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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
This past weekend, the 14th Brooklyn Book Festival was held on a hot and sunny Sunday in downtown Brooklyn, and saw another good year for indie publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-25 04:00:00 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 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 ]
Intan Paramaditha will be appearing alongside Syd Moore to discuss re-writing old stories and myths with a contemporary, feminist slant at the Essex Book Festival on 15 March 2019 at 19.00. Find out more and book tickets here. What’s exciting about Indonesian literature at the moment, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-02-21 11:15:36 UTC ]
A new book festival for fans of fantasy, science fiction and horror is launching in Edinburgh next summer featuring authors including Scottish sci-fi writer Ken MacLeod and The Bone Season's Samantha Shannon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publisher Hearst UK is to launch a book festival which will include a new awards, accreditation and live events experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-06 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 ]
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 ]
Deckle Edge, which will launch in Columbia, South Carolina Feb. 19-21, hopes to fill the void left when the South Carolina Book Festival was cancelled in July. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Guardian is organising a children’s literature festival – a free one-day event in London on 29th August, featuring authors such as Sarah McIntyre, Philip Reeve and Paul Strickland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Edinburgh International Book Festival will be a "global village" this summer with guests from 55 countries, its director has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Boston Book Festival is expanding with a free, day-long festival just for kids, Hubbub: Creative Commotion for Kids, at the close of the school year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh's international book festival is getting Stripped and ready with a strand devoted to comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]