Esteemed Agent, I’m seeking representation for my [300,000-word rhyming memoir / novel-in-grocery-coupons / famous literary graves calendar**] which is a cross between [Maid and Green Eggs and Ham / a bag of Halloween candy and that novel-in-texts you just sold / an apple watch and a mortuary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-11-11 12:05:00 UTC ]
If you haven't considered running a comic book club in your school library, here are reasons why you should (& activities to do!). Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-11 11:37:00 UTC ]
Beyond Wakanda Forever, comic book writers like Evan Narcisse are extending the reach of the Black Panther’s story. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2022-11-11 10:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Steve Martin, Kennedy Ryan, and Emma Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
After two years of dealing with Covid restrictions, fall book festivals returned in earnest this year, providing readers opportunities to engage with some of publishing’s best-known authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
New book club picks include Katy Hays's debut novel, 'The Cloisters,' and a 10th anniversary edition of Cheryl Strayed's 'Tiny Beautiful Things.' Plus Matthew Perry and Bono release memoirs, and Boby Dylan and Quentin Tarantino contemplate the greats in their respective fields. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Elsevier's just released Confidence in Research report suggests that researchers today must work to combat false and misleading information. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
As the pandemic recedes, booksellers adopt new strategies to keep sales growing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The first three categories' longlists have been released in the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, based in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Award Names Longlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, Young Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-10 20:55:04 UTC ]
The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been awarded to Khadija Abdalla Bajaber for her debut YA novel The House of Rust. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-10 19:36:19 UTC ]
As you may have seen on Book Twitter today, the unionized workers of HarperCollins are striking to secure a fair contract, livable wages, and a more equitable publishing industry. Some 250 employees—across the editorial, publicity, sales, marketing, legal and design departments—agreed to go on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-10 19:23:57 UTC ]
Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversityStephanie Guerdan started working in the children’s book department of HarperCollins Publishers six years ago. It was a dream job – just not a dream paycheck. The $33,500-a-year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-10 18:03:45 UTC ]
Comic book saviors get resurrected all the time. Chadwick Boseman’s 2020 death made that impossible for Black Panther’s sequel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2022-11-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
“Our teeth tell stories about us, about the way that we have lived, about where we come from, about our habits, our health, and status.” Angelique Stevens muses on dentistry, poverty, and inequality. | Lit Hub Memoir In this week’s Life Advice for Book Lovers, Dorothea recommends books for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-10 11:30:40 UTC ]
“I’d never read anything like it,” says the actor and director, whose memoir “All About Me!” is newly out in paperback. “It was hysterically funny and incredibly moving at the same time. It’s like Gogol stuck a pen in his heart, and it didn’t even go through his mind on its way to the page.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-11-10 10:00:12 UTC ]
Exclusive: Britain’s Got Talent judge made sexually explicit comments about participant, leak showsThe Britain’s Got Talent judge David Walliams made derogatory and sexually explicit remarks about contestants during the recording of an episode of the ITV show, according to a leaked transcript... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-10 10:00:02 UTC ]
Greenlight welcomes poet and author Emma Bolden for a virtual evening celebrating her new book, The Tiger and the Cage. This exquisitely wrought debut memoir recounts Bolden’s lifelong struggle with chronic pain and endometriosis, while speaking more broadly to anyone who has been told “it’s all... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-10 09:52:30 UTC ]
Sandra Simonds is the award-winning author of eight books of poetry: Triptychs (Wave Books, November 2022), Atopia (Wesleyan University Press, 2019), Orlando (Wave Books, 2018), Further Problems with Pleasure, winner of the 2015 Akron Poetry Prize from the University of Akron Press, Steal It... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-10 09:52:10 UTC ]
The venture capital market is slowing -- and while that might be a good thing for some investors, it'll likely be more difficult for media companies to raise capital. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2022-11-10 05:01:00 UTC ]
The soft fall sales season continued last week, with print unit sales falling 14.9% compared to the week ended November 6, 2021. Sales declined in all categories, including sales of adult fiction, which has been the best-performing segment this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]