The digital edition of London Book Fair on June 29 features an eight-hour sequence of programming headlined by author Matt Haig. The post London’s ‘Author HQ’ Programming To Be Led by Bestseller Matt Haig appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-23 19:50:33 UTC ]
Arnett, whose novel “With Teeth” published this month, tries to embody what a dad can be. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
The Young Writer Award led by the Sunday Times in the United Kingdom now is sponsored by the Charlotte Aitken Trust. The post The UK’s Young Writer Award Gains Charlotte Aitken Trust Sponsorship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-06-18 12:15:40 UTC ]
Roxane Gay, Katie Roiphe and Carmen Maria Machado, among others, are writing passionate, polemical sexual confessionals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
Former Eight Tray Gangster Crip member's memoir brought attention to the sobering truth of gang life in South L.A. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-15 23:57:16 UTC ]
All Seasons Press, started by former executives from Simon & Schuster and Hachette, plans to publish books by the former Trump officials Mark Meadows and Peter Navarro. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-15 22:28:39 UTC ]
Resistance to books that cast heroines with agency and hidden talents has declined, but only after a hard-fought battle. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-13 09:00:02 UTC ]
Bestselling Irish author Lucinda Riley, best known for the Seven Sisters series, has died after battling cancer for four years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-12 03:14:18 UTC ]
Lowborn author Kerry Hudson has told a Scottish conference that libraries saved her life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 23:41:04 UTC ]
Thomas McMullan, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Fredrik Logevall are among the writers and illustrators who have won awards from the Society of Authors this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 09:31:45 UTC ]
The Guardian and Football School are inviting 7- to 12-year-olds in the UK and Ireland to see if they can pen the piece that comes topThe Guardian and the book series Football School are launching our third Young Sportswriter of the Year competition, open to all seven- to 12-year-olds in the UK... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-06-09 09:00:45 UTC ]
Author Paul Mendez is to judge this year's Writers & Artists Working-Class Writers’ Prize, which returns this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 05:21:08 UTC ]
Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, filmmaker and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2021 for her "cultural significance" charting "the development of Zimbabwe from a British colony to an autocratic and troubled-free state". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 05:20:07 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children's Books has signed a new middle-grade fiction series from Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, the authors of Slay in Your Lane (HarperCollins). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 04:03:57 UTC ]
A number of Scholastic’s writers paid tribute to the Scholastic CEO, lauding his vision, his passion, and his unwavering support for children’s books and authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing platform is gaining traction as a Substack substitute. But the comparison isn't so simple. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2021-06-07 11:00:00 UTC ]
Fleet has signed two new titles from Yara Rodrigues Fowler author of Stubborn Archivist, and Sunday Times Young Writer Award shortlistee. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-06 21:30:18 UTC ]
'Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch,' historical fiction about Kepler's mother, is Galchen's first novel since 2008's 'Atmospheric Disturbances.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-03 14:00:33 UTC ]
What is the International Literature Showcase?The International Literature Showcase is a partnership between the National Centre for Writing and British Council. It aims to showcase amazing writers based in the UK to programmers, publishers and teachers of literature in English around the world.... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2021-06-03 11:39:08 UTC ]