Independent poetry publisher Offord Road Books is opening its submissions window exclusively to writers from black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds until March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist, radio show host and publisher of the extremist right-wing website InfoWars, is co-writing a book with "The Game" author Neil Strauss, CNN reports. The network obtained a proposal sent to major publishers for a book to be titled “The Secret History of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Cameroonian-American novelist, poet, and academic, who was arrested last month following the publication of an article critical of government repression in Cameroon, has been freed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Mary Hoffman and her publisher Barrington Stoke have hit back against a complaint about a children's book about racism which uses offensive language. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion has splashed six figures on British screenwriter Alex Michaelides' first thriller, in one of the biggest debut deals agency Rogers, Coleridge & White has cut in the last five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
ReedPOP has unveiled a lineup of science fiction, mystery and thriller authors for BookCon 2018, which includes such authors as David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Brad Meltzer, and Walter Mosley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has shortlisted 10 authors and illustrators from countries such as France, Iran and Austria for this year’s Hans Christian Andersen Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
ReedPOP has announced the lineup for the 2018 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, which will take place on June 1, at this year’s BookExpo in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish Book Trust has revealed the winners of this year’s New Writers Awards, each of whom will receive £2,000 to help with their career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Catherine Eccles reflects on the history of the Eccles British Library Writer's Award and how it supports authors' careers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Zealand author Joy Cowley has been shortlisted for the highest international distinction given to the creators of children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
We’ve gathered a selection of children’s and YA authors to meet at this year’s Winter Institute, will take place January 22–25 in Memphis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Great American Read, a PBS-produced documentary series on reading in American culture that will debut in the spring, announced the authors, media celebrities and literary experts that are taking part in the program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Topped by Margaret Atwood, the UK’s Top 10 bestselling authors of literary fiction last year features only one male writer, Haruki MurakamiFlying in the face of Norman Mailer’s infamous comment that “a good novelist can do without everything but the remnant of his balls”, Haruki Murakami was the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish writer Claire McFall’s Ferryman trilogy is set to be turned into films and graphic novels by a US production studio. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Palm Springs compound owned by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk has come on the market at $2.495 million. The stone-walled house, built in the 1940s, was once a retreat of actors Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. One could say a lot of character has developed here during the decades.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women have dominated the winners' list at the Writers’ Guild Awards, with debut novelist Sheena Kalayil honoured along with British playwright Caryl Churchill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2017 the marginal growth was propelled not by breakout bestsellers, but by undervalued—perhaps literally—midlist writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomberg TV host Emily Chang on Friday responded to criticisms of her description of an alleged "sex party" at venture capitalist Steve Jurveton's house in her upcoming book. Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, who attended the Half Moon Bay party in June arranged by Jurvetson's firm DFJ, told Wired... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A selection of notable adult and children’s authors to meet at the institute, whose books are due out between now and the end of 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]