You can’t take control of your digital life if you aren’t intentional about how you spend your time, argues Cal Newport. In his Nicomachean Ethics, compiled in the fourth century BC, Aristotle tackles a question as urgent then as it is today: How does one live a good life? The Ethics divides its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Late children’s author Mal Peet's final book, The Murdstone Trilogy (David Fickling Books), will be adapted for TV by the dramatist behind Hilary Mantel’s "Wolf Hall" for a newly formed production company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coronet has acquired the rights to the final book in Graham Hancock’s non-fiction trilogy, four years after the publication of Magicians of the Gods. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Murray is releasing a special edition of Stephen Hawking's final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions exclusively with independent bookshops. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
At BookExpo, actor turned writer Chris Colfer spoke with 'NYTBR' editor Pamela Paul about the paperback release of the sixth and final book in his bestselling The Land of Stories series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's hard enough getting John Dunmore to stop and sit down; getting him to talk about himself is almost impossible. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The final book from Henning Mankell is among the titles to be shortlisted for the 2018 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Bond’s final book about the accident-prone bear will be published next year on the anniversary of the author’s deathA final adventure for Paddington Bear, in which the marmalade-loving magnet for trouble visits St Paul’s Cathedral, will be published in June 2018, a year after the death... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roald Dahl's last children's book finally gets the Sir Quentin Blake treatment after 26 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pape Satàn Aleppe: Chronicles of a Liquid Society is a collection of essays that was originally set to be published in May 2016The release date of the final book by the Italian novelist Umberto Eco, who died on 19 February, has been pushed forward from May 2016 to come out this weekend in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a successful 25-year run and selling more than three million copies, the final book in the Griffin and Sabine series will hit stores this spring. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sir Terry Pratchett fans react to the release of the authors final novel, almost six months after his death. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The final book in Laura Lam’s Dark Circus series – the first two books of which were published by the now-closed Osprey imprint Strange Chemistry – will be published by Pan Macmillan. Pan Macmillan has acquired world rights to the series, consisting of Pantomime, Shadowplay and Masquerade, from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Athill will publish Alive, Alive Oh! next year, it is revealed, while O’Brien has a new novel about love on the wayDiana Athill published her previous memoir, a Costa award-winning, and bestselling, reflection on ageing and death, at the age of 90. Intending it to be her final book, she called... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House and Altitude, a film production company, are teaming up to develop book and film projects simultaneously. “Instead of waiting for a final book to take into movie production, we will find scripts or treatments together and develop them at the same time,” said Barry Cunningham, m.d.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Mockingjay' is an adaptation of part of the final book in Suzanne Collins's trilogy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW talked with the author of 'The Magician's Land,' the final book in his Magicians trilogy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC's business editor Robert Peston describes how transcribing his late wife's final book helped him cope with grief following her death from lung cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy is coming to the big-screen in two parts starting in 2014. Lionsgate Films announced today that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 will be released November 21, 2014, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 will follow on November 20, 2015. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 09:00 Christopher Paolini is likely to turn his hand to science fiction for his next work, as the final book in his epic Inheritance Cycle series is published this week. The series has sold 4.5m in export and UK sales, including... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]