The Savannah Book Festival announced plans to offer year-round author events, starting with Tami Hoag set to headline the Spring 2014 event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Savannah's 7th annual Book Festival drew a crowd and charmed its authors amid threatening winter storms. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daunt Books in Marylebone is holding its first literary festival on 27th to 28th March. Authors... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
London's new Australia & New Zealand Festival of Literature & Arts had a glamorous, clever launch on Monday. It takes place May 29-June 1, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Festival des Ecrivains du Monde, a celebration of world literature, began in Paris Friday September 20, continued through the weekend and carried over for two days in Lyon where it ends today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh's international book festival is getting Stripped and ready with a strand devoted to comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Edinburgh Book Festival, which is celebrating 30 years, is the "largest and best respected literary festival in the world", according to its director. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House and the Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire are to run a cookery book festival for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its sixth year, the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is expanding beyond Gaza and taking a roadshow across all of historic Palestine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Joanna Lumley is among the names lined up for the 10th Borders Book Festival in Melrose later this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Paris Cookbook Fair took place February 22–24 in the Carrousel du Louvre, below the French museum’s famous pyramid. The fair brought in nearly 3,000 attendees to visit 102 booths of publishers, writers, and agents. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following strife in Bamako, Mali, France's Etonnants Voyageurs has launched a new book and film festival in Brazzaville, Congo—one for all of Africa. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book festival is beginning its 16-day residence in the city's Charlotte Square Gardens. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organizer of the Kidwell-eFestival has vowed that the event will take place again, despite... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A ebook literary festival expecting up to 20,000 visitors ends early after only 100 show up. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2012-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo and journalist John Pilger are among the guests at this year's London Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
At just five years old, the Savannah Book Festival, in the genteel coastal city of Savannah, Ga., is carving a space for itself among the book festival big leagues, boasting not one but two of the nation’s current #1 bestselling authors: Stephen King (for 11/22/63) and Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 31/08/2011 - 14:45 The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scottish indie Cargo and US publisher McSweeney's are to team up on a four-volume collection of stories from authors including Roddy Doyle and Ali Smith. Fifty authors are to take part... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 24/08/2011 - 15:06 The Royal Society is holding its first literary festival in its 350-year history, with the likes of Sebastian Faulks, China Miéville and John Banville taking part. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 04/08/2011 - 08:50 Clare Conville, director of Conville & Walsh, has set up a literary and music festival in East Anglia with rare book dealer and close friend Simon Finch. The Voewood Literary Festival, billed as "The Literary Garden... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]