The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2024-05-24 10:51:02 UTC ]
Deesha Philyaw—the National Book Award finalist whose critically-acclaimed debut, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, had trouble finding a publisher—has just inked a seven-figure, two-book deal. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, a collection of nine stories, was turned down by several major New... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-14 18:40:18 UTC ]
On this special Member Exclusive episode of Ursa Short Fiction, authors Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal & Nev) offer a comprehensive guide to the business of publishing—from submitting short stories to literary magazines, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-01 08:51:28 UTC ]
With remarkable photographs and insights, Ingo Arndt and Jürgen Tautz reveal the insects' hidden world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-04 13:00:32 UTC ]
Deesha Philyaw talks about the long gestation of her collection 'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,' a Times Book Prize finalist for first fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-06 16:30:19 UTC ]
'The Secret Lives of Church Ladies' by Deesha Philyaw, which was published by West Virginia University Press, has won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Educational neuroscientist and Channel 4’s "The Secret Lives of Five Year Olds" expert Paul Howard-Jones has urged parents to read to their children to boost youngsters’ maths skills, in the Annual BookTrust Lecture. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-20 12:52:17 UTC ]
While Boston sports fans robbed of the chance to indulge in their third victory parade in the last 230 days were devastated by the way the 2019 Stanley Cup Final closed out, advertisers who took the plunge in Game 7 couldn’t have been more pleased with Wednesday night’s results. According to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-06-14 08:00:00 UTC ]
Ever wonder what the silhouetted figures on road signs do when no one’s around? Stephen Savage shares his findings in a wordless picture book, 'Sign Off' (S&S/Beach Lane, May). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has secured a new book by astronomer Professor Paul Murdin, The Secret Lives of Planets. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Man Booker winner, the diary of a junior doctor and the secret lives of cows ... Which books made their publishers proud – and which ones made them envious? Editor-in-chief, Bloomsbury Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Jenny Colgan deactivated her Twitter account this weekend after her Guardian review of The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain, ghostwritten by Ayisha Mailk, sparked angry reactions on social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even today Berthe Amoss shows no signs of slowing down as she prepares for the upcoming release of her young adult mystery 'Mischief and Malice,' the follow-up to her 1979 book, 'Secret Lives.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oneworld has bought a book looking at the “expanding billion dollar industry” of hair. Senior commissioning editor Sam Carter acquired world rights to Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair by Emma Tarlo, Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, from Emily Sweet Associates. The book “recounts... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is to publish The Secret Lives of Twin Peaks, a novel by Mark Frost, the co-creator of television show “Twin Peaks”. Adult publisher Jeremy Trevathan and editorial director Julie Crisp bought the novel as a pre-empt from agent Ed Victor during this year’s Frankfurt Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]