Simon Mackay is to leave his role as head of book sales and retail at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in spring 2020 to take on a new project. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 21:36:55 UTC ]
Crime author Val McDermid and Labour MP Jess Phillips will headline this year's Essex Book Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 04:47:57 UTC ]
An indie bookshop which was the official bookseller of the Barnes Children’s Literature Festival has been replaced by organisers in favour of Waterstones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 03:02:58 UTC ]
Online book festival My Virtual Literary Festival (MyVLF) will launch a series of new festivals based on different genres later this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-03 11:05:41 UTC ]
Book conventions are the next level of book fandom and can be really rewarding. Here's why you should go and how to choose the right one for you. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-12-31 11:33:44 UTC ]
THIS NOVEMBER, the PDX Book Festival took place in Portland, Oregon. The annual one-day event always includes some of the best contemporary writers, and many of the best contemporary writers are queer. (We are good artists.) This year, the festival included over 100 authors participating in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-12-22 20:00:19 UTC ]
Roland Gulliver, associate director at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, is to step down from the post in February 2020, after 13 years with EIBF. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 11:36:11 UTC ]
Grand Marais, Minn., held its third North Shore Readers & Writers Festival early last month, attracting literary types from across the state. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
Author Nikesh Shukla will join broadcaster Kirsty Wark to headline the inaugural Paisley Book Festival in February 2020, with contributions also coming from Emma Jane Unsworth and the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-26 15:25:12 UTC ]
Paisley will host its first ever book festival in February 2020, honouring the "brilliant political thinkers and creatives that have long been associated with the area", say organisers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 11:53:08 UTC ]
The Cliveden Literary Festival returned for a third time last weekend with Ian McEwan, Howard Jacobson and Elif Shafak among the authors taking part in a busy event that saw speakers discuss topics from feminism to Russian spies, cyberwarfare and conspiracy theories to secrets of the universe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 13:22:16 UTC ]
More than 30 publishers will join authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge and Merve Emre at the New Suns feminist literary festival at the Barbican next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 18:11:32 UTC ]
The graphic novelist behind “Smile” and “Sisters” will be a featured author at the festival Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-08-27 16:19:28 UTC ]
Nicola Sturgeon has taken to the stage at Edinburgh Books Festival and shared her theory on politicians and literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-23 11:17:55 UTC ]
Coinciding with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 10 editors are on the week-long Publishing Scotland International Fellowship trip. The post During the Edinburgh Book Festival: Publishing Scotland’s 2019 Fellowship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-22 09:35:00 UTC ]
All photos courtesy of Hannah Colen. Held in Washington D.C., the Second-Annual Asian American Literature Festival took place this year at multiple locations including the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Galleries, and kicked off at Franklin Park down the street from the Eaton... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-08-05 16:16:47 UTC ]
The International Literature ShowcaseExceptional times call for exceptional writers. International bestselling crime novelist, journalist and Man Booker judge Val McDermid will reveal her selection of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today. Val McDermid presents...10 August,... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-08-02 14:11:05 UTC ]
The Library of Congress is recruiting more than 1,000 people to help throughout the day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-07-19 20:22:53 UTC ]
With robust programming already this year, 1455 (previously Virginia Center for Literary Arts, or VCLA) continues to establish the Shenandoah Valley as a hotbed of creativity and community. After the success of 1455’s monthly Author Series at Handley Library and a number of workshops at both... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 14:19:45 UTC ]
The city's newest book festival, to be held at the Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles arts complex, will host four panels on July 20 and 21 as part of its programming, which will also include more than 20 exhibitors from L.A. and other cities on the West Coast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-15 19:02:44 UTC ]