Authors have discussed the importance of perspectives on mental health when considering diversity and inclusion, with Rose Cartwright revealing she walked away from a traditional publishing deal for fear of being “compromised”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 00:58:31 UTC ]
Thanksgiving is this week, which can only mean one thing: we’ve entered high You’ve Got Mail season. I’ve seen the movie at least a dozen times, so when today I endeavored to find an exact quote—for a blog post about Barnes & Noble, the IRL Fox Books-turned-lone-reed—I was not expecting my... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-11-25 17:58:34 UTC ]
Chloe Aridjis and Daniel Saldaña Paris have won the £20,000 Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award for their unpublished novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 00:24:39 UTC ]
Events should be used to build long-term audiences for writers and their books rather than just being built around publication dates and sales, a Futurebook panel has heard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 19:17:49 UTC ]
From student workshops and academic conferences to literary awards and book clubs, African American literary organizations work to support writers and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Constable will publish the authorised biography of Lee Child, The Reacher Guy, by Heather Martin next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 14:37:01 UTC ]
‘Gay adults grew up reading straight romances,’ says writer Daniel Haack after US library withdraws Prince & Knight from shelvesThe author of a rhyming picture book removed from the shelves of a West Virginia library has hit back at protesters, suggesting that anyone concerned the book could... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-20 12:31:16 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has signed a deal for four picture book texts from debut writer Lu Fraser. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 06:15:25 UTC ]
Crime writer Isabelle Grey is publishing a new novel with Quercus, Tell Me How It Ends, exploring the relationship between two women who share a dark past. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-19 20:22:02 UTC ]
Congratulations to Beth O'Leary! Her debut novel The Flatshare was recently announced as 2019 Fiction Book of the Year by the British retailer WHSmith—an honor previously bestowed on books such as Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman and The Girl on the Train by Paula... Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-11-19 11:00:22 UTC ]
John Lewis' Christmas advert has come under fire as author and former bookseller Jen Campbell highlighted the similarities between the advert and her children’s book Franklin’s Flying Bookshop (Thames & Hudson). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 10:24:18 UTC ]
HarperCollins has snapped up two women’s fiction books by debut author Hannah Sunderland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 02:55:49 UTC ]
The Educational Writers' Award 2019 shortlist has been revealed, with titles from David Hockney, Martin Gayford and Alastair Humphreys in the running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-17 19:17:20 UTC ]
It’s a confusing thing, being Irish. We’re European with none of the sophistication, and for a tiny island, we have an impressive lack of consistency. That said, we also have an impressive literary output. Our politics, social movements, and religions have born enough conflict to make a canon... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-11-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
Authors John le Carré, William Boyd, Sathnam Sanghera, Frederick Forsyth and Antony Beevor are among a number of public figures declaring their refusal to vote Labour in the coming general election over the party's association with anti-Semitism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-15 10:33:49 UTC ]
The National Centre for Writing in Norwich is relaunching its Escalator Talent Development Scheme, with a special focus this year on writers from working class backgrounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-15 00:58:56 UTC ]
Altan’s cri de coeur is a timeless testament to the art and power of writing amid Orwellian repression. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-11-14 18:01:28 UTC ]
Vintage hosted crime showcase in the atmospheric Crypt of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London featuring authors such as Ruth Ware, Abir Mukherjee and Denise Mina. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 09:27:58 UTC ]
Journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, who one week ago was released from a Turkish prison after three years' detention, has been rearrested. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 00:07:44 UTC ]
Use 'bribery' or 'extortion,' not 'quid pro quo,' writes Roxana Robinson to the 'Times,' as the Authors Guild slams Justice's letter to Hachette. The post Authors Weigh in on Politics: ‘Words Make a Difference’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-11-11 03:23:29 UTC ]