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Yepoka Yeebo takes home 2024 Jhalak prize for writers of colour

Author of Anansi’s Gold, a nonfiction account of a notorious Ghanian conman ‘told with biting wit’, wins £1,000 awardYepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak prize for her nonfiction book about a Ghanaian con artist.Anansi’s Gold is an “exhilarating journey” through the life and “almost... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-05-30 18:30:16 UTC ]
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The NYPD’s ‘unprofessional’ social media posts are under investigation

The investigation was requested by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the Legal Aid Society. New York City’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city’s police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2024-05-09 14:19:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of April 15, 2024

Atria signs CNN Anchor Jake Tapper’s first nonfiction book in over a decade; Kensington takes a spicy paranormal romance series, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘The Enigma Girls,’ by Candace Fleming

Britain’s youngest code-breakers, brought to life in a new nonfiction book by Candace Fleming, were normal teenagers: playing pranks, attending dances. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2024-03-08 10:01:52 UTC ]
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Giovanna Fletcher: ‘My most embarrassing moment? At the TV Baftas I went arse over tit’

The author and podcaster on young love, chips and curry sauce, and her husband’s selective hearingBorn in Essex, Giovanna Fletcher, 39, studied at drama school. She made her fiction debut in 2013 with Billy and Me, writes young adult fiction with her husband, musician Tom Fletcher, and in 2017... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-02-10 09:30:38 UTC ]
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10 New Nonfiction Book Releases of February 2024

New nonfiction books hitting shelves in February 2024 include memoirs, food stories, ex-wives, and more. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2024-02-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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“The Houses of Your Village Have Eyes.” A Poem by Irma Pineda, in Three Languages

I first encountered Irma Pineda’s poetry in the Mexico City literary journal Generación in 2005, as I was writing a nonfiction book set in her home region (No Word for Welcome, Nebraska, 2011). Pineda’s language, Didxazá (Isthmus Zapotec), has a written literary history that extends back 2,500... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-01-19 09:50:05 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 30, 2023

Kensington picks up TikTok star Harley Laroux’s new novel, Bloomsbury nabs a nonfiction book by Miriam Toews, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Our Migrant Souls,’ by Héctor Tobar

“Our Migrant Souls,” the author’s first nonfiction book in nearly a decade, is a deeply personal meditation on Latino American experience. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2023-05-09 09:00:12 UTC ]
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Finding “Enough”: A Conversation with Nicole Chung, by Renee H. Shea

Finding “Enough”: A Conversation with Nicole Chung, by Renee H. Shea Interviews [email protected] Mon, 04/03/2023 - 21:13 Writer and editor Nicole Chung is the author of the best-selling memoir All You Can Ever Know (Catapult, 2018), the story of... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'

[ World Literature Today | 2023-04-04 02:13:03 UTC ]
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Otherlands author Thomas Halliday: ‘Some people have insisted on reading the book backwards’

The paleobiologist and author of Foyles’ nonfiction book of 2022 on Earth’s deep past, the joys of the British Library, and how early four-limbed vertebrates helped him find his feetThomas Halliday was born in 1989 and raised in Rannoch in the Scottish Highlands. He studied zoology at Cambridge... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-28 18:00:26 UTC ]
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Prince Harry’s Spare is fastest-selling nonfiction book since UK records began

First week of the controversial memoir’s sales breaks official UK records reports Nielsen, Guinness World Records and WaterstonesPrince Harry’s Spare has sold almost half a million copies in the UK in its first week on sale, making it the fastest-selling nonfiction book since records... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-17 16:13:57 UTC ]
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‘The monarchy’s a laughing stock’: readers react to Prince Harry’s Spare

Views range from sympathy for the Sussexes in light of treatment by royals and tabloids, to regarding them as being ‘as entitled as the others’Prince Harry’s tell-all autobiography has become the UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book ever. The memoir has been controversial, with Harry making... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-13 12:09:22 UTC ]
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Prince Harry’s memoir Spare shifts more than 1.4m copies in a day

The much-anticipated account of the troubled prince’s life has broken publisher’s previous record for first-day sales in the UK, US and CanadaPrince Harry’s memoir sold 1,430,000 copies on its first day on sale in the US, Canada and the UK combined, according to the book’s publisher Penguin... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-12 13:44:46 UTC ]
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Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare is UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book

The memoir, which includes claims Prince William attacked him, records figures of 400,000 on its first day Prince Harry’s autobiography has become the UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book ever, recording figures of 400,000 on its first day on sale.The controversial memoir Spare has made... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-10 19:17:17 UTC ]
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If You Loved That Novel, Try This Nonfiction Book

If you loved these popular novels, try picking up a nonfiction book that pairs perfectly with it, like The Martian and Packing for Mars. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2022-09-08 10:38:00 UTC ]
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Seth Rogen and Pete Davidson are starring in the inevitable GameStop dramatization

As if multipledocumentaries, podcasts and books weren't enough to tell the tale of last year's GameStop stock squeeze, a feature film about the saga is in the works. Seth Rogen (aka Donkey Kong), Pete Davidson, Sebastian Stan and Paul Dano will star in Dumb Money, which starts filming this... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2022-09-02 14:25:50 UTC ]
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Podcast Network Lemonada and Penguin Random House Team up for a Book Club

Women-operated and founded podcast network Lemonada Media is launching a book club in partnership with publishing company Penguin Random House. Starting September, the Lemonada Book Club will select recent or upcoming fiction and nonfiction book releases under PRH--aligned with topics related to... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2022-08-31 12:13:11 UTC ]
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