The Oscar-nominated 1976 film, starring Woody Allen, was based on his eight years on the blacklist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-23 09:37:57 UTC ]
Some people are “constantly ringing the bell on how dangerous it is to be fat, but that’s not making fat people thin,” Gordon says. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-22 16:48:02 UTC ]
Children's indie Nosy Crow is mounting an open call for submissions from writers of colour to broaden its picture books list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:03:39 UTC ]
Amanda Gorman, who wrote and recited the official Biden Inaugural Poem, and Brayden Harrington, the teen who spoke at the Democratic Convention of bonding with Biden over stuttering, both landed book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus has revealed the identity of C J Carey, author of the dystopian thriller Widowland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 09:58:11 UTC ]
The National Literacy Trust's Connecting Stories campaign, championing literacy in diverse communities in need of support, has attracted the support of 18 publishers and 32 authors, including children's writers Sathnam Sanghera, Konnie Huq and Steve Antony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 23:09:03 UTC ]
Tributes have been paid to award-winning novelist, poet and pathologist David Wheldon following his unexpected death at the age of 70. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-18 07:06:47 UTC ]
Australian novelist Janet Woods has died at the age of 81, the Kate Nash Literary Agency has confirmed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-17 12:41:28 UTC ]
She also wrote a memoir about her parents, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 14:46:04 UTC ]
Nadia Owusu recounts her sense of dislocation and her search for a place to call home. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
Sevastian Volkov has won this year’s Impress Prize for New Writers, for his YA novel Orris and the Shadow Maiden. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 11:33:47 UTC ]
BookLife Elite will offer public libraries access to a curated collection of unlimited, simultaneous-use indie e-books, meaning library readers can access the books instantly—no holds lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Since the Netflix adaptation of the revisionist Regency drama "Bridgerton" premiered on Christmas, Julia Quinn's original book series is in very high demand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-12 18:36:35 UTC ]
The London Library's Emerging Writers Programme will run for a third year in 2021, including a new Virago Participation Bursary to support Black women and Black non-binary people overcoming financial barriers to accessing it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 12:47:07 UTC ]
Bestselling novelist Lisa See brings'The Island of Sea Women' to the L.A. Times Book Club Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-08 15:00:51 UTC ]
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. The product of a self-imposed desert exile with his exhaustive collection of personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-08 09:46:50 UTC ]
Andersen Press has acquired the 20th children's novel from Phil Earle, 10 years since his first book was released. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 02:54:40 UTC ]
Independent publisher Child's Play will publish two more picture books by Romani author Richard O’Neill, as part of his Romani Tales series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 20:26:51 UTC ]
HQ has scooped the “thought-provoking and gripping” third novel by Christine Dalcher, author of VOX (also HQ). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 14:39:29 UTC ]
Described as ‘one of the few kings of popular African-American fiction for women,’ he wrote 29 books that together sold more than 7 million copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-01-06 13:20:32 UTC ]