Not many writers can say they’ve transitioned from love poems to children’s novels about anthropormorphic jazz musicians like “Duck Ellington.” Poet, educator, New York Times bestselling author Kwamé Alexander has done it all. His newest work, “The Undefeated,” is his “love letter to black... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Love is in the air—and all over the children’s picture book list. Plus actor Gary Sinise writes a love letter to the U.S. military, and humorist John Kenney contributes ‘Love Poems for Married People. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
“A love letter to great British literary detectives” by US author Kate Racculia has been bought by HarperFiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Saturday teenagers take over libraries in the West Midlands for A Place Free of Judgement with artists Blast Theory. Author Tony White talks about working on this love song to libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nicole Dennis-Benn describes her debut novel, "Here Comes the Sun" (Norton, July), as “a love letter to Jamaica—my attempt to preserve her beauty by depicting her flaws.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Key Books has acquired a YA rom-com, set in London, by author and journalist Sarra Manning. London Belongs to Us follows Sunny and her friends as they cross London one night, chasing an errant boyfriend from Cyrstal Palace to Alexandra Palace. The story is a “love letter to being young,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andy Robb founded the UKYA Blogger Awards to salute all the teen and YA book bloggers who work so hard, for nothing but free books and the odd signature, to tell the world about the books they love, here’s whyOur guide to becoming a book bloggerTop 10 teen/YA book bloggers by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A love letter to fashion, Paris, and the House of Dior, 'Girl in Dior' ('Jeune fille en Dior') brings French superstar Annie Goetzinger to the US, and gorgeous clothes to the comics page. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readers who were inspired by Azar Nafisi’s paean to literature in Reading Lolita in Tehran—there were enough to keep the book on the New York Times bestseller list for 117 weeks—can rejoice at the appearance of The Republic of Imagination (Viking, Oct.), an homage to American literature and a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]