (and some history of such titles in manga). Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-12-30 11:31:00 UTC ]
Don’t miss these short stories featuring firefighting drones, lab-grown mammals, long-buried fan fiction, and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2022-12-30 10:50:00 UTC ]
As the cofounder of BookXcess and Big Bad Wolf, Andrew Yap is the most powerful bookseller you likely don’t know. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
With the three-year anniversary of the pandemic’s official start date just around the corner, the global book industry—at least outside of Asia—has generally returned to business as usual, with tentpole events being held in person. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-30 05:00:00 UTC ]