Beloved English author and illustrator behind more than 60 books, including Dogger and the Alfie series, was voted the most popular Kate Greenaway winner in 50 years• Shirley Hughes obituaryShirley Hughes, the author and illustrator whose everyday stories of early childhood cast a happy glow... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-02 07:51:03 UTC ]
Prone to flooding, by the 1970s Brisbane’s South Bank was largely undeveloped open space. It is now home to Queensland’s major cultural institutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-03-02 05:39:40 UTC ]
The Blue Manatee Literacy Project announced that the children's bookstore is closing on March 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
In her moving graphic memoir, 'What is Home, Mum?', Sabba Khan, a second-generation Pakistani immigrant living with her family in Britain, tells the story of her family before and after their desperate move to the UK after Pakistan-India Partition in 1947. A 10-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nick Beilenson, who took over his parents' publishing business, Peter Pauper Press, in 1981 died on February 22 of complications from Covid-19. He was 85. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
An enterprising entrepreneur, he spun the tedium of his daily commute into a cottage industry that gave bibliophiles a novel way of experiencing literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-02 04:08:56 UTC ]
Book Reviews Photo by Dominik Scythe / Unsplash A new book by a Nobel laureate and Booker award-winning author always brings with it a sense of trepidation. Will the new novel live up to the already established high expectations? Klara and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-03-01 21:50:34 UTC ]
This year’s awards were conferred to writers and translators in eleven different categories in a ceremony hosted by comedian Seth Myers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-01 20:02:25 UTC ]
The novelist Kathryn Davis' memoir, 'Aurelia, Aurélia," is a Virginia Woolf-inspired whoosh of experiences in the aftermath of her husband's death. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 18:31:42 UTC ]
Frequently given shortlist and longlist attention, Cal Flyn's socio-ecological study 'Islands of Abandonment' wins Young Writer of the Year. The post Awards: Cal Flyn Wins the £10,000 Young Writer of the Year Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-03-01 17:30:05 UTC ]
Vivat Publishing's Julia Orlova says book publishers in Ukraine are providing digital books as part of their contribution to the war effort. The post Ukraine’s Julia Orlova: ‘A Reading Nation’ Under Attack appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-03-01 17:12:14 UTC ]
Stewart O'Nan's “Ocean State” opens with a shocking line, but the novel feels allergic to its own suspense. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-01 15:35:08 UTC ]
Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 14:00:34 UTC ]
Karen Cheung introduces readers to an array of characters and tackles themes such as belonging, postcolonial identity and the meaning of home in a nearly uninhabitable city of tiny apartments and stratospheric rent. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-01 12:00:37 UTC ]
Clear your nightstand, virtual or otherwise, in anticipation of some excellent reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-01 11:00:44 UTC ]
In her new book, Amy Bloom writes about loving her husband and helping him to end his life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-03-01 10:59:23 UTC ]
'The Kissing Bug' by Daisy Hernández (Tin House) received the evening's top prize, the $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, at the February 28 event in midtown Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah Jessica Parker will launch a new imprint at Zando, SJP Lit. Parker will acquire books under the SJP Lit imprint, which will publish four to six books over the course of the next three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones, the U.K. bookstore chain owned and overseen by the same team—Elliott Advisors and James Daunt—that runs Barnes & Noble has acquired Blackwell's that operates 18 U.K. bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Prolific children's book illustrator Leonard Kessler, known for his wide range of early readers, picture books, and concept books, died on February 16 at age 101. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]