Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child, Amanda Leduc saw plenty of disabled characters in fairy tales, but none she wanted to identify with. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-02-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
Cussler's page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt sold millions of copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2020-02-27 05:10:29 UTC ]
Clive Cussler, bestselling adventure novelist and a real-life maritime explorer whose life at times mirrored the seafaring escapades of his books, died February 24 at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 88. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up debut author Claire Heywood’s “vivid and illuminating reimagining of the story of the Siege of Troy”, Daughters of Sparta. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 00:11:49 UTC ]
Tributes have been paid to bestselling novelist Clive Cussler who has died, aged 88. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 20:16:36 UTC ]
Clive Cussler, the author of more than 85 books, written over 4 decades, died at home on Monday, February 24, at the age of 88. Cussler was a major bestseller in his lifetime, selling over 100 million copies of his thrillers and adventure novels, and hitting The New York Times‘s bestseller list... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-26 20:05:13 UTC ]
His literary fantasies and larger-than-life exploits swirled together for decades. He wrote some 70 books, selling no fewer than 100 million copies, and located scores of shipwrecks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-26 17:57:43 UTC ]
The Untitled writers' salon is returning for its fourth event in April, featuring 10 more underrepresented authors sharing their work in front of an audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 03:31:49 UTC ]
Penguin Random House is publishing a new cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi in September, written alongside Ixta Belfrage: Ottolenghi Flavour. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 00:45:48 UTC ]
Literary nonprofit Latinx in Publishing has launched a new initiative, the Writers Mentorship Program, which is aimed at providing unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx with professional mentorship opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
The door of Los Angeles’ newest bookstore is propped open on a quiet section of Hollywood Boulevard, the front window displaying books on a handmade wooden bookshelf. Inside the front room, you’ll find more books and merchandise below a neon light thought bubble and a sign that reads, “I still... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-21 15:00:52 UTC ]
Have you ever listened to one of your favorite albums on repeat, gotten lost in the sweeping, cinematic feel of it, knew it so well that you began picturing it as a narrative, filled in the details missing from the music, and then realized the story you were telling was almost fully independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-20 20:20:20 UTC ]
For his latest project, the writer best known for “The Da Vinci Code” is turning his attention to a younger audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-20 14:15:06 UTC ]
Ebury has signed a memoir from poet and novelist Helen Mort which it says could do for climbing what other books have done for running and wild swimming. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 11:08:11 UTC ]
When Jokha al-Harthi and Marilyn Booth won the Man Booker International Prize last year, for Booth’s translation of Sayyidat al-Qamr (Celestial Bodies), many hurried to note that al-Harthi was the “first Omani woman writer” to have a book in English translation.While true, this may give the... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-02-19 10:26:57 UTC ]
ReedPop announced the author lineup for BookExpo’s 2020 Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, which will be held on Friday, May 29, at the Javits Center in New York City, and hosted and moderated by renowned children's author Judy Blume. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
His diverse body of work included novels, plays and a memoir about Ernest Hemingway. He was also a partner with his friend Paul Newman in business and charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-16 15:37:39 UTC ]
His diverse body of work included novels, plays and a memoir about Ernest Hemingway. He was also a partner with his friend Paul Newman in business and charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-02-15 21:06:55 UTC ]
Novelists rub shoulders with presidents, chefs, comedians and thriller megastars on longlist to define the title with the biggest impact on the book worldIt could be almost the setup for a joke, but a former president, a Booker winner and an erotic fiction superstar have walked on to the British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-02-14 06:01:23 UTC ]
Shetland literature has a short history. Or, more accurately, the long history of Shetland literature has been truncated — the result of a double disadvantage, as far as official histories are concerned: an oral culture, in which few people could read or write, and a language that died out... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-02-13 12:54:04 UTC ]