Piper Kerman, whose experiences and memoir inspired the Netflix prison dramedy, now works with inmates in correctional facilities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-07-26 10:00:06 UTC ]
Scrolling book-reveals for Lit Hub’s Climate Change Library I sighed, “Here we go again.” On the first day, “Part One: The Classics” listed 48 books written by mostly white authors. The four exceptions, Robert D. Bullard, a Black American and Winona LaDuke, an Indigenous North American, along... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 08:50:12 UTC ]
If you don’t know Noname, the Chicago rapper and former slam poet born as Fatimah Nyeema Warner, now might be a good time to read up following the official launch of her book club on Wednesday. The unassuming 90s kid launched to fame after some notable collaborations with artists like Mick... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-25 17:08:40 UTC ]
Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, has acquired a work of speculative fiction, set after the outbreak of a deadly tick-borne disease, by debut author Nicola Penfold. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 00:17:13 UTC ]
YA author Alwyn Hamilton has sold a new series to Faber Children’s in the UK and Viking at Penguin Random House in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:23:40 UTC ]
Horror and thriller author Dean Koontz has signed a five-book deal with Amazon Publishing imprint Thomas & Mercer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-22 18:40:29 UTC ]
Amazon announced today that it inked best-selling author Dean Koontz to a five-book deal. The agreement will also include a short story collection called Nameless that will be available for free to Amazon Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers on Novem... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2019-07-22 15:24:00 UTC ]
The London Library has joined forces with indie publisher Jacaranda for its #Twentyin2020 project, celebrating black British writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 11:44:25 UTC ]
David Higham Associates has announced it will host its third open day for under-represented writers in January 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 10:29:08 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK have signed a two-book deal with debut author and illustrator Alice McKinley, including Nine Lives Newton, which was the subject of a US pre-empt at the Bologna Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 03:50:48 UTC ]
Literature Wales has launched a brand new funding scheme for Wales-based writers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and writers with a disability or illness (mental or physical). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 20:58:51 UTC ]
Helen Hoang has published two hits, “The Kiss Quotient” and “The Bride Test,” with more on the way. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-07-19 14:08:03 UTC ]
Foyles bookshop has joined forces with indie publisher Jacaranda for its Twenty in 2020 initiative, celebrating black British writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 20:34:16 UTC ]
Powell’s employees were among a group on Monday night that protested a reading at the bookstore by Blake Nelson, a Portland author whose recent work and public statements have drawn on extremist right-wing rhetoric. Nelson’s newest book, The Red Pill—published by Bombardier Books in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 18:00:11 UTC ]
Andrea Camilleri, author of the Inspector Montalbano series, has died at the age of 93. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 02:58:54 UTC ]
The Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) has announced the line-up for its Joan Hessayon Award for new writers with two Avon titles in the running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 05:34:40 UTC ]
The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary has a markup session scheduled for the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act on Thursday (July 18). The post US Publishers Association and Authors Guild Renew Support for CASE Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-16 02:09:29 UTC ]
Sophie Cameron chats about LAST BUS TO EVERLAND, her new YA novel featuring magical realism and LGBTQ heroes, set in Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-07-15 10:31:25 UTC ]
“We write dystopian stories to be cautionary tales, not instruction manuals,” says Neal Shusterman. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-07-14 18:14:39 UTC ]
Businesses and public policy makers are tapping novelists to imagine the path forward. But how much stock should we put in the predictions of storytellers? Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2019-07-12 13:00:00 UTC ]