A report showing that UK publishing has failed to reflect regional and racial diversity is a vital reminder that, despite all the initiatives, our work isn’t doneAs a young woman my hobby was reading, and it never occurred to me that I might be excluded from the process of creating books. My... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish writer to win the Man Booker Prize with her novel Milkman (Faber & Faber), a book about the sexual harassment of a young woman, commended by the judges for its “distinctive voice” and for being at once “particular and brilliantly universal”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Trapeze has signed a "moving" memoir about a young woman's return to rural Wales to care for her father, who has Alzheimer's. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime writer A L Gaylin is publishing two novels with Orion Fiction, the first of which centres on a young woman who becomes the focus of a true crime podcast. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
An account of a young woman’s experience of anorexia while at Oxford University has been honoured by the New Welsh Writing Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline is publishing a new book by Charlotte Crosby called Live Fast, Lose Weight, which will “show every young woman who wants to work hard all day and then party the night away how she can eat and drink on the go without piling on the pounds.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Why can't I ever dream about food?" Bee wonders in an episode of "Bee and PuppyCat." But her worries may be over. "Easy Eats: A Bee and PuppyCat Cookbook" is on the way this summer. Created by Natasha Allegri, "Bee and PuppyCat" centers on the adventures of the titular Bee, a young woman whose... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist is contributing her own cartoons, detailing her experiences as a young woman, to Kickstarter-funded The Secret Loves of Geek GirlsMargaret Atwood is taking a short break from writing acclaimed and award-winning literary novels to contribute a series of cartoons to a crowd-funded,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
French superstar Pénélope Bagieu’s makes her first English-language appearance with a fresh, breezy tale of a young woman who has never set foot in a bookstore who encounters a reclusive author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta Books editor Anne Meadows has acquired a “darkly funny, whip-smart” novel and a collection of short stories from Catherine Lacey, whose debut novel Nobody is Ever Missing will be published - also by Granta - this week. Meadows acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, including Australia New... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has a first novel from writer and filmmaker Hannah Rothschild, author of biography The Baroness (Virago). The Improbability of Love will be published by Bloomsbury on 21st May this year. Editor-in-chief Alexandra Pringle signed UK and Commonwealth rights in the deal with Sarah... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ad featuring photograph of young woman in lingerie posed on a bed, headlined ‘Interns wanted’, since removed News Corp Australia’s most popular magazine insert has advertised for fashion interns by using a photo of a young woman dressed in underwear on all fours on a bed.Murdoch's Sunday Style... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Heinemann has acquired a “significant” collection of erotic letters from a young woman to her lover dating from the 1920s. Selina Walker, publisher at Century and Arrow, bought UK and Commonwealth (excluding Australia New Zealand) rights to the collection, edited by Jean Yves Berthault... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E.L. James and sequels are an ebook and paperback phenomenon that is also causing a sales spike in sex shops. How did it all happen?The staff of the Pleasure Chest, a high-end West Hollywood sex shop, were first tipped to the "Fifty Shades of Grey" phenomenon by their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 01/06/2011 - 14:03 Pan Mac has acquired two titles from Pariah author David Jackson. Will Atkins, Pan Macmillan editorial director for fiction, bought world rights direct from Jackson for a "good five-figure sum. The first title, The Helper, follows Callum Doyle, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 08:38 Orion has signed up a series of crime novels from author Harry Bingham, who? has previously written fiction and non-fiction for HarperCollins. Deputy publishing director Bill Massey made the deal for UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]