Oxford University Press (OUP) Children’s has acquired The Last Spell Breather, a middle-grade fantasy, by debut author Julie Pike. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
All-party inquiry into authors’ incomes hears new benefit’s rules could mean only the wealthy will write. Meanwhile booksellers welcomed budget business-rate changesMPs have been warned that the rollout of universal credit championed in Monday’s budget will further undermine professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new literature award, the JCB Prize goes to the work of a Kerala author who writes about issues and personalities in the Middle East. His newest book is from Juggernaut. The post Author Benyamin’s ‘Jasmine Days’ Wins Inaugural JCB Prize for Literature in India appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of authors who contributed to an anthology of BAME writing, or participated in programmes aimed at tackling under-representation, have struck book deals—but most insist more needs to be done. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bestselling author of ‘The Message’ Bible translation and several other works died at age 85 on October 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
An interview with the MIT Astrophysicist and novelist at this year's Boston Book Festival, including excerpts and a link to the full interview. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inaugural Irish Book Week has unveiled its nationwide programme, featuring authors including Donal Ryan and John Boyne. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired a three-book fantasy set on the high seas by debut author Bex Hogan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's trade show in Denver was a lively gathering of a close-knit community of booksellers, made more energetic by featured authors injecting politics into their presentations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Award-winning novelist Tamta Melashvili reflects on feminism in her home land, and how fiction can build bridges. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lawyer and human rights activist Waleed Abulkhair has been named this year's PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Piccadilly Press, part of Bonnier Zaffre, has acquired a humorous young fiction series by debut author Simon Mockler. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
These days, most writers cannot afford to live secluded from their public. But when a very private author like Thomas Harris announces a new novel, there’s always special excitementAuthors – at least as far as their relationship with the public goes – fall into several distinct categories. There... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviewsThe literary world is packed with novelists reviewing the books of their colleagues but it is not something Kate Atkinson would do, calling it a “callous art”. Related: Drawn from life: why... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, is returning after more than a decade with a new novel, to be published by Cornerstone imprint William Heinemann next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century will this month publish a US conspiracy thriller - "rooted in real life, but not 'a true story'" - featuring "a controversial and wealthy tycoon who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star who is ready to go public with details of their affair". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
June Sarpong, Sophie Mackintosh, Anton du Beke and Max Porter are some of the authors preparing to take part in this year's Bookshop Day on Saturday 6th October, according to The Booksellers Association, whose "unmissable" line-up also has children running bookshops, alongside poetry karaoke,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (October 16) is preceded by a series of events with shortlisted authors, and London Book Fair has opened its search for its official 2019 literacy charity. The post Industry Notes: Man Booker’s Shortlisted Authors, London Book Fair’s Literacy Charity appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More and more indie booksellers are tightening bonds with their communities is by stocking self-published titles by local writers—as long as they don't say a word about Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little Tiger imprint Stripes Publishing has bought an LGBTQ+ YA thriller by debut author Darren Charlton. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]