The comedy legend responsible for “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein” has written a memoir with the cheer and zip of a one-liner. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-01 10:00:02 UTC ]
For this installment in a series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with Tongo Eisen-Martin. Eisen-Martin is the Poet Laureate of San Francisco, California. He is the author of Heaven Is All Goodbyes (City Lights Books, 2017), which was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-01 09:49:18 UTC ]
Yasmine Awwad, Sophie Meadows and Mathelinda Nabugodi have been shortlisted for the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award, chosen from 983 entries this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 09:27:14 UTC ]
Quercus has signed two more standalone novels from bestselling author Beth O’Leary. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 08:14:03 UTC ]
Siena and her artist-husband Mark revisit her 2006 young readers memoir 'To Dance' in 'Tiny Dancer', a new and more expansive autobiographical work for older readers on her passion for dance and her career in ballet. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Due to the arrival of the Omicron variant, Hachette Book Group said it has not set a date for a full return to its offices with CEO Michael Pietsch saying the company will only bring people back when it is safe to do so. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jenna Johnson has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, succeeding Eric Chinski, who has stepped into a new role as senior executive editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Candida Lacey, former publishing director at Myriad Editions, is joining the newly announced Footnote Press as consulting editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 03:21:21 UTC ]
The London Library is releasing its second anthology featuring work from its Emerging Writers programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 01:29:13 UTC ]
David Walliams and Tony Ross' Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (HarperCollins Children's Books) has swiped the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week, selling 54,528 copies in its first full week on the shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 01:13:04 UTC ]
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after the author identified him as her attacker in an assault she described in her memoir “Lucky.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-30 23:51:15 UTC ]
Nosy Crow has landed a "stunning, vibrant" illustrated gift book of ancient Indian fables, retold by poet Nikita Gill in her debut book for younger children, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 22:50:19 UTC ]
I was 10 years old when I read my first crime fiction novel. A charity shop copy of Agatha Christie’s 1935 Death in the Clouds, gifted from my gran. For the 38 years since I have devoured crime fiction and thrillers. And I am not alone. In the UK in June 2020, the publishing industry saw a crime... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 22:50:13 UTC ]
Sebold apologized to Anthony Broadwater, convicted of her rape in 1982 and exonerated last week. Her publisher announced a pause to consider revisions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-30 22:41:08 UTC ]
Picador has stopped distribution of Alice Sebold's memoir Lucky as the author apologised to the man who was exonerated of her rape last week, 40 years after his conviction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 20:34:54 UTC ]
Presenter Kate Lawler’s "brave and important" debut about motherhood has been snapped up by Seven Dials. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 19:58:31 UTC ]
Literary imprint and film production company Cheerio is hosting a free two-day Francis Bacon exhibition featuring a live poetry showcase, alongside a ticketed in conversation event with Dolly Alderton and author James Birch (pictured). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 19:55:34 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has scooped two more "brilliant" YA novels from Adam Silvera, including a new book set in the same universe as his viral TikTok phenomenon They Both Die at The End (S&S). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 18:53:33 UTC ]
Independent press Rough Trade Books has landed Sheena Patel's "imaginative, vital" debut novel I'm a Fan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 18:13:31 UTC ]
Yale University Press will publish a "lavish" edition of Franz Kafka's drawings, including more than 100 newly discovered pieces. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 17:31:27 UTC ]