The Cundill History Prize 2022 shortlist includes a current-year Pulitzer Prize winner among its eight titles from six publishers. The post Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize: 2022 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-23 12:24:47 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author known for her award-winning Wolf Hall historical trilogy, died on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Twitter on Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2022-09-23 11:29:52 UTC ]
‘She saw and felt things us ordinary mortals missed,’ her agent says of Booker prize-winning author who died on Thursday• Hilary Mantel remembered: ‘She was the queen of literature’• ‘The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write’: Hilary Mantel in her own wordsThe Booker... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-09-23 11:29:23 UTC ]
Mantel was credited with reenergizing historical fiction with “Wolf Hall” and two sequels about the 16th-century English powerbroker Thomas Cromwell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-09-23 10:42:20 UTC ]
Banned Books Week has been a busy week for banning books. That, plus a look at some of the regional groups pushing censorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-09-23 10:40:00 UTC ]
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes while recording audiobooks? Six prolific audiobook narrators gave us the inside scoop. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-09-23 10:31:00 UTC ]
Translated by Charlotte Whittle The novel, Looking Back by Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vázquez, which has won a major literary prize in Mexico, will have many readers. It is one of the great novels to have been written in Spanish and its author tells us that the events it portrays also... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-09-23 08:52:19 UTC ]
Random House and Celadon announce upcoming editions of the House Select Committee’s January 6 report, Currency takes on a memoir by YouTuber and former banker Gary Stevenson, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books dropped 2.3% in the week ended Sept. 17, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Final statistics from the Association of American Publishers show that sales in 2021 topped $29 billion, with all categories posting increases. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
In September 2011, we reported that Books-A-Million had agreed to acquire 24 former Borders locations, after Borders filed for bankruptcy and began shuttering its outlets earlier that year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
'Hope for the Flowers' and 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' are marking milestones this year after years as backlist backbones for their publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
On September 21, hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to celebrate the life and work of writer Joan Didion, who died on December 23, 2021, at the age of 87. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Joan Fusco, former manager of remainders and overstock at Abrams, died on September 14 following a debilitating stroke. She was 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by C.J. Box, Naomi Novik, and Greg Wade. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
In honor of Banned Books Week, the resolution seeks to recognize the “alarming threats to freedom of expression” sweeping the country, and calls for “local governments and educational institutions” to protect the rights of Americans “to read a wide array of book reflecting a multitude of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
In Strategy to Reality, the author offers a holistic perspective on building and structuring a successful business. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's change reportedly will prevent a self-service return of a Kindle ebook for a full refund if a consumer has read more than 10 percent of the text. The post In London and New York, Authors’ Trade Groups Hail Amazon’s Change on Self-Service Ebook Returns appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-09-22 19:04:47 UTC ]
Michael Dirda recalls a time of typewriters and landlines, of putting together a newspaper section that captured the joy of literature and love of reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-09-22 15:00:54 UTC ]
In "Lucy by the Sea," Lucy Barton returns, this time riding out the pandemic’s early wave with her ex-husband in Maine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-09-22 15:00:00 UTC ]