More than 2,100 participants will spotlight books by trans authors and raise funds for trans rights organizations via TikTok and Instagram this week under the #TransRightsReadathon hashtag. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
This Halloween, a group of crime writers including Peter James, M W Craven, T M Logan and Trevor Wood are publishing a spooky crime anthology to help raise funds for the Barnardos Children in Crisis Appeal, set up in the wake of the "shadow pandemic" created by Covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 02:35:23 UTC ]
The future of the Brontë Parsonage Museum is at risk following an estimated loss of £500,000 during lockdown, the Brontë Society has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 03:33:28 UTC ]
Authors for Black Voices is a silent auction offering exclusive book-related collectibles and services in order to raise funds to benefit nonprofits working to fight racism in publishing, education, and literacy. The auction will run from August 3-31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Kyle Cathie has compiled A Taste of Home to raise funds for The Passage, London's largest homeless charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 03:31:20 UTC ]
A variety show put on by Bon Appétit's test kitchen staff Friday evening, live-streamed on YouTube and benefiting the World Central Kitchen, was loud, silly, at-times chaotic, and in the end, remarkably effective. Nearly 500,000 viewers tuned into the show at some point during the two-hour... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-06 20:55:01 UTC ]
A group of crime writers are publishing a digital short story anthology to help raise funds for charity Samaritans in the light of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 05:15:57 UTC ]
The photography community is fighting back with print sales to raise money for struggling artists during the COVID-19 recession. As the coronavirus pandemic forces us to embrace living remotely, often limiting our connection to the outside world to digital platforms and images, professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-04-18 12:31:45 UTC ]
Scottish YA author Claire McFall is releasing an e-book title, Making Turquoise, to raise money for food banks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 05:38:55 UTC ]
Several indies have launched, with varying degrees of success, GoFundMe fundraising campaigns to help them raise funds to pay bills and employees during a national shutdown that may last for months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
Mills & Boon is partnering with Asda for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer campaign, Tickled Pink, for the second year in a row. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 22:33:50 UTC ]
Publishers and authors look to Kickstarter and Indiegogo to raise funds and engage loyal customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat Discover is one of today's hottest sources of news, but it's possibly ... too hot? With an expected IPO just months away, Snapchat wants to start cleaning up Discover's often racy content—created by a select group of publishers including Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and MTV—by moving away... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Huthwaite, editorial director at HarperCollins, has launched a project to provide manuscript services for aspiring authors in order to raise £30,000 for charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury’s has released its flagship Christmas television advert featuring children’s author Judith Kerr’s Mog character at its heart, in a bid to raise funds for Save the Children’s literacy campaign. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 21/06/2011 - 11:08 Alan Bennett, Jilly Cooper and Joanna Trollope are among the authors donating books with personal inscriptions to an auction to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust (NLT). Sixteen authors have donated titles, many from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]