Interviews Dimitris Lyacos with Marsias / Photo by Walter Melcher In 2019 I interviewed Dimitris Lyacos on the occasion of the US tour/launch of his trilogy, Poena Damni, which had been recently released in the English complete edition. When we... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-10-04 20:23:19 UTC ]
Piers Morgan will be presenting a nightly talkshow in this new venture aimed at outflanking the ailing GB NewsThe human Marmite of British journalism, Piers Morgan, is about to be spread very thinly. He has signed a global commentary deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. A nightly talkshow will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-19 17:07:41 UTC ]
Jamie Oliver is aiming to find the next big cookbook star in a TV series from Channel 4 and Penguin Michael Joseph, with the winner securing their own book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 11:26:19 UTC ]
Jonathan Mattingly is seeking a new publisher for his account of the shooting after Simon & Schuster refused to distribute it for Post Hill PressOne of the police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor has pulled out of his book deal with a conservative press four months after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-08-23 13:25:33 UTC ]
The Duke of Sussex's news coincided with his first public appearance in the U.S. since the birth of his daughter, Lilibet. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2021-08-20 15:50:27 UTC ]
The white woman behind the popular Instagram account @soyouwanttotalkabout has apologised after claims that she has co-opted the black author’s brandThe white woman behind an Instagram account with almost three million followers has apologised for the “harm” she caused to bestselling black... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-08-16 16:19:00 UTC ]
Quercus has acquired One Italian Summer and a second book from American author Rebecca Serle. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 19:33:59 UTC ]
Petition signed by more than 200 Simon & Schuster employees delivered to publishing house also calls for end to deals with members of Trump administrationMore than 200 members of staff at Simon & Schuster have signed a petition calling for the publishing house to cancel its seven-figure... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-27 13:55:17 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster president Jonathan Karp says seven-figure book deal will go ahead, after open letter from employees accuses publisher of being ‘on the wrong side of justice’Simon & Schuster has said it will not pull out of a seven-figure book deal with Mike Pence after some of its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-21 12:05:44 UTC ]
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting, has a book deal with a small press, but its distributor, Simon & Schuster, in an unusual move, said it won’t ship it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-16 22:14:05 UTC ]
Days before Republican John Boehner releases his party-pounding book from Macmillan, Trump's vice-president gets a book deal of his own. The post Simon & Schuster Signs Two-Book Deal With Mike Pence appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-08 16:52:35 UTC ]
I started querying agents for my memoir, Negative Space, in 2012, after two years of writing and revising. I got a few rounds of passes, including several friendly rejections in which agents said they just didn’t “know how to sell” my book. I heard this refrain enough times that I started... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-03-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
TV presenter and author Paul O'Grady has signed a “major” multi-book deal with HarperCollins for his debut children’s novel, Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang, the first in a planned series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-17 19:53:37 UTC ]
Presidents typically continue to receive intelligence briefings after they leave office, but some officials say that’s not a good idea in Trump’s case. It’s hard to transition from one day knowing the world’s intelligence secrets to the next day being all alone in America, pocketing $400,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-01-20 08:10:04 UTC ]
Sarah Ferguson says historical tale Her Heart for a Compass is inspired by experiences in her own lifeThe Duchess of York has landed a book deal with the romantic fiction publisher Mills & Boon, revealing that she “drew on many parallels from my life” for the historical tale.Sarah... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-01-13 10:13:08 UTC ]
On Wednesday afternoon, a mob of right-wing extremists and indignant livestreamers stormed the Capitol. Along their path, they left a note to the journalists who were covering the scene, a message that seemed a harrowing extension of a presidency marked by anti-press virulence: etched into a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-08 13:30:11 UTC ]
A book deal and new job at Netflix makes Bozoma Saint John a marketer to watch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2020-12-28 10:30:00 UTC ]
Avon Books has acquired world all language rights (including dramatic) to The Family Tree and one other thriller by authors Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 18:36:13 UTC ]
The murderous unicorns are coming! A 28-year-old lawyer and debut children’s book author from England, Annabel Steadman, has landed what is reportedly the largest children’s book deal ever—a healthy seven figures—for a fantasy adventure series, Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. The series is set in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 16:36:23 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster is to publish a political memoir by Jess Phillips, secured in a two book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 10:32:36 UTC ]