Bonnier Books UK’s new literary imprint Manilla Press has acquired a "powerful memoir" from debut author Bexy Cameron exploring her childhood in the notorious cult Children of God. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 00:29:45 UTC ]
FEW WRITERS MANAGE to capture the essence of the California that exists beyond the images typically offered up by film and television — palm trees, beaches, gridlock, Hollywood, Kardashians; images the rest of the country seems so willing to accept about us “out here.” Kendra Atleework’s new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-01 18:00:10 UTC ]
Journalist Maria Hinojosa talks about her memoir "Once I Was You," and how a childhood trauma triggered her interest in immigration reporting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-31 16:00:33 UTC ]
Harper buys a memoir from Alexander Vindman, a WaPo columnist sells his memoir to S&S, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
CHRISTA PARRAVANI’S SEMINAL Guernica essay published last year, “Life and Death in West Virginia,” was my introduction to this author and inspired me to seek out more of her work. I was thrilled when she agreed to an interview. The personal is political, and in Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-29 19:00:52 UTC ]
Barack Obama’s memoir is landing. So is a biography of Adrienne Rich and buzzy fiction from Jo Nesbo, Nicole Krauss and Susie Yang. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-29 09:00:34 UTC ]
Headline has acquired Drama Queen, a "compelling and funny" memoir about autism from comedy writer Sara Gibbs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 03:20:34 UTC ]
Faber is to publish a memoir from Evan Dando, frontman of alternative rock band the Lemonheads, in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 02:20:55 UTC ]
Indie September Publishing has revealed two lead titles for spring: Melissa Rice's memoir Sobering: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Drinking, Thinking and Quitting, and Ronald J Deibert's non-fiction work, Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 01:43:01 UTC ]
In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir published by the New Yorker, former President Barack Obama recalls the long battle for healthcare reform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-26 19:52:09 UTC ]
From André Breton to Alison Bechdel, memoir writers have turned the genre upside down. Now a photographer recreates her troubled suburban childhood in a book, casting a movie star — Laura Dern — as her mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-26 17:41:25 UTC ]
“My hope was that by embracing openness and vulnerability, my readers would understand and empathize with the situation I had found myself in.” Allison Wood talks to Luna Adler about what a memoir can do. | Lit Hub Memoir “There is enough evidence in the public record to support a complaint that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-26 10:30:04 UTC ]
Bookable features established authors and emerging talent in conversation with host and author Amanda Stern, perhaps best known for creating the Happy Ending Music & Reading Series at New York’s famous Joe’s Pub and Symphony Space. With an immersive sound experience designed around each... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-23 08:48:34 UTC ]
Guardian Weekend magazine and gal-dem are launching a memoir writing competition for UK-resident black women and black non-binary people aged 16-21 on the theme of ‘conversations’Calling all young black women and black non-binary writers aged 16-21. The Guardian is once again collaborating on a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-22 11:23:42 UTC ]
Lee Brackstone, publisher at White Rabbit, has acquired world all-language rights for Medical Grade Music directly from authors Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 10:33:59 UTC ]
Thank you, universe: We’re getting a queer Canadian grunge-era comedy series about Tegan and Sara Quin directed by Clea DuVall, and there’s literally nothing I can do to make that sentence better. The show will be based on High School, the sisters’ memoir of their adolescence in Calgary,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-21 18:12:12 UTC ]
To close out October’s theme of beauty privilege, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss Say Hello by Carly Findlay and If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha. From the episode: Sumaiyya: My discussion pick is If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, which is set in Seoul, South Korea. This looks at four young women... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-21 08:47:55 UTC ]
McConaughey’s memoir “Greenlights” is full of can-do thoughts about this thing he calls “livin.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-10-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
In his long-awaited answer to the government's civil complaint, former national security adviser John Bolton denied that he broke any laws in publishing his bestselling memoir 'The Room Where It Happened.' But with a DoJ motion for Summary Judgment now pending before the court, it's unclear... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Headline will publish Two Hitlers and a Marilyn by Adam Andrusier in July 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 12:19:03 UTC ]