The next time you're watching a show on Prime Video and there's a moment that leaves you crying, laughing or feeling wowed, you might be able to share a clip of it with your friends. Prime Video users in the US can now try a clip feature on iOS.Perhaps due to rights issues, the feature is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-11-11 20:31:33 UTC ]
A guide that can serve as a starting point to help you find interesting, relevant and fascinating free online english literature courses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-21 10:40:00 UTC ]
With Sharjah as London Book Fair’s guest of honour in 2022, the time is nigh – nay, now – for publishers to acquire Arabic titles for translation. But where to start? Unlike other languages such as Korean or Swedish, which have robust agenting infrastructure, very few Arab authors have agents to... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2021-06-29 14:19:46 UTC ]
On the eve of the Trump administration presenting its budget proposals to Congress, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Pentagon plans to cut back its funding of Stars and Stripes, a government-owned—yet editorially independent—newspaper covering military matters. That was news to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-02-14 12:00:07 UTC ]
Taking as a starting point the protest over right-wing exhibitors at the 2017 Göteborg Book Fair, 'Words Without Borders' March issue focuses on politics, stereotypes, and identity in Swedish and Finnish writing. The post Words Without Borders March: ‘How Political Borders Shift’ appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two redrawn alphabets were the starting point for Bloomsbury Modern Classics’ 10-strong launch list, with each title sporting the work of a unique international illustrator too. Danny Arter reports. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
DJ Taylor’s survey of the English literary scene of the last century is vivid and rich but lacks analysisTo Dr Johnson, it was Grub Street, where “no man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money”. To Thackeray, it was “the Corporation of the Goosequill”. In the 20th century, Bloomsbury’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press has acquired a collection of short stories inspired by Charlotte Brontë, edited by Tracy Chevalier. Authors contributing stories for the collection, Reader, I Married Him, include Helen Dunmore, Susan Hill and Emma Donoghue. Each will use Brontë's famous line from Jane Eyre as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
New, fully-illustrated edition of JK Rowling's novels will see artist Jim Kay reimagining the entire Potter universe• Q&A: illustrator Jim Kay on the 'brain-freezing terror' of reimagining Harry PotterJK Rowling's bestselling boy wizard is due for a makeover, with the launch of award-winning... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
People ask Google some deep questions, like “why am I here?” “should I have a third child?” and “why is my scab turning that color?” Apparently 10% of our time on Google is spent digging into broad topics like these. So Google is curating and featuring authoritative treatises on popular subjects... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]