Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the novel If Only by Vigdis Hjorth, which will be published by Verso Books on September 3, 2024. Preorder the book here. “A relatively young woman, aged thirty. She married in her early twenties, had two children. It is winter. January and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-01-01 12:00:00 UTC ]
The campaign by Publishers for Palestine will offer more than 30 free ebooks of poetry, fiction and nonfiction as ‘an act of solidarity’A group of publishers has launched a week-long initiative encouraging people to read books by Palestinian authors and about Palestinian history by offering free... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-11-29 17:20:38 UTC ]
The central thesis of Andreas Malm’s manifesto How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire is that peaceful protests have proven themselves ineffective in stopping the widespread annihilation of the earth and its inhabitants by climate change. The book, published by Verso... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-07 08:53:26 UTC ]
Marlowe Granados is the guest. Her debut novel, Happy Hour, is out now from Verso Books. Subscribe and download the episode, wherever you get your podcasts! From the episode: Marlowe Granados: I think that you have to wait a little bit for the correct timing. That was my main gripe with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-09 09:50:34 UTC ]
There’s a new union on the block: Verso Books announced today that its staff has organized to join the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG), a unit of the NewsGuild and the Communications Workers of America. Management voluntarily recognized the union last week, according to a statement from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-30 20:48:23 UTC ]
Izumi Suzuki, whose works of science fiction have earned her a special place in Japanese counterculture, will soon make her English-language debut with a story collection whose synopsis sounds almost unbearably cool. Verso Books will publish Terminal Boredom, a short story collection, in April... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-04 16:26:09 UTC ]
If the widespread protests of unchecked, racist police violence have spurred you to read more about the deep-rooted and systemic problems with policing in this country, here’s an excellent place to start: Haymarket Books, University of Chicago Press, and Verso Books have each made an essential... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-03 14:35:35 UTC ]
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH for the first time by Verso Books, Will and Testament is the latest novel from Vigdis Hjorth, one of Norway’s leading writers. Told from the perspective of Bergljot, a theater critic estranged from her parents and siblings, the narrative is centered around the inheritance of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-21 20:00:35 UTC ]
Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life was published by Verso Books on April 30, 2019, and has been hailed, by Malcolm Harris, as “the left’s… Continue reading >> [ Source: The New Inquiry | 2019-05-30 12:27:23 UTC ]
Verso Books, an independent publisher of works on radical politics, is launching Verso Fiction, a new imprint focused on translated fiction that will release its first two titles in the fall of 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verso Books was named the Frankfurter Buchmesse Trade Publisher of the Year at the 2018 IPG Independent Publishing Awards for its marketing and audience engagement. The post ‘Radical’ Verso Wins IPG’s Frankfurter Buchmesse Trade Publisher of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verso Books is to publish Dirty Secrets, an "explosive" new book from tax expert Richard Murphy, following the revelations from the Panama Papers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verso Books is launching a new consumer offer, bundling DRM-free ebooks with all print purchases... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verso Books and Random House Publisher Services have agreed to partner, beginning July 1, 2013. RHPS will provide exclusive sales and distribution across all print and digital formats in North America for Verso's 80 titles per year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Verso Books has appointed Leo Hollis as senior editor, effective immediately, with responsibility... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]