Pamela Jenoff, Kate Quinn and other authors talk about how they find inspiration for their novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
One writer, famous under two noms-de-plume ponders killing off his popular pseudonym. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Judith Kerr, a refugee from Nazi Germany who wrote and illustrated the bestselling "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" and other beloved children's books, has died at her home in London. She was 95. The author died Wednesday after a brief illness, said Charlie Redmayne, chief executive at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-23 19:30:00 UTC ]
Judith Kerr, illustrator and writer of children’s favourites including The Tiger Who Came to Tea, has died at the age of 95. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 17:41:23 UTC ]
Susan Orlean, Jeff Kinney and Ijeoma Oluo have their to-be-read stacks ready to go. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-05-23 13:57:00 UTC ]
Debut author Kelly McCaughrain has won a trio of prizes at the Children’s Books Ireland awards—a first in the 29 year history of the prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:44:25 UTC ]
In 'Wild Awakening,' Greg J. Matthews describes how a near-death experience transformed both his faith and identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth have won the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies," a coming-of-age novel written by Alharthi and translated from Arabic by Booth. Organizers of the literary prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English, made the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-21 22:50:00 UTC ]
Best-selling author Emma Straub and her husband, Michael Fusco-Straub, opened Books Are Magic in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, so they could fill the "clear and immediate void" formed when their ,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2019-05-20 11:00:00 UTC ]
Without George RR Martin, the last seasons of the TV spectacular lost their way, says the Observer columnist and GoT enthusiastGame of Thrones final episode review – epic ending corrects some major wrongsThe failure of the final season of Game of Thrones has its cheerful side. Despite the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-19 08:00:13 UTC ]
His critics could be brutal, but he enthralled millions of readers with novels like “The Winds of War,” “The Caine Mutiny” and “Marjorie Morningstar.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-05-18 05:37:00 UTC ]
Wouk authored million-selling books like "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds Of War." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-05-17 16:46:19 UTC ]
Andrew Holgate reflects on Sally Rooney's meteoric—and well deserved—rise to the top, after second novel Normal People scooped the Book of the Year prize at the British Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Tommy Donbavand has died, his friend Barry Hutchinson has confirmed as he paid tribute to his "kind, funny, courageous and ridiculous friend". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cultural critic Damon Young discusses his memoir ‘What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,’ and its goal of filling gaps in racial perceptions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Heather Morris and 81-year-old debut novelist Norma MacMaster have been shortlisted for the Society of Authors' Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Wednesday, May 29, from 2:00-3:00 p.m., join Sourcebooks in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 557) to meet the author famous for explaining big ideas to little kids. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
On Friday, May 31, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., join Random House Children's Books in the Librarians' Lounge (Booth 557) for an exclusive talk with some of the creators behind the publishers' inclusive new publishing program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
On Thursday, May 30, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. join Disney in the Librarians' Lounge for a chance to meet the author and take home a signed teachers' edition. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
On Wednesday, May 29, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., you can meet some of Vesuvian’s top authors in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 557) and grab some of your first signed copies of the show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]