The Northern Writers’ Awards has opened for submissions with a chance to win a share of £40,000 in development opportunities as former winner Benjamin Myers (pictured) launches a new short story category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 20:45:57 UTC ]
Seven books comb through history, travel to distant planets and imagine our A.I. future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-03 20:26:32 UTC ]
Roy Schwartz’s Is Superman Circumcised?, a look at Superman’s Jewish influences, has won U.K.-based Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, beating out The Life Cycle of Russian Things: From Fish Guts to Fabergé for the honor. Is Superman Circumcised? won in a landslide, taking... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 18:03:46 UTC ]
Yesterday, a footnote to an op-ed in the LA Times revealed that Red Badge Films is now producing a documentary about Anthony Broadwater’s conviction and then exoneration of Alice Sebold’s rape, called Unlucky. Red Badge Films is helmed by Tim Mucciante, previously the executive producer for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 17:48:54 UTC ]
If you missed Amazon's standard e-reader when it was on sale for $50 on Black Friday, you have another shot to grab it for less. The regular Kindle is back on sale for $55, and you'll get three months of Kindle Unlimited along with it. It may be a bit more expensive than it was one week ago, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-12-03 17:32:03 UTC ]
This year, writers and publishers learned about the power of #BookTok—a literature-loving corner of TikTok where readers post videos inspired by the books they love. Viral trends involving certain books launched backlist titles to the top of the fiction charts; particularly, tearjerkers with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 16:56:08 UTC ]
It might seem odd for a magazine called The Bookseller to have a dedicated issue for “booksellers”, but this week’s issue is a dedicated one for, well, booksellers, including our now-annual listing of the Bookshop Heroes, those purveyors of the written word who, when push came to shove in 2021,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 15:21:51 UTC ]
With membership of the Booksellers Association growing and indies rejuvenated by ‘shop local’ initiatives, its president AndyRossiter shares how the trade body served its members through lockdowns. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 15:20:51 UTC ]
Novelists and short-story writers have created some classic narratives about man’s best friend, the dog. But what are the very best stories and novels about dogs? Where should we begin in assessing the classic, canonical literature that features dogs? From Homer’s Odyssey onwards – where the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2021-12-03 15:00:29 UTC ]
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Sarah Thankam Mathews’ debut novel All This Could Be Different, which will be published by Viking—who acquired it in an 8-way auction—in summer 2022. The publisher describes the book as “an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 15:00:16 UTC ]
Unbound is reprinting 70,000 copies of Cain's Jawbone, as the literary mystery by Edward Powys Mathers continues to prove a TikTok sensation and bookshops experience high demand from customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 14:34:58 UTC ]
Twelve new yarns will whisk readers to the past, where life was every bit as complicated, dramatic and story-worthy as the present. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-03 14:00:06 UTC ]
“Crime and Punishment” was a turning point for the Russian writer — and for literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
David Cay Johnston’s colorful, thorough book doesn’t grapple with the legacy of Jan. 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
Reporter Andrea Elliott spent eight years following Dasani and her struggling family. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
Geography’s role in wars and politics shows the world isn’t “flat,” Tim Marshall writes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million US to billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp and venture-backed Nanoracks to develop privately owned and operated commercial space stations. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-12-03 12:56:05 UTC ]
The founder of The Book People, Seni Glaister, is launching a new retail platform for bookshops, Litalist, next year—and there are incentives for early adopters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 11:15:06 UTC ]
Black bookshop owners are finding that their efforts are paying off by sharing stories and bringing communities closer together through their local store. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 08:27:39 UTC ]
The m.d. of the Booksellers Association pays tribute to its members and the shop-floor staff who have ensured bookshops remain central to high streets. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 07:18:45 UTC ]