On Friday, Michael Caine appeared on the BBC radio program “Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review,” to talk about his new film Best Sellers, in which he plays a cranky, alcoholic novelist who goes on a book tour with his publisher, played by Aubrey Plaza, who is trying to save the company. (Reviews are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-18 14:00:04 UTC ]
Carmen Mola, a female novelist who won a €1m Spanish literary prize last week, has been revealed as a pseudonym for three men. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-17 22:43:39 UTC ]
Trio step out from behind pseudonym marketed as ‘Spain’s Elena Ferrante’ to accept €1m prizeA million euro literary prize has lured three Spanish men out of anonymity, to reveal that they are behind ultra-violent Spanish crime thrillers marketed as the work of “Spain’s Elena Ferrante”The men had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-16 22:37:44 UTC ]
In “Now Comes Good Sailing,” an anthology gathered by Andrew Blauner, famous writers including Pico Iyer, Lauren Groff and Amor Towles meditate on Thoreau’s influence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-14 09:00:04 UTC ]
Tributes have been paid to Gary Paulsen, after the Hatchet author passed away at the age of 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 23:05:09 UTC ]
Holocaust survivor, peace campaigner and Pan Macmillan author Eddie Jaku has died, aged 101. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 10:24:44 UTC ]
Granta Magazine has opened submissions for the fifth edition of its Best of Young British Novelists list, to be released in spring 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 08:19:00 UTC ]
Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was subjected to torture by the his home country's government while detained last year, has been named the International Writer of Courage at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 20:57:34 UTC ]
The Asian American Writers Workshop is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of signature digital events and a three-month fundraising campaign. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has scooped a "stunning" new magical-historical middle-grade series by debut writer Natasha Hastings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 17:08:13 UTC ]
Tributes have been paid to author Paul Reizin, who has passed away at the age of 67. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 06:01:52 UTC ]
The chef and cookbook author is heading up a new imprint to give chefs of color a leg up in the historically insular publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-04 18:09:38 UTC ]
The author likes small bookshops. So he won’t let the online giant sell his new hardbackThe plight of the high street bookshop, struggling against the power of the online giants, is a common complaint either side of the Atlantic. But not often do the prominent players, the authors and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-03 08:00:23 UTC ]
Carlo Collodi’s version of Donkey Skin, by French author Charles Perrault, will appear in a new collection of Italian fairytalesCarlo Collodi is remembered today for Pinocchio, his 1881 children’s story about a puppet who turns into a real boy, immortalised on screen by Disney. Now another... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-01 13:46:15 UTC ]
Bestselling authors including Bernardine Evaristo, Sebastian Faulks and Preti Taneja have called on writers to ask their publishers for translator names to appear on book covers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 06:26:35 UTC ]
Regulators have doubts that promises of consent-based data collection by digital publishers and advertisers is based on genuine user consent. The post IAB Europe suspends consent management firms as global privacy authorities signal tougher action appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2021-09-30 04:01:00 UTC ]
The 12 winners have been revealed for this year's Creative Future Writers’ Awards, celebrating prose and poetry from underrepresented writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 13:27:24 UTC ]
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, at 50, is not the average age of a debut author. But the public school teacher describes herself as a “literary debutante” with the October publication of “My Monticello.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-09-28 13:06:03 UTC ]
Schemes provide mentors and funding to help aspiring writers on low incomes enter market dominated by white celebritiesA programme that aims to tackle the lack of diversity in children’s books has been launched after its founder said the practice of richer authors paying for support to get... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-26 06:15:04 UTC ]
One of the greatest science fiction writers, Asimov’s work has had a lasting effect thanks to his prescient takes on technology, climate collapse and humanity’s future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-09-24 15:01:23 UTC ]