Little A, the literary fiction and non-fiction imprint of Amazon Publishing, has acquired a "powerful" memoir by Paul Burston, founder of the Polari Prize, the UK’s first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-09 09:18:56 UTC ]
Novels by Lisa Jewell, Karin Slaughter and Tana French are among the six-strong line-up for the Richard & Judy Book Club this winter, with all the choices written by women. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-09 05:25:34 UTC ]
The AAP filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop Maryland's library e-book law for taking effect January 1 and also disclosed that it was one of more than 20 organizations to sign a letter to New York governor Kathy Hochul urging her to veto a similar bill. Both pieces of legislation require... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Atsma has been promoted to v-p and publisher at Ecco. Newly reporting to Atsma are Miriam Parker, v-p and associate publisher, and Allison Saltzman, senior art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books dipped 0.2% last week compared to the week ended December 5, 2020, ending a long string of weekly sales growth. Only adult fiction and young adult fiction had sales increases over last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
After a national search, the Loft literary center in Minneapolis announced that its new executive director is arts and social justice advocate Arleta Little, director of artist fellowships at the McKnight Foundation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
'Just Roll With It' by writer Lee Durfey-Lavoie and artist Veronica Agarwala is a debut graphic novel about a grade-school girl who is beginning to deal with anxiety and Obessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
In a major deal in the bargain book business, Book Depot, the bargain book distributor based in Thorold, Ont., has acquired American Book Company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
As a Village Voice critic, he became one of the leading chroniclers of the emergence of hip-hop and had a powerful influence on later critics. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-09 00:26:12 UTC ]
The Festival for Working-Class Writers' team are on the lookout for books to promote as part of their new book club, which launches in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:43:53 UTC ]
Transworld has scooped an "extraordinary and deeply moving" story of a British soldier who suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:32:47 UTC ]
Sarah Harkness has won the Tony Lothian Prize for her "sympathetic" biography proposal "Alexander Macmillan, Advocate for the Ignorant – The Life and Times of a Victorian Publisher". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:14:29 UTC ]
It is almost exactly a year since I rode into Barcelona on a second-hand bicycle I had bought in Lisbon a thousand miles earlier. As well as all the normal enjoyment of seeing your book on a shop shelf, I’m also slightly amazed when I stop to think that it was only 12 months ago that Iberia was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 22:47:22 UTC ]
Elliot & Thompson has snapped up a memoir by writer Nancy Campbell, whose recent book Fifty Words for Snow (Elliot & Thompson) was Waterstones’ November Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 21:39:33 UTC ]
Citing some 20 percent of its workforce being based in India, Springer Nature chooses the state of Meghalaya for its tree-planting project. The post Springer Nature Plants Trees in India, One for Each Employee appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-12-08 19:08:20 UTC ]
Critic Michael Dirda’s picks include ‘Dear Highlights,’ ‘A Ray Bradbury Compendium’ and ‘American Christmas Stories’ Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-08 17:32:50 UTC ]
Alongside Richard Osman and JK Rowling, figures show huge successes for relative unknowns Ellery Adams and Brenda ChapmanThe UK’s library users are widely seen as a traditional bunch when it comes to choosing their next read, but while Richard Osman might have topped the list of the year’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-08 16:34:37 UTC ]
Penguin Business has landed a guide to diversity and inclusion aimed at "straight, white male leaders" by Suki Sandhu and Felicity Hassan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 16:21:21 UTC ]
Independent Publisher Out-Spoken Press has acquired Fran Lock's "arresting" debut essay collection. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 15:58:14 UTC ]
This is the first of 1,000 of Reginald Dwayne Betts's planned Freedom Libraries to be installed in prisons across the U.S. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-08 15:07:32 UTC ]