More than 500 authors have signed a letter standing with the HarperCollins union as they reach of month of being on strike. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-12-12 18:27:00 UTC ]
Stephen Carver, Guinevere Glasfurd, Brian Needham and Jo McMillan respond to Joanne Harris’s article about horribly low pay in the publishing worldRegarding Joanne Harris’s article (Horribly low pay is pushing out my fellow authors – and yes, that really does matter, 7 December), I guess I’m a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-12-11 17:07:25 UTC ]
Africa is a continent of 54 countries and some 1.4 billion people, speaking—and sometimes writing and publishing—in hundreds of languages. The book business on the continent is diverse and eclectic. We convened a group of several top practitioners to get a sample of the triumphs and challenges... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-08 09:57:24 UTC ]
Brina will appear in conversation with Elizabeth Joseph of New Rochelle Public Library. The live stream is set for Tuesday, December 6th at 1 p.m. ET. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
The winners of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' inaugural Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World were announced on November 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Challenging myths about heterosexual white South African men, Prinsloo published four books of short stories in 12 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-11-28 05:37:53 UTC ]
In days of yore—that is, my childhood in the paper-mill town of Mexico, Maine—a labor strike looked like an ugly affair. Picketing men in steel-toed boots screamed themselves hoarse at every shift change, their righteous anger rising into a sky thick with the sulfurous clouds of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-23 16:38:06 UTC ]
Joshua Whitehead can’t be held by genre. Following on the success of his Lambda Literary Award winning novel Jonny Appleseed and poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer, Making Love with the Land is Whitehead’s first full-length work of creative nonfiction. But to describe this book as merely... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-11-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenismNew research has found that 11.7% of children’s book creators published in the UK in 2021 were people of colour, up from 5.6% in 2017.Despite the big... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-23 06:01:50 UTC ]
Dwindling daylight set the stage for The Cloisters, Katy Hays’s gothic first novel, which explores dark academia, tarot cards and betrayals among friends and colleagues. It’s a November B&N Book Club and Read with Jenna pick. (“Leo, the gardener at the Cloisters, reminds me of Heathcliff in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-22 09:52:10 UTC ]
On Friday, Longwood University announced the finalists for the 2022 John Dos Passos Prize, which is the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, and which honors “one of America’s most talented but underappreciated writers. . . whose work offers incisive, original... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-21 14:30:02 UTC ]
The writer and illustrator on turning her ‘weird hobby’ into a bestselling YA series and Netflix hit, the importance of asexual representation and lessons from her fans on love bitesAt 28, the author and illustrator Alice Oseman recently achieved what so many of her peers cannot: she bought a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-19 09:00:53 UTC ]
Female authors reveal honest stories of trauma, the challenges of motherhood, sexual dysfunction, and other rarely-talked about topics in new religion and spirituality books for women. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrated children's author Marcus Sedgwick, who was nominated for more than 30 awards, has passed away unexpectedly. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-17 17:42:32 UTC ]
Tributes have flooded in for the much-loved writer, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults including the recent Be the Change handbooksAuthor Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults, has died aged 54. His literary agency RCW has confirmed his death,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-17 13:02:14 UTC ]
Two Russian nationals are now facing criminal charges in the U.S. for their role in running Z-Library, one of the world's most notorious e-book pirate sites before its domains were seized by U.S. officials earlier this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
These picture book biographies of authors, including John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien, show children how they can use their words to describe their inner and outer worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-15 11:31:00 UTC ]
Esteemed Agent, I’m seeking representation for my [300,000-word rhyming memoir / novel-in-grocery-coupons / famous literary graves calendar**] which is a cross between [Maid and Green Eggs and Ham / a bag of Halloween candy and that novel-in-texts you just sold / an apple watch and a mortuary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-11-11 12:05:00 UTC ]
The first three categories' longlists have been released in the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, based in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Award Names Longlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, Young Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-11-10 20:55:04 UTC ]
As you may have seen on Book Twitter today, the unionized workers of HarperCollins are striking to secure a fair contract, livable wages, and a more equitable publishing industry. Some 250 employees—across the editorial, publicity, sales, marketing, legal and design departments—agreed to go on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-10 19:23:57 UTC ]