World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature News and Events [email protected] Mon, 06/17/2024 - 12:19 Top row (left to right): Samira Ahmed (photo by Erielle Bakkum), Hatem Aly;... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-06-17 17:19:26 UTC ]
The Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Services recognizes book publishing professionals whose "tireless and persistent" work has made a positive impact on the book publishing industry. Milliot is recognized for his "decades-long commitment to reporting on the book industry." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Four years and a day ago, I boarded a bus with what felt like half of my journalism school class and traveled to Washington, DC, for the inauguration of Donald Trump and the Women’s March the day after. I’d arranged to cover the events for Pacifica radio and ended up writing a short dispatch for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-01-20 13:36:57 UTC ]
Over the past two days, publishers across the media industry have responded to protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by issuing statements of solidarity with demonstrators calling for equality before the law and an end to racial injustice. Here's another response they ought to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-06-01 20:07:31 UTC ]
News and Events WLT Margarita Engle will deliver the keynote address for the Neustadt Lit Fest at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval, on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. The event is free and... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-10-01 19:25:31 UTC ]
The positive impact of currency fluctuations, plus higher backlist sales in its children's division, led to a 1% revenue rise at HarperCollins this past quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter's 140-character limit died today after a long battle with Facebook. It is survived by brands, publishers and personalities, who will miss its insistence on wit and getting to the point.That's right: Twitter is expanding its character limit on text posts to 280 characters from 140,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arts Council England (ACE) is launching a series of podcasts to highlight the "positive impact" libraries have on the community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
I have always believed in the positive impact that dialogue has on narrowing divides and bringing about sustainable change, and it is for this reason that the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) sought full membership in the International Publishers Association (IPA) soon after its creation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Oxford University Press we have to balance children’s cultural and learning needs, while retaining some healthy common senseGiven that our editorial guidelines that reference pigs and pork have been in place for as long as I can remember, little did I imagine that they would attract... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brazil's turn as Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair put added pressure on publishers to work at a higher level. Will the positive impact last? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]