Following readings for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Royal Shakespeare actors will be seen in the International Booker ceremony. The post International Booker and Edinburgh Book Festival Announce RSC Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-28 17:41:34 UTC ]
The legacy of science fiction author Octavia Butler is to be explored at the Barbican's New Suns feminist literary festival this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-03-04 07:24:31 UTC ]
In the face of COVID-19, many book festivals have moved online. Here's what's worked, what hasn't, and what the future might hold for them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-02-26 11:38:02 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book Festival will run from 14th to 30th August at a new location: the Edinburgh College of Art. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 10:17:35 UTC ]
Independent publisher and bookseller Jacaranda is to launch an online book festival in December, celebrating a new wave of black British authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 08:45:44 UTC ]
A digital Irish children's book festival is launching later this month, in association with Dublin's Pavilion Theatre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-04 03:24:57 UTC ]
As the literary world moved online in 2020, a central question for many organizations was how to manage the annual festivals that gather thousands of readers from around the world. Here, the directors of five festivals—Sara Ortiz of the Believer Festival, Lissette Mendez of the Miami Book Fair,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-03 09:57:24 UTC ]
The seventh Aké Arts and Book Festival in Lagos is all online and available for all to see. Events are free and open to the public. The post Nigeria’s Digital Aké Arts and Book Festival Opens Today appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-22 19:32:42 UTC ]
The first round of the £275m Culture Recovery Fund has been allocated, and sees some indie presses receiving up to £200,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 07:24:04 UTC ]
The inaugural Streatham Arts Festival is to be headlined by a panel event, featuring contributors to 2020 anthology Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls in conversation with Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 17:13:34 UTC ]
The Brooklyn Book Festival, launched in 2006, is New York City’s largest free festival that connects readers with local, national, and international writers over the course of a grand literary week. This year, due to COVID-19, the book festival is being held virtually. In addition to hosting a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-02 08:47:52 UTC ]
Ahead of the 20th National Book Festival, Laura Bush, Scott Turow, Michael Beschloss and others look back at the event’s storied beginning. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
Jenny Offil, Richard Osman and Ann Cleeves are among the authors taking part in the first digital Durham Book Festival this October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 10:23:16 UTC ]
Edinburgh International Book Festival director Nick Barley has said this year's event has "generated its own sense of community", despite being entirely online for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-31 15:56:44 UTC ]
Jay Rayner, Douglas Stuart and Kirsty Wark are among the authors confirmed for the last stretch of this year's digital Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-28 17:42:59 UTC ]
The Aké Arts and Book Festival has a strong activist context for many of its 2020 events, set around the theme 'African Time.' The post Coronavirus Impact: Nigeria’s Aké Arts and Book Festival 2020 is Digital appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-24 17:43:21 UTC ]
The 2020 Edinburgh International Book Festival will be presented online from Saturday 15 to Monday 31 August. The programme, made up of over 140 events for adults, families and children, will offer both live and pre-recorded conversations featuring leading writers, poets and participants from... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-08-07 14:45:31 UTC ]
Graham Norton, Joanna Trollope and Nadiya Hussain are among the speakers joining Henley Literary Festival's online event this autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 01:02:31 UTC ]
Appledore Book Festival is to go ahead with its annual fixture this autumn, reinventing itself as the UK's first drive-in literary festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 00:18:18 UTC ]
The Guildford Book Festival is appealing for funds for the first time in its 31-year history, after learning the Covid-19 pandemic could make this October's edition its last. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 01:35:14 UTC ]