The Stinging Fly has helped launch several of Ireland’s most promising writers. How has a publication with 1,000 subscribers carved a niche in the Irish canon? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-04-05 09:00:42 UTC ]
Since founding Morgan James Publishing in 2003, entrepreneur David Hancock has helped launch the careers of thousands of authors. Whether it’s a business- or faith-based title, a novel, or a children’s story, the books’ accolades speak for themselves. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
He founded Anchor Books, publishing high-quality paperbacks in the 1950s, then led Random House and helped launch the New York Review of Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-05 02:25:43 UTC ]
Her first novel, “Interview With the Vampire,” launched a blockbuster book series and was adapted into a movie starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-14 00:33:11 UTC ]
Patrick Radden Keefe has won the UK’s prestigious 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, which investigates the legacy of the family behind Purdue Pharma, which produced and sold OxyContin and helped launch the opioid crisis.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-17 14:00:39 UTC ]
Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-02-23 20:10:42 UTC ]
My mother, Janet Freer, who has died aged 89, was a literary agent for science-fiction writers in the 1960s and 70s. She helped launch the careers of several young SF writers.Janet began work as a commercial artist before starting her publishing career in London around 1962. She spent several... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-11 15:38:47 UTC ]
Jacqueline Wilson has helped launch a campaign for Book Aid International celebrating the power of books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four years after leaving Rodale for Time Inc., Matt Bean is set to return to the Emmaus, Pa.-based magazine publisher with a shiny new title: editor in chief of Men's Health. "Matt is truly a modern day editor, savvy across print, digital and social platforms, with a clear vision for the Men's... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guy Garvey, singer and guitarist with rock band Elbow, has helped launch a new fundraising scheme for Manchester Central Library by becoming the first member of the new "Central Library Lovers" initiative. The membership-fee based scheme is a new initiative from the Manchester Central Library... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
DC Entertainment has announced plans for a year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Batman, the iconic Golden Age comic book character that debuted in 1939 and helped launch the superhero genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]