For 18 seasons, he served as creative director and producer of the global phenomenon ‘America’s Next Top Model.’ But his debut novel isn’t the juicy tell-all you might’ve expected. Makeup artist and stylist Jay Manuel has spent more than 20 years in the fashion industry, most famously serving as... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-08-03 12:15:52 UTC ]
HarperFiction has netted Five Strangers, a “dark and twisty” thriller from E V Adamson, in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 07:11:36 UTC ]
Bookouture, in association with online magazine the Asian Writer and Dahlia Books, is putting out a call-out for commercial fiction submissions from unagented and unpublished writers from BAME backgrounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 05:39:09 UTC ]
Sci-fi preconceptions are challenged by little-known marvels from James Tiptree Jr, Angélica Gorodischer and othersThe border between science fiction and mainstream literature is more permeable than booksellers or publishers would have us think. Double Booker prize-winner Margaret Atwood’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-27 06:00:46 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired The Butterfly Waltz and one other title by debut author Julie Owen Moylan at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 18:32:25 UTC ]
Publishers, trade groups, and booksellers of inspirational fiction discover millennials 'are not unicorns.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher Can of Worms has partnered with New York–based publisher Leapfrog Press for it's Global Fiction Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 02:58:34 UTC ]
It’s time to stop talking about writing and write. The best-selling author of “Prep” and “Rodham” offers a plan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-07-18 14:00:06 UTC ]
From space operas with sapphic women to nonbinary artists and mechanical dragons! Check out this this list of 2020 adult LGBTQ+ science fiction books, including The Seep by Chana Porter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-07-17 10:36:49 UTC ]
Headline Review has won Radhika Sanghani's first novel for adults, 30 Things I Love About Myself, in a "heated" auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 00:46:50 UTC ]
It’s been quite a year for Colson Whitehead! First, he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction (again) and then he received the Orwell Prize for political fiction. And now the Library of Congress is honoring him with their lifetime achievement prize. (Previous recipients include Toni Morrison, Denis... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-14 15:56:24 UTC ]
“The City We Became” and “Vagabonds” made waves. Next up: Susanna Clarke’s “Piranesi.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-07-14 05:34:00 UTC ]
The annual Prize for American Fiction, one of the LoC's most prestigious awards, honors an American literary writer "whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but also for its originality of thought and imagination." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
With bookshops still closed in parts of the UK, sales have surpassed last year’s numbers, with 3.8m print books sold in the last weekBritain’s readers have been emerging from lockdown to restock their bookshelves, with book sales – and particularly crime novels – booming in the three weeks since... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-07 16:17:09 UTC ]
The latest installment in Lock’s American Novels series brings together P.T. Barnum and Susan B. Anthony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-07-07 15:01:01 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has announced The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (Atlantic) as its Fiction Book of the Month for July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:12:42 UTC ]
Need some cheering up and an out-of-this-world story? Pick up some of the funniest science fiction books this side of the galaxy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-30 10:34:22 UTC ]
Bookouture has promoted Alex Crow, currently head of digital marketing, to the post of digital marketing director, with Crow also joining Bookouture’s leadership team. Rob Chilver is also joining Bookouture from Headline. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 13:05:34 UTC ]
Ex-special forces soldier turned TV star Matthew "Ollie" Ollerton is publishing a debut thriller with Bonnier Books UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 00:04:04 UTC ]
Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet (Tinder Press) has debuted at the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction chart, with Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing (Corsair) and Candice Carty-Williams' Queenie (Trapeze) rising to join it in the top three. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 23:10:01 UTC ]