Jeremy Paxman, Graham Norton and Ella Mills are to appear at this year's Guildford Book Festival which will take place at venues across the town in October. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Dawkins, Eimear McBride and Margaret Atwood are among the names featuring at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
An event where five well-known New Zealand authors share stories about their lives has sold out, book festival organisers say. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
High profile and prize-winning authors including Ian McEwan, Jonathan Safran Foer, Sebastian Faulks and children's author Jacqueline Wilson, have been unveiled for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Zealand writers will share pearls of wisdom with Marlborough children at a special "Speed Date an Author" event this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Jones tells the Hay Festival that his wife, who died last month, was the "most important thing" in his life. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emerald Street's Anna Fielding on why a literary festival is a logical event for an email newsletter to hold. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
We drop in on Lahore, track Jean Rhys back to the Caribbean and tackle the troubling issue of payments to authors appearing at the UK’s 350 literary jamboreesAs the season for literary festivals in the UK hits its peak, we head for Trinidad, where we put Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea under the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A diverse literary lineup, from a children's book writer to a playwright and a well-known journalist, is coming to the Marlborough Book Festival this July. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 2,000 readers and writers attended the Calvin College Festival of Faith & Writing in Grand Rapids, Mich. to celebrate religious expression in literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A donation from longtime Zondervan editor Bob Hudson will keep the doors open at The Calvin College Festival of Faith & Writing, which was nearly shuttered this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
I Interviewed Miles about his role heading up York Literature Festival and how he sees the festival expanding. He also has some great advice for those looking for a job in books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
English PEN has launched its first ever English PEN Modern Literature Festival which will see UK-based writers present new works in tribute to writers at risk around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three award-winning New Zealand authors are travelling to Marlborough in July for the region's third annual book festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
YALLWest is coming, and if that doesn't mean anything to you, you're not a teen reader. Now in its second year, YALLWest is a book festival targeted at teens -- although it won't turn away grownups who like YA books, and younger readers are invited too. Set for Santa Monica April 30-May 1,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers, championed by Philip Pullman, may object to attending literary gatherings for free. But the events help to sustain a reading culturePhilip Pullman became cheerleader for a growing band of refuseniks last week when he resigned as president of the Oxford literary festival because it... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Trust is launching its first children’s book festival at Wray Castle in the Lake District in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelists Nurrudin Farah and Taiye Selasi stole the show at the the fifth biennial Kwani? Litfest in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this month. The post Nairobi’s Kwani? Literary Festival Showcases “Afropolitanism” appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers in Zimbabwe have created a traveling book fair and are marshaling social media to build direct bonds with impoverished readers. The post Zimbabwe Writers Battle Disinterest With Literary Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The embattled Hong Kong International Literary Festival had a resurgence this year, underscoring cross-cultural connections between Asia and the West. The post Hong Kong Literary Festival Underscores Cross-Cultural Connections appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]