The adaptation of Sally Rooney’s first novel can’t quite bring tricky source material – repressed characters, digital communication – to lifeIt was always unlikely that Conversations with Friends, the new Hulu and BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s first novel, would be able to repeat the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-05-24 06:05:00 UTC ]
Jim Underwood, who has died aged 78, was a varied, thoughtful and intelligent translator, whose work was published under the name JA Underwood.From the early 1970s until his death, he was one of the key figures in bringing to a wide audience many remarkable works of French and German literature.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
As another year draws to a close, key figures at major publishers share insights on how they are defining success and refining their strategies moving forward. The post Executive Perspectives: Where Eight Publishers Are Focusing in Q4 and Beyond appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sally Whitaker, one of the key figures behind the inception of Nielsen Bookscan is remembered, with her time as m.d. of J Whitaker & Son notable for its many groundbreaking advances. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Key figures in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US embargo of Cuba as it pertains to books. The post Cuba’s Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reviews editor Alex Crowley recommends 'The Pentagon's Brain,' about DARPA, the rationale and strategy that underpins defense science, and key figures in this shadowy world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC is adapting Hilary Mantel’s novel about the French Revolution, A Place of Greater Safety, following its recent adaptation of her Man Booker Prize-winning Tudor novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies (all Fourth Estate). The 1992 novel tells the story of three young men who were key... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]