Ahead of the publication of his raw account of the Russian invasion, the reporter talks about capturing the conflict in real time – and when the war will come to an endIllia Ponomarenko was mulling over the idea of writing a book about the war in his home country, Ukraine. He decided to ask his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-11 10:00:23 UTC ]
Apple’s annual iPhone event kicks off today, so if you can’t stand the company’s presentations or devices, you might want to disconnect this afternoon. But for anyone interested in what the most influential tech hardware company is doing, expect to see a new iPhone… obviously.All the iPhone 15... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-12 11:15:10 UTC ]
Patrice Nganang’s Cameroon trilogy challenges the capacities of literary fiction with the turbulent complexities of his home country. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2022-06-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was subjected to torture by the his home country's government while detained last year, has been named the International Writer of Courage at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 20:57:34 UTC ]
The Emirati writer's fiction explores the rapid changes in her home country in recent decades, with factual research as a foundation. The post At Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: Salha Obaid on Fact and Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-26 15:30:15 UTC ]
This concise but weighty collection of essays addresses an array of critical topics, including violence in Mexico, deportation and covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-10-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
Digital media company Copa90 created clubhouses in Paris and Lyon to give its brand a boost IRL just like physical retail helps D2C startups grow. As the reigning Ballon d’Or winner, Ada Hegerberg is the best female soccer player on the planet. But the Norwegian star, who plays professionally in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-07-20 07:00:27 UTC ]
Nora Roberts, one of the world's most successful romance novelists, has filed a lawsuit against author Cristiane Serruya, who she claims plagiarized her work, the Associated Press reported. In the lawsuit, filed in Serruya's home country of Brazil, Roberts claimed that Serruya's books are a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Streaming giant buys rights to create first ever screen adaptation of Colombian author’s seminal 1967 magical realist novel Netflix has acquired the rights to Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal One Hundred Years of Solitude to create the first screen adaptation of the author’s 1967 masterpiece.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Luiz Schwarcz, the recipient of the London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achivement Award, is a behemoth of Brazilian publishing: he tells Tom Tivnan of the trials and tribulations of his home country’s book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A political novelist looks back on how issues explicated by her fiction ended up hampering book sales in her home country of Ethiopia. The post Ethiopia’s Tsehay Melaku: ‘My Dream Was To Be an Author’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The crime novel, about a shooting in a Stockholm school, has been dominating the bestseller lists in its home country all summer and has sold in 23 territories to date. Its editor thinks it has benefited from critical praise and unusually strong publisher support. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chef Gino D’Acampo is to write a vegetarian cookbook for Hodder & Stoughton. Gino’s Veg Italia! The Healthy Way to Eat Like an Italian will be D’Acampo’s first exclusively meat-free book. Lifestyle publisher Nicky Ross commissioned the title in a two-book deal with agent Jeremy Hicks of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]