Arundhati Roy, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things along with The Ministry of Utmost Happiness and My Seditious Heart, spoke with writer Siddhartha Deb in May at Harlem’s Apollo Theater as part of PEN America’s World Voices Festival. The following is adapted from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-07-10 08:49:18 UTC ]
The couple, whose children’s books include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Borka, receive BookTrust’s first ever joint lifetime achievement awardTwo giants of children’s books, Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham, are to be honoured with the first ever double BookTrust lifetime achievement award.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
On this week’s episode of my podcast, I Have to Ask, I spoke with Laura Kipnis, an essayist and author whose books include Against Love, Men: Notes From an Ongoing Investigation, and, most recently, Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus. Although known for her writings about... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author and illustrator Nicholas Allan, whose books include as Father Christmas Needs a Wee and The Queen's Knickers (Red Fox), is donating his entire archive to Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oscar-winning films that were based on books include 'The Theory of Everything,' 'Still Alice,' and 'The Imitation Game.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The prolific US crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose books include Get Shorty and Out of Sight, dies at the age of 87. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
US crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose books include Get Shorty and Out of Sight, is in hospital in Detroit following a stroke. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 18/04/2011 - 15:13 Simon & Schuster Children's Books has signed a deal to publish tie-in titles to the forthcoming Smurfs movie. Publishing director Ingrid Selberg bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia, New Zealand and Canada... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]