For the best-selling author Beatriz Williams, home is a 200-year-old house in Lyme, Conn., with lots of bookshelves and antique furniture. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-09 13:00:42 UTC ]
Book packager Glasstown Entertainment is being accused by former employees and authors of creating and perpetuating a hostile environment for people of color. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two sequels which show how the Victorian novelist's stories can be adapted to reflect post-colonial narratives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2020-06-08 16:19:12 UTC ]
The UK's Save Our Libraries campaign, spearheaded by librarians and authors, began nearly 10 years ago - but has it achieved its goal of stopping closures? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-08 10:31:39 UTC ]
A new hashtag campaign aims to highlight the disparity in book advances between white and black authors and has garnered well over 1,000 submissions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
A former director of the Harlem Writers Guild, she published her first novel when she was 55, and her first mystery, featuring a stylish female ex-cop turned sleuth, when she was 64. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-05 21:17:02 UTC ]
“The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope,” by C.W. Grafton, first published in 1943, is an offbeat, old-school suspense story. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-06-05 14:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and authors have continued to share reading lists and offers of help following the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 10:41:41 UTC ]
In this week’s issue, A.O. Scott writes about Wallace Stegner. In 1948, Stegner wrote for the Book Review about universities as a place for training writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-05 09:00:03 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group has revealed it is publishing "Paddington" scriptwriter Simon Farnaby's first children's book, The Wizard in my Shed, kicking off a series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 08:54:41 UTC ]
Hamish Hamilton will publish Unquiet, a novel by Norwegian writer Linn Ullmann, daughter of film director Ingmar Bergman and actress Liv Ullmann. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 01:22:58 UTC ]
The proportion of authors reporting a drop in income since the coronavirus pandemic began has increased, with almost 60% now seeing a decline in their income following the outbreak according to the Society of Author's latest poll, up over a third from a month ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 06:12:06 UTC ]
The regional winners of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced, with 20-year-old Reyah Martin taking the title for Europe and Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 23:09:53 UTC ]
Authors have always tried to turn their sorrow and confusion into enduring monuments of beauty among the ruins. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-06-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
More than 50 Janklow & Nesbit authors have contributed pieces to a project on the importance of storytelling in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 01:56:10 UTC ]
The Desmond Elliott Prize is awarded annually to a writer whose first novel is written in English and published in the UK. Since 2007, it has supported and heralded new writers; the honor comes with a £10,000 prize. It’s heartening to see, especially right now, that this year the Desmond Elliott... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-02 17:58:53 UTC ]
BookExpo helds its first Adult Book and Author Dinner, in lieu of a breakfast, on Wednesday night, showcasing five of the big books of the year, in wide-ranging forms and styles, via Zoom. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
This summer, instead of squeezing one more book into our suitcases, we’ll need what we read to transport us to faraway places. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-05-27 06:00:00 UTC ]
All this week WORD Bookstores in Brooklyn and New Jersey will donate 10% of the purchase prices of books by a rotating group of authors to a different charity each day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the coronavirus panedmic rages on, BookExpo and BookCon are offering six days of virtual book programming in lieu of an in-person show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]