Authors and books are the lifeblood of ALA annual conferences, and this year's event features a typically robust program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's been a whirlwind of a time following the success of The Theory of Everything, but Anthony McCarten certainly hasn't been resting on his laurels. The New Zealand-born writer, based in London, has just finished screenwriting a film based on Winston Churchill's life, polished off Bohemian... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
New and forthcoming memoirs in the religion and spirituality category tell stories of overcoming adversity, and of faith found, changed, or regained. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
British-born translator Jessica Cohen and Israeli author David Grossman share the £50,000 Man Booker International purse for 'A Horse Walks Into a Bar.' The post Author David Grossman and Translator Jessica Cohen Win the 2017 Man Booker International Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus Children's Books has acquired author and screenwriter Mark Illis' first children's book, The Impossible, and its sequel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Article accompanying podcast interview with Mia Freedman detailed preparations website said it made to accommodate ‘imposing’ US authorThe US author Roxane Gay has labelled the Australian website Mamamia “cruel and humiliating” for publishing a podcast interview with text that asked whether she... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two books by poet Claire Askew, winner of the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Prize, following a four-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new podcast series exploring a debut crime author’s 14-year journey to publication will be released on 20th June. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookCon, which returned to New York City and to a two-day format, drew a strong crowd, continuing to skew towards female readers of YA literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Children’s Book & Author Breakfast speakers emphasized that books don’t just provide escape: reading can save lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chair of the 17th annual APA’s Author Tea, hosted by BookExpo, is actor and author Alan Alda (see sidebar below), who is joined by authors James Patterson, Marissa Meyer, and Daniel José Older. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comedian Whitney Cummings hosted novelists Stephen King and his son Owen, Claire Messud, Jesmyn Ward, astronaut Scott Kelly, and former White House photographer Pete Souza at the BookExpo Adult Author's Breakfast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attica Locke—writer and producer of the Fox hit show "Empire"—is also the author of four acclaimed novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paul Beatty, celebrated as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize, appeared in an onstage interview at the Sydney Writers’ Festival in Australia on Friday. But when the conversation turned to race, things got heated. ABC Radio National host Michael Cathcart, who is white, was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rupi Kaur’s first book, Milk and Honey, sold 1.4 million copieSOrdinarily, the illustration adorning the cover of a new book is not a big story, but such is the hype around the young Canadian poet Rupi Kaur that her plan to release the picture to her 1.3 million Instagram followers on 1 June is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading writers Irenosen Okojie, Courttia Newland, Bidisha, and Alex Wheatle MBE are to take up residencies in London libraries as part of a new literary initiative. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's author Joy Cowley and illustrator Philip Webb have worked on dozens of books together since 1980. Joy, 81, who lives in the Wairarapa, and Philip, 64, who lives in Wellington, have two new offerings out this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The award-winning fiction writer, poet, and playwright, whose best-known and most influential work, the story collection 'Jesus' Son,' turned 25 this year, has died. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist Emma Straub at her store, Books Are Magic, in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Friday, June 2, from 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. stop by the PW BookExpo Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 875) to meet some of the authors anchoring Harlequin’s newest publishing programs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]