From the shock and awe of labour to domestic isolation, a wave of recent novels captures the transformative nature of being a motherThey say nothing prepares you. Before having my baby, I approached the literature of motherhood as though I were about to sit an exam. If my studies tempered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-20 11:00:01 UTC ]
Developer Tribute Games and publisher Dotemu just announced some robust DLC coming later this year for the well-reviewed beat 'em upTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. The Dimension Shellshock DLC features a new game mode, new color swaps for playable characters and brand new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-06-07 18:39:46 UTC ]
When it comes to retro portable gaming, even the better handhelds usually only emulate the original PlayStation and N64 era. But if you’re a fan of the GameCube or PS2 libraries (and you should be), the number of handhelds capable enough, well-made enough and reasonably priced enough is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-05-13 11:15:33 UTC ]
A veteran journalist, she also edited a forthcoming compilation of the journals of Alice Walker, thus illuminating African American women of letters from the Harlem Renaissance to the present day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-15 23:55:19 UTC ]
Sceptre has pre-empted Self-Made by journalist and novelist Tara Isabella Burton, a history of "self-making" from the Renaissance to the present day, promising "a brilliant contribution to the history of ideas from a blazing talent". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-11 15:03:33 UTC ]
A brief guide to the evolution of comic book art styles, from the early days of comic strips to present day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-08-06 10:35:00 UTC ]
Hay Festival Digital will feature performances, discussions, and interactive Q&As with over 100 of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers. It will stream online from 22 – 31 May 2020.The opening gala, produced by Hay Festivals in association with the British Council, and AHRC, celebrates... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-05-06 14:45:31 UTC ]
The style magazine that defined the 80s has been relaunched online – with a print version to come in SeptemberAfter a hiatus of 15 years, the Face, the style magazine known for its striking covers that helped launch the careers of Kate Moss, Alexander McQueen, Juergen Teller and Phoebe Philo, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The "boomerang" nature of time was discussed at the Vintage for Change evening, along with teen revolution and the sensibilities of sexbots, as Jeanette Winterson and six other authors considered the “turbulent times” of present day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Distinguished historian, journalist and scholar who focused on terrorism, the Holocaust and the decline of EuropeThe contemporary historian and journalist Walter Laqueur, who has died aged 97, made the great issues of the past century accessible to a wide readership in the almost 100 book titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has acquired an "atmospheric" debut novel set on the Essex marshes during World War 2 and in the present day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Virago has been praised as "brave" and "inspiring" from people in the trade after a BBC documentary traced the history of the women's publisher from its early-1970s roots to the present day. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven Stories has delved into its own archive to put together a book about children’s illustration, which it will publish with Walker Books in October. Drawn from the Archive: Hidden Histories of Illustration is edited by Sarah Lawrence, Seven Stories’ collection director, who looks at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
It wants to be ‘the best photography fair in the world – bar none’. But can it possibly live up to the hype? Prepare to be amazed and probably overwhelmed as Photo London hits the capitalBack in 2011, I wrote a piece about London’s belated embrace of photography. Citing the Tate’s 2009... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
These delightful biographies of 294 authors begin with John Bunyan in the 17th century and ends with Rana Dasgupta, born in 1971.My assignment: Read almost 300 literary biographies in more than 800 pages, all of English-language authors, beginning in the 17th century and ending in the present... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 10/08/2011 - 08:52 Orbit has bought a fantasy trilogy about Queen Victoria, who sits on the throne in the present day as the queen is an immortal vampire. Commissioning editor Anna Gregson bought UK and Commonwealth rights to God Save the Queen,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]