Married women, enslaved people and others used textiles to assert a place for themselves in the economy and the courts, historian Laura F. Edwards explains. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-25 13:00:46 UTC ]
Publishers and literary agents report their books to film deals, and the year ahead already is a standout for film and television adaptations. The post Books To Screen Edition: Literary Agents’ and Rights Directors’ Film Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-11 15:09:04 UTC ]
James R. Gaines profiles famous and lesser-known advocates who, at a time of conformity, believed change was possible. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-11 13:00:35 UTC ]
Peters Fraser & Dunlop has entered into an agreement with French publisher J C Lattès to handle all translation rights to the iconic Imogène series by Le Masque author Charles Exbrayat. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-13 14:31:59 UTC ]
Propagate Content has bagged the film rights for Avni Doshi's Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Burnt Sugar (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-06 05:42:15 UTC ]
British publishers must not hang on to rights they cannot exploit, Nigerian poet and novelist Lola Shoneyin told delegates at a session on decolonisation at a publishers conference in at The Sharjah International Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-31 15:54:59 UTC ]
Good news for theatermakers and audiences alike: Broadway World has reported that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a two-year, one-million-dollar grant to TCG Books, the largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature in North America. The grant will, according to Broadway... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-22 18:01:30 UTC ]
Swedish readers are finding themselves in a widening conversation around gender relations based in a debut, 'Letters to Men.' The post Rights Roundup: Frankfurter Buchmesse Straight Ahead appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-15 11:30:14 UTC ]
In the nineteen-fifties, the Cory Book Service quietly connected a community. Then it was forgotten. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2021-10-05 21:58:03 UTC ]
Karen Jennings is to make her US debut, with Holland House selling rights to her Booker Prize-longlisted novel An Island at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-20 07:38:19 UTC ]
As literary agent Ginger Clark sets up her own agency, she has brought Nicole Eisenbraun with her from Curtis Brown Ltd. The post A New Agency’s Translation Rights Manager: Nicole Eisenbraun appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-20 01:55:02 UTC ]
John Marshall Harlan championed equality — but only for some, writes Peter Canellos. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-07-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
Industry Notes: HarperCollins announces new rights territories for Jeffrey Archer's work; Welbeck has a license for England Football. The post Welbeck Preps England Football History; Harper Expands Rights With Jeffrey Archer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-07-09 19:18:23 UTC ]
The virtual London Book Fair, which began on 7th June, has come to a close, with fairgoers generally positive about the new offering, despite some technological grievances. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-03 07:11:56 UTC ]
The “rise of the hybrid author” was discussed at London Book Fair, with the prediction that writers will increasingly buy back rights to their own books from publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-24 22:00:58 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has acquired the audio rights for Pat Barker's catalogue, commissioning new readings by a star cast including include Simon Russell Beale (pictured). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-08 02:15:03 UTC ]
Mark Gordon's new production company's London wing has picked up the forthcoming HarperCollins UK release. The post Film Rights: London’s BKS Agency Has an Option for Stephen McGinty’s ‘The Dive’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-21 18:13:27 UTC ]
Verso has acquired Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests and the Pursuit of Freedom, a memoir by Derecka Purnell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-05 20:05:47 UTC ]
Here’s a list of 9 great horror anthology books full of monsters and mayhem to satisfy your mid-year frights, including The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume One edited by James D. Jenkins and Ryan Cagle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-04-30 10:34:00 UTC ]
Today's Rights Roundup, coinciding with World Book Day, includes titles from Germany, Finland, Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The post World Book Day: A Rights Roundup From Five Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-23 17:25:41 UTC ]