On the Canadian author's birthday, Google honors Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous novel 'Anne of Green Gables.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors are divided into two camps – those who self-publish and those who are traditionally-published, and the “eternal debate” over which is superior should end, The Bookseller’s Author Day has heard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nikesh Shukla calls industry’s backtracking ‘a perfect loop-de-loop of blame’ as he is joined by Jon McGregor in a groundswell of readers and authors demanding more diverse representationMan Booker winner Marlon James: ‘Writers of colour pander to the white woman’Authors Nikesh Shukla and Jon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are few things more revealing than a fervent hobby. If you expose someone's passionate pastime, you somehow learn more about him than the activity alone should reveal. Think Vladimir Nabokov's butterflies, or George W. Bush's portraits. As for me, I've practiced only one activity with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andersen Press has acquired a satirical YA novel about two boys and Norse gods by debut author Julia Gray. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Candy Crush is more fun than reading a book," writes Katie Roden, "Actually, secretly, you know this is true." In preparation for Monday's inaugural staging of Author Day—an issues-driven conference for publishers and authors—Roden, a speaker on our "Industry Interests" panel, positions the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lancaster University has appointed Benoit Peeters, a renowned French graphic novelist and critic, as visiting professor in Graphic Fiction and Comic Art in what has been dubbed the "first appointment of its kind in the UK". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has responded to criticism about the lack of ethnic diversity among authors chosen for the World Book Night 2016 list, saying it is a “great shame” that there are no Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) writers included. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Angie Sage doesn’t really believe in writer’s block except as a roundabout way of admitting you’ve run out of ideas. Here are her top tips on how to get started again! ‘Writer’s block’ is a weird phrase. It implies that writing is an arcane art that channels a mysterious force—a force... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unpublished author Lyn Farrell has been named as the winner of the Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary 2015 in an award ceremony in central London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A band of children's authors with recently published ninja-themed books have joined forces to organize Ninja Day Story Time, to encourage booksellers, librarians, and young ninja devotees to celebrate the occasion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Don’t even get me started on reviewers who fail to name translators, then quote our French, Japanese, Turkish, or Scandi authors extensively ‘in their own words’, in English," writes writes Louise Rogers Lalaurie. One of the reasons I'm so glad that Lalaurie has accepted my invitation to join... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ranjit Bolt has won plaudits with A Lion Was Learning to SkiIn the summer of 2014, the spectacle of a middle-aged playwright selling limericks about “comedic giraffes” and “Spanish cicadas” was a regular one at Cambridge market. But as more followed – elephants, sharks and “a young lady from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz has acquired William Gibson’s Sprawl Trilogy, comprising of Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive and a collection of short fiction, Burning Chrome. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
French authorities confirmed Thursday that the Islamic State militant suspected of masterminding the deadly Paris attacks was killed in a police raid the previous day. The body of Abdelhamid Abaaoud was found riddled with bullet and shrapnel wounds in the charred rubble of the raided apartment... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stacy Schiff, P.J. Rourke and dozens more authors, illustrators, and celebrities will be interviewed at the 32nd annual Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College (MDC) on Friday, Nov. 20 from 1-4 p.m. ET and Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22, noon – 5 p.m. ET each day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gavin McCrea, author of 'Mrs. Engels' (Catapult, 978-1-9367-8729-6) will be interviewed by 'Studio360' host Kurt Andersen on the program which airs Thursday, November 19 on WNYC at 8 p.m. ET. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Betsy Tobin and artist Tessa Shaw are to open Ink@84, the “independent bookshop of the future” in London's Highbury next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Burt Reynolds, author of the memoir 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7) will appear on 'Fox & Friends' as well as NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' on Wednesday, November 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of today's most prominent writers are sharing their thoughts on the Bible and how it has impacted their lives in a new anthology. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]