Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media followingThe videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.They are not vandals, however; they are bookbinders, taking part in a growing trend for replacing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-12 08:00:50 UTC ]
Authors and illustrators including Cressida Cowell, Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon are among those taking part in World Book Day, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-24 18:22:37 UTC ]
For many, staying indoors is an unsettling experience. It’s been heartening to see the imaginative leaps being taken by many organisations and artists to help us through – sitting-room gigs, free theatre streams, virtual tours of museums and archives and galleries – but given the limitless... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-06 11:36:00 UTC ]
Macmillan c.e.o. John Sargent will be taking part in this year’s ‘CEO Talk’ at Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 420 indie bookshops are taking part in this year’s Independent Bookshop Week, which has been hailed as “bigger and better than ever” by the Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chelsea Clinton and best-selling author Phillip Pullman are among those taking part in the international event. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 25 radical and independent bookshops are taking part in a two-week long celebration of feminist books in a bid to add to the debate about diversity in publishing and showcase books by women writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Great American Read, a PBS-produced documentary series on reading in American culture that will debut in the spring, announced the authors, media celebrities and literary experts that are taking part in the program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead had come close to signing on for “Fargo” before, but scheduling conflicts prevented her from taking part in either of the first two seasons of FX’s celebrated anthology series. “I was always pulling my hair out,” Winstead says while stopping by The Times’ video studio. So... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Black and Asian writers are “not allowed to be average”, author Sathnam Sanghera has said. Sanghera, author of the memoir The Boy with the Topknot (Penguin) and the novel Marriage Material (William Heinemann), was taking part in a debate hosted by Spread the Word, the writer development agency... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Reading Agency has presented a report to Downing Street showing that 92% of participants in its Reading Ahead challenge felt more confident about reading after taking part. The charity presented its findings into the impact of Reading Ahead, which was known as the Six Book Challenge from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
After the success of the 2014 California Bookstore Day, bookstores all over the country will be taking part in Independent Bookstore Day on May 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
US author Judy Blume is taking part in this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC), which is taking place 17-19th July at Olympia, London. Blume will be interviewed by Patrick Ness on the 18th July to mark 40 years since her coming-of-age novel, Forever, was first published. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading YA authors such as Cassandra Clare, Malorie Blackman and Patrick Ness are taking part in this year’s Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC), which will run alongside the London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) in July. The line-up for this year’s event, announced today (12th March) by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
This weekend bookstores around the country, and a few abroad, will be taking part in the fifth annual Take Your Child To a Bookstore Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder's creative director Auriol Bishop and agent Hellie Ogden are among those taking part... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries across the country are taking part in a high-tech treasure based on Simon Mayo’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More retailers than ever before are taking part in Independent Booksellers Week (starting... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 09:27 Author Philip Pullman has joined the fight to save the six Brent libraries threatened by closure, following Zadie Smith and Alan Bennett in taking part in a fund-raising event for the campaign. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]