Citing the alarming rise in recent infections from the Covid-19 coronavirus, the American Booksellers Association has cancelled the 2022 Winter Institute scheduled for February 13-16 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Refunds will be issued in January. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
You just got your hands on a new phone. Naturally, your first inclination is to head to the App Store or the Google Play Store to download your favorite apps to your shiny new device. While the Engadget team tries to keep our phones relatively unencumbered, there are some apps we can't live... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-12-27 18:00:49 UTC ]
He deciphered the secrets of ants, studied social behavior in organisms and was one of the greatest naturalists of his time. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-27 10:40:00 UTC ]
Redu, Belgium, was for decades a destination for book lovers. But now more than half of its bookstores have closed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-26 14:43:23 UTC ]
With modern consoles offering gamers graphics so photorealistic that they blur the line between CGI and reality, it's easy forget just how cartoonishly blocky they were in the 8-bit era. In his new book, Creating Q*Bert and Other Classic Arcade Games, legendary game designer and programmer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-12-25 16:30:11 UTC ]
Have you ever looked at your mouse and thought "it's fine, but kind of a big fat waste of space?" Gaming accessory company XPG apparently did, because it's just unveiled a concept mouse for CES 2022 with a built-in high-speed SSD drive stuffed inside, Digital Trends has reported. The XPG Vault... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-12-24 21:00:55 UTC ]
The American author was not only brilliant but also generous and kind to younger writers, writes Emma BrockesThere is that famous photo of Joan Didion, taken in Malibu in 1976, in which she leans on a deck overlooking the beach, cigarette in hand, scotch glass at her elbow, and regards her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-24 18:44:54 UTC ]
My father, Trevlyn D’Cruz, who has died aged 83, was an accountant who became managing director of the publishing company New English Library (NEL) in 1974. His years there read like a primer of 70s culture: he distributed Bob Guccione’s Playboy magazine rival, Penthouse, was involved in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-24 16:49:25 UTC ]
We're spotlighting some of the best science fiction and fantasy series concluded in 2021. Dive into them now, no waiting required! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-24 11:33:00 UTC ]
Independent bookshop Kibworth Books has raised more than £2,000, to gift books to children being treated in Leicester Royal Infirmary over Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-24 11:27:47 UTC ]
The author, who died Thursday, produced decades' worth of memorable work. Here's our guide to starting — or continuing — your Didion journey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-12-23 21:24:38 UTC ]
An interesting dispatch from prize world: as The Bookseller reported, a new international survey conducted by Nielsen Book shows publishers, writers, booksellers and media consider the Booker Prize the “most important” literary prize. The Booker’s status isn’t completely out of left field, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-23 20:28:47 UTC ]
Independent book shop McNally Jackson staged a public protest with a melodic twist in New York this week, reworking classic seasonal songs and sending carolers to perform in front of the Amazon four-star store in the SoHo neighborhood. The newly written lyrics, from agency DCX Growth... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-12-23 20:20:41 UTC ]
The unsparing observer of US culture, politics and public life won huge acclaim for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking• Read Alex Clark’s interview with Joan Didion from February 2021• Obituary: Joan DidionJoan Didion, the eminent journalist, author and anthropologist of contemporary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-23 17:19:56 UTC ]
Her novels and essays explored the agitated, fractured state of the nation’s psyche. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-23 17:15:33 UTC ]
Irish President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to poet Thomas Kinsella, who died on 22nd December, aged 93 Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 15:24:54 UTC ]
On Tuesday, Nielsen was excitedly looking ahead to its future, touting next month's rollout of Nielsen One Alpha, the first version of its cross-platform tool that will enable publishers and marketers to transact on a single metric across linear and digital platforms. With Disney and Magna among... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-12-23 13:56:54 UTC ]
The celebrity cookbook is a curious genre: its essential premise is that a person who is famous for something other than cooking can, on the basis of that fame, also teach us how to cook. At the same time, it’s a tried-and-true publishing gambit: Gwyneth Paltrow and Stanley Tucci are following... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-12-23 12:05:00 UTC ]
‘On Girlhood,’ edited by Glory Edim, pulls together the work of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-23 12:00:13 UTC ]
HarperCollins and Catherine Belton have settled their dispute with Roman Abramovich over certain passages in Putin’s People (William Collins) about the reasons for the Russian billionaire's purchase of Chelsea Football Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 11:16:19 UTC ]