Some agents and publishers who chose not to roll over their London Book Fair bookings from 2020 have reported struggling to get tables at next year’s event, with organisers admitting there is now a waiting list amid high demand and construction works at the Olympia venue. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 16:42:18 UTC ]
The Publishers Association and the Federation of European Publishers have voiced their support for the Association of American Publishers’ challenge of an “unprecedented, unjustified” Maryland law which could force publishers both in the US and abroad to license e-books to the state's public... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 16:08:03 UTC ]
Clemency Burton-Hill’s audiobook of Another Year of Wonder (Headline Home) will be narrated by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne, with an introduction from Elizabeth Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 14:20:56 UTC ]
If you’ve started to generally understand the ebbs and flows of cryptocurrencies, the volatility of Bitcoin and the rest, and started to comprehend why blockchain tech has a big future beyond Dogecoin, it probably means you’re late to the NFT party. Non-fungible tokens are, well, unique. (That’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-12-20 12:13:50 UTC ]
Dolphin Junction by Mick Herron (John Murray) was the most reviewed fiction book this week as it was mentioned in the Guardian, New York Times, Telegraph and Times. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 12:03:32 UTC ]
A few years ago, I found myself a bit tipsy at the National Book Award ceremony. It was my first—and so far, only—time there. The experience felt grand; it was a red-carpeted “benefit dinner” on Wall Street. People wore tuxedos and gowns. I couldn’t look around the room without seeing a writer I... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-12-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
From Franzen to Kidneygate (with a prolonged pit stop in the land of Supply Chain Issues), we’ve finally reached the end of the Biggest Literary Stories of the Year. Against reading historical fiction to learn history: Juhea Kim considers how the onus of writing educational fiction falls... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-20 11:30:45 UTC ]
Hachette Livre owner Lagardère has raised its publishing division's profitability outlook to 13.5%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 11:14:48 UTC ]
Waterstones is partnering with the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award to celebrate the best emerging talent in the UK and Ireland, hosting exclusive accompanying content across all its channels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 08:28:44 UTC ]
The French parliament has adopted a law to ban virtually free home deliveries of books in a clear attempt to boost indies and clip the wings of Amazon and other online booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 05:09:20 UTC ]
bell hooks, the activist, author, groundbreaking intersectional feminist theorist, and professor, died on December 15 at her home in Berea, Ky. She was 69. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
An independent Somerset bookshop is being forced to close for good after Storm Arwen damaged the roof. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 01:26:46 UTC ]
It’s been an eventful year in the American publishing industry, with moves and mergers aplenty—but sales figures are incredibly promising. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:47:40 UTC ]
Serpent's Tail has bagged a post-apocalyptic novel and a memoir from 2020 Goldsmiths Prize winner M John Harrison, who is leaving his long-term publisher Gollancz after 40 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:45:16 UTC ]
CrimeFest is offering a bursary for a writer of colour to attend its festival in May 2022 and appear on a panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:32:15 UTC ]
Harriet Wilson will join Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) as publisher of fiction brands and classics, after more than a decade with HarperCollins Children’s Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 22:58:37 UTC ]
Canongate has landed James Crawford's The Edge of the Plain, a blend of history, travel writing and reportage tracing the evolution and cultural significance of land borders. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 20:30:23 UTC ]
A queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet", The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu, has been signed by Solaris. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 15:34:27 UTC ]
In acerbic essays and novels, she wrote about Hollywood's wild excesses, and her own, becoming a literary phenomenon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-19 13:42:08 UTC ]
White went from the streets of Baltimore to the philharmonic. In his memoir "I'm Possible," he tells the story of how he transformed his life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-18 13:00:13 UTC ]