The award-winning Pages Bookshop in east London is opening a sister shop, dedicated to titles by women and non-binary writers, in the former space of French-English bookshop Caravansérail. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the winners, Walter Mosley won the Edgar for Best Novel for 'Down the River Unto the Sea,' while Robert Fieseler took home the prize for Best Fact Crime for 'Tinderbox.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nora Roberts, one of the world's most successful romance novelists, has filed a lawsuit against author Cristiane Serruya, who she claims plagiarized her work, the Associated Press reported. In the lawsuit, filed in Serruya's home country of Brazil, Roberts claimed that Serruya's books are a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tributes have been paid to 29-year-old “gifted" Lyra McKee, a journalist and debut Faber author, who was shot while observing rioting in Londonderry's Creggan estate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Norwegian authors are bringing “the spirit of Frankfurt” to Oslo in the form of a three-day literary festival featuring Norwegian and German writers in conversation. The post ‘Author-Driven’ German-Norwegian Literature Festival in Oslo This Week appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 7,000 librarians, 450 exhibitors, and nearly 300 authors and illustrators participated in the 2019 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, held April 15–18 in Austin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookTrust is going to pay for authors and illustrators of colour to visit schools as part of its BookTrust Represents project, which was set up to boost the number of BAME creatives in children’s publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The children's novelist inspiring BAME readers to see themselves positively in the stories they read. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Don Winslow, bestselling author of 13 crime and mystery novels, brought some energy to the Los Angeles Times newsroom during the Festival of Books. In a video interview with The Times, he spoke about politics and the situation at the U.S. border, labeling President Trump’s proposed wall “a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors are being told to write under pseudonyms to present themselves as debut writers and feed the publishing industry’s “obsession” with new, marketable voices, Joanne Harris has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Moroccan-American novelist Laila Lalami, sat down for a video chat with The Times to discuss her recently released novel, “The Other Americans,” at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Lalami’s book follows the hit-and-run death of a Moroccan immigrant and the stories of the people connected... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books panel was called Drop the Beat, it started with a moment of silence. Amid the celebration of literature of 1990s-era rap music, former KDAY-Los Angeles radio show host Greg Mack — who was the first DJ to play the genre on air in 1983 — made a point... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ruth Reichl, former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine — previously a food editor and restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times — released her newest memoir, “Save Me The Plums,” earlier this year, telling a “tale of the end of American magazine media as we knew it.” The book is also many... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Riverrun has acquired a book by Ramie Targoff unearthing the stories of four Renaissance female writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award has announced changes to its sponsorship with the University of Warwick its title partner and Caroline Michel, c.e.o. of literary agency Peters Fraser + Dunlop, becoming its first patron. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The newly renamed Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award opens today (April 12) for submissions as it announces its new sponsorship regime. The post The UK’s Young Writer Prize Opens for Submissions and Remixes Its Sponsors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Sandstone Press, Serpent's Tail, and And Other Stories are represented in this year's Man Booker International Prize shortlist for work in translation. The post Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators on Man Booker International Shortlist appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Curbside Splendor has gone on a publishing hiatus this year as the 10-year-old literary press responds to author complaints of not receiving royalties by terminating contracts and reverting rights to books to their authors. Publisher Victor Giron hopes to resume publishing books in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brings some of the world's most acclaimed authors, artists and performers together for one unforgettable weekend. It's a chance for book-loving Angelenos to see, in the flesh, the writers who have educated and entertained them. This year's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish publisher Cranachan has signed debut author Joan Haig to its middle-grade imprint, Pokey Hat, for her first title Tiger Skin Rug. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]