Grime artist Stormzy’s #Merky Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House's William Heinemann division, has announced a prize for new writers to “promote the stories that aren’t being heard”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self publishing in the Christian market is a viable option for authors seeking control and profits, and the books are gaining ground with readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rapper develops his #Merky Books publishing imprint with the New writers’ prize for unpublished authors under 30 Less than a year after taking his first step into publishing with the launch of #Merky Books, the grime artist Stormzy has unveiled the New writers’ prize for authors under 30, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Candy Gourlay will explore how books can be both mirrors and windows to the world in her new role as BookTrust’s writer in residence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Jenkins, the sportswriting great and best-selling author in a career that went from Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods and the manual typewriter to Twitter, has died. He was 89. Texas Christian University athletic director Jeremiah Donati confirmed Jenkins died Thursday in his hometown of Fort Worth.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Acclaimed writer and vice-president of PEN International Moris Farhi has died aged 84, his publisher has announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
After 20 years of teaching Religion 101, Episcopal priest and acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor is reflecting on the lessons she learned from other religions, and why it’s important to do so, in her latest book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Los Angeles police opened an investigation Monday after discovering a “large amount” of blood and two swastikas written in blood in and around a bathroom near Pan Pacific Park in the Fairfax area, authorities said. Officers were called to the 100 block of North Gardner Street about 6:45 a.m.,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Women dominate this year’s Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, with books by eight women making up the 11-title longlist as chair of the judging panel Lucy Popescu praises the diverse list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Los Angeles judge has ordered a graphic novelist from a wealthy Canadian family to pay $41.6 million to the family of his slain fiancee, whom he brutally tortured and killed in 2016 just weeks after their daughter was born. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bobbi Tillmon delivered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic has acquired Can You See Me? by 11-year-old Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott, a novel inspired by Libby’s own experience with autism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Lindsay Literary Agency is sponsoring a place at the Winchester Writers’ Festival for a children’s author from an “under-represented” background for the second year running. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many events at March's London Book Fair will feature authors and others focusing on women in the business and issues of diversity. The post Issues and Authors at London Book Fair 2019: Women’s Voices appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity, Nick Hornby created a niche penning romantic comedies from the male perspective and launching the crush-worthy careers of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and John Cusack on both sides of the pond. Then he went on to prove that he can deftly embody a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie publisher Allison & Busby has bagged a "wonderful" historical romance set on the Isle of Wight by debut author Heather Cooper. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors (SoA) has renewed its calls for TV companies to pay and credit historians and authors for their research work after a rise in complaints from members. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brazilian author blames ghostwriter after fellow novelists, including bestseller Courtney Milan, flag passages they claim were lifted from their work verbatimBestselling Brazilian romance novelist Cristiane Serruya has pulled one of her novels from sale after she was accused of plagiarising some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thriller author Don Winslow wants to debate Donald Trump about the president's proposed border wall, and Stephen King is willing to pay $10,000 to make it happen. Winslow, whose new novel, "The Border," is slated for release by Harper Collins imprint William Morrow next week, challenged Trump to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
MSNBC TV's Rachel Maddow will host the BookExpo 2019 Adult Author Breakfast panel, which will feature bestselling authors Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm Gladwell, Marjorie Liu, and Karin Slaughter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The upcoming movie Yesterday bears resemblance to Nick Milligan’s novel EnormityWhen Nick Milligan decided to self-publish his speculative fiction novel, Enormity, he knew it was going to be a hard slog to find an audience. But seeing a similar plot play out in the trailer for Danny Boyle’s new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]