Lit Lists T. Patrick Ortez Fantasy is often overlooked when it comes to literature in translation, but from Gilgamesh to the Edda to The Epic of Darkness, fantasy lies at the heart of human storytelling. The genre has changed a lot since then, but fantasy... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-10-01 14:00:27 UTC ]
Ibram Kendi, who received the 2016 National Book Award for his book 'Stamped From the Beginning,' has launched the first National Antiracist Book Festival, to be held April 27 at American University in Washington, D.C. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The mission of new fiction imprint Hoopoe is to "accurately reflect what is going on in the Middle East, from the Middle East." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book exploring digital life has won the top prize at the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Awards for Non-Fiction. Laurence Scott was awarded with the £10,000 prize for his book The Four Dimensional Human, to be published by William Heinemann in summer 2015, at John Murray's house in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American University in Cairo Press has said it is "carrying on" despite the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The offices of the American University in Cairo Press and its Tahrir Bookstore, both situated on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 11/03/2011 - 15:46 Canongate has bought three books by the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany, including one on the recent revolution in Egypt. Publishing director Anya Serota bought UK & Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada, ANZ and India) to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]