Amanda Brainerd’s novel, Age of Consent, is out now, so we asked her a few questions about reading, writer’s block, and David Bowie. * Who do you most wish would read your book? Teenage girls—there are so few adult books written about them. What do you always want to talk about in interviews but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-24 08:48:44 UTC ]
Octopus imprint Cassell Illustrated is releasing photographer Terry O’Neill’s "ultimate portrait" of David Bowie, containing rare and never-before-seen pictures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Bowie's son, director and screenwriter Duncan Jones, has launched a book club in tribute to his late father. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the idea of sitting through a personal finance course or reading personal finance book makes your eyes glaze over, then Lillian Karabaic may have a solution for you. It involves cats. It involves indie comic book illustrators. It involves Ziggy Starbudget (her David Bowie-themed alter... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Raymond Briggs talks to Newsnight about The Snowman, what David Bowie got wrong and being childless. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unbound has launched crowdfunding for an anthology celebrating the life of David Bowie, featuring contributions from a host of stellar writers including Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Roddy Doyle, Suzanne Moore and Evie Wyld. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new TV One drama Lucifer is a fresh take on the story of the original fallen angel, based on DC Entertainment's comic book imprint of the same name. But this version takes everything we think we know about the world's greatest villain and flips it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's more than fitting that the first posthumous video for a David Bowie song would depict a psychedelic shot through the cosmos. "I Can't Give Everything Away," a standout track from his final album, "Blackstar," gets a gentle lyric video that recalls vintage animation and science fiction, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton is to publish a biography of David Bowie by music journalist Lesley-Ann Jones, entitled Hero: David Bowie, this September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jesse DeWitt is the digital director of language learning products at Merriam-Webster. And as you may surmise from his title, DeWitt does not devote the lion's share of his time to the dictionary publisher's social marketing—he wears many hats for the New York-based company. In fact, he shares... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Bowie’s book publisher and director of the V&A museum has called the singer a "true pioneer" and said his death is "a loss to us all". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
When the managers of indie giants Garbage asked photographer Pat Pope to use his pictures for no fee, he made a standA professional photographer for more than 20 years, and published in Q, Melody Maker and Rolling Stone, Pat Pope has worked with many of the biggest names in pop and rock music,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 'These Dreams of You,' Steve Erickson writes incisively and movingly about issues of family and race, but the novel goes off the rails with tangents.Zan Nordhoc's unhappy family is certainly unhappy in its own ways in Steve Erickson's new novel "These Dreams of You." For instance, in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]