Accent Press has signed numerous titles by "acclaimed" crime writer Bernard Knight CBE, author of the Crowner John Mysteries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guillermo del Toro has gone back into the world of kaiju and jaegers with "Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift," an official new series from the director and "Pacific Rim" screenwriter Travis Beacham that launched last week in comic book stores.With a story by Beacham, writer Joshua Fialkov ("The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunjeev Sahota and Sara Taylor are among the four authors who have made the shortlist for The Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the the authors set to appear at BookCon 2016 are 'Bridesmaid' star Chris O'Dowd along with his co-author, Nick V. Murphy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, author of 'The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen' (Columbia Global Reports, 978-0-9909-7636-3) will appear on WNYC Radio’s 'The Brian Lehrer Show' on Tuesday, November 10, and on NPR’s 'On Point' on Wednesday, November 11. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Past winners of the The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writers of the Year Award share their writing tips and their favourite books written by writers aged 35 and under. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Leguizamo, author of 'Ghetto Klown' (Harry N. Abrams, 978-1-4197-1518-1) will appear on 'The Wendy Williams Show' on Friday, November 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins and literary agency Peters, Fraser & Dunlop will provide authors with face-to-face advice and feedback as part of The Bookseller’s inaugural Author Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Attlee, Writer on the Train for GWR, on the journey from blog to app to print. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kay Wills Wyma, author of 'I’m Happy for You (Sort Of…Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison' (WaterBrook Press, 978-1-6014-2595-9), will be interviewed on Focus on the Family on Friday, November 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hector Tobar, author of 'Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free' (Picador; 978-1-2500-7485-0) will appear on 'Well READ' on Friday, November 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has awarded eight grants to books by international women writers, marking an “exciting first” for women authors to have shared in the prestigious grants equally with men. In what has been described as a "bumper English PEN grants season", a total of 16 grants were awarded this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlow Giles Unger, author of 'Henry Clay' (Da Capo Press, $25.99, 978-0-3068-2391-6), will be on the Jim Bohannon Show Live for the full 11 p.m. ET hour on Wednesday, November 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 40 authors including Alan Gibbons, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Rosen have backed a protest against the current UK school system following the "deeply disturbing" findings of a poll which suggested more than half of teachers are thinking of quitting. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer's Edit, a Sydney-based literary magazine, has branched into books and is winning industry accolades and launching new careers. The post Australian Lit Mag “Writer’s Edit” Launches Books, Builds Careers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bank Street Book Fair, held at Bank Street College in upper Manhattan on October 24, offered a full day of incisive, humorous, and sometimes revelatory discussions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ability of YouTube personalities to capture readers is writ large if you look at this week’s bestseller list. Three books by YouTube dynamos landed in the top 20 on Publishers Weekly's current overall bestseller list, powered by Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five bestselling authors have banded together to launch their own literary conference, StoryCon, with the first iteration set to take place in New Orleans next fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American Writers Museum, which has been in the planning stages for five years, has leased a space in Chicago and announced that it will open in early 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bit in her book that readers are reacting to the most, says Louise O'Neill, is not the gang rape. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]