Piccadilly Press and Hot Key Books, imprints of Bonnier Books UK, have acquired two new “enchanting” titles from the New York Times bestselling author Kelly Barnhill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 08:33:07 UTC ]
Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has become the UK’s bestselling adult hardback book since records began, according to figures released by publisher Ebury. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 07:15:56 UTC ]
The Authors Guild has launched a National Letter Writing campaign, asking its 11,000 members and supporters to send emails and letters to school boards, lawmakers, and newspapers arguing that banning books harms students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
U.K-based Bloomsbury Publishing has expanded its presence in the U.S. with the acquisition of the academic and reference publisher ABC-CLIO for a purchase price of $22.3 million. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO had sales of $14.7 million in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
With only the adult fiction segment posting an increase, unit sales of print books fell 12.2% last week compared to the week ended December 12, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Former US President Barack Obama has released a 13-strong list of his favourite books of the year, spanning memoir, fiction and non-fiction, including Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen (Fourth Estate), These Precious Days by Ann Patchett (Bloomsbury) and Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 04:55:04 UTC ]
Fionnuala Barrett has been promoted to audio publishing director at HarperCollins, effective immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 04:50:59 UTC ]
Duckworth has signed Siddarth Shrikanth’s “uniquely accessible debut” on the climate crisis, The Business Case for Nature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 02:35:15 UTC ]
Mudlark has snapped up a "vibrant and atmospheric" book on the history of the lie detector by WIRED journalist Amit Katwala. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 00:31:37 UTC ]
Nearly a week after Lee Enterprises rejected Alden Global Capital’s attempt to buy the newspaper publisher, the hedge fund responded Wednesday with a lawsuit accusing Lee’s board of improperly denying shareholders the chance to have a say on the offer Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2021-12-15 23:34:05 UTC ]
Edmund de Waal, Nicole Krauss and Martin Puchner are among 13 authors longlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize with their "powerful expressions of the diversity of Jewish experience". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 22:46:16 UTC ]
Nine Eight Books, the music imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired the “compelling and pertinent memoir” from 1960s soul legend P P Arnold. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 22:10:47 UTC ]
Tanya Andrews has been appointed to the newly created role of Folio Academy manager for the Rathbones Folio Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 20:09:41 UTC ]
The author, educator and activist who was among the most influential feminist thinkers of her time has died. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2021-12-15 18:37:52 UTC ]
PEN America has announced their 2022 Literary Award longlists, with awards in 11 different categories. Here they are. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-15 17:59:20 UTC ]
She wrote more than 30 books, drawing on history, politics and her own life while examining race, class and gender in America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-15 17:25:58 UTC ]
Claire McGowan’s true crime investigation, The Vanishing Triangle, has been acquired by Little A, the literary imprint of Amazon Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 16:24:14 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired California-based academic publisher ABC-CLIO in a $22.9m (£17.3m) deal, expanding its academic and digital publishing presence in North America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 16:09:02 UTC ]
The best stories by the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) are written in spare, clear prose, using short sentences and plain dialogue. This is a trademark feature of Hemingway’s style in his short stories and novels. But what are Hemingway’s very best stories? He wrote dozens of short... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2021-12-15 15:00:48 UTC ]
HarperCollins is participating in "five days of giving" this week, to highlight the charities and causes it is supporting this Christmas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 14:56:31 UTC ]