'Searing' novel on Singapore occupation to Oneworld

Oneworld is to publish a "searing" novel set in occupied Singapore by Oxford graduate Jing-Jing Lee. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]

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'Searing' novel on Singapore occupation to Oneworld

Oneworld is to publish a "searing" novel set in occupied Singapore by Oxford graduate Jing-Jing Lee. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Singapore: The Biennial Literature Prize Announces 71-Book Shortlist

With four categories across four official languages, the biennial Singapore Literature Prize jurors have shortlisted 71 titles. The post Singapore: The Biennial Literature Prize Announces 71-Book Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-14 21:38:53 UTC ]
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Singapore’s New Children’s Book Festival: 2024 Award Shortlists

The 12th edition of the Singapore Book Awards announces its shortlist, with the winner to be presented at the first Singapore Children’s Book Festival later this month. The post Singapore’s New Children’s Book Festival: 2024 Award Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-05 19:26:13 UTC ]
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U.K. Publishing Spotlight: Oneworld’s Winning Ways

The London indie press started with a focus on nonfiction, but in the past decade has published three Booker-winning novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Before you say it, I know: there are so, so many books about the Second World War. And when I set out to write my most recent novel, The Paris Deception, the thought crossed my mind—do we really need another book about Paris during the war? But historical fiction is a rich field, and there […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-06-30 08:55:14 UTC ]
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Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

“Booksellers are constantly giving their patrons extraordinary bargains. In London recently a copy of an early edition of Keats’ Poems, originally bought from a dealer for 2s was sold for £140, and a first edition of Burns’ Poems bought in Edinburgh for 1s 6d brought £350.” –R.M. Williamson,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-07 09:53:48 UTC ]
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Singapore Literature Prize: 15 Winners, Four Languages

In 12 categories, the 2022 biennial Singapore Literature Prize winners are drawn from 43 writers in Tamil, Malay, Chinese, and English. The post Singapore Literature Prize: 15 Winners, Four Languages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-25 16:03:44 UTC ]
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Oneworld scoops 'unforgettable' insider account from BBC Newsnight’s McAlister

Oneworld has commissioned an "unforgettable" insider account from former BBC "Newsnight" producer Sam McAlister, the "booker extraordinaire" who secured an infamous interview with Prince Andrew. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-17 23:51:46 UTC ]
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Oneworld launches audio list

Indie publisher Oneworld has created an audio list, which will launch with three titles from across its imprints. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-13 07:18:08 UTC ]
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Seven Dials signs 'searing' book by Stephen Port murder victim's mother

Seven Dials has acquired a "searing account" of a mother's relentless fight for justice for her son who was murdered by serial killer Stephen Port. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-10 05:05:45 UTC ]
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Oneworld scoops Juhea Kim's 'elegant and dreamy' debut novel

Oneworld has acquired Beasts of a Little Land, an historic story of love and war hailed as a "magnificent achievement", by debut novelist Juhea Kim. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 13:15:23 UTC ]
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A Graphic Novel About 100 Years of Matrilineal Family History, From South China to Singapore

To hear Weng Pixin tell it, Let’s Not Talk Anymore started out as a kind of “fuck you” move after a particularly bad fight with her mom but—as these things tend to go—it gradually transformed into a project to locate herself within the moth-eaten story of her matrilineal line.  Moving back and... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld in five-figure pre-empt for McGowan's middle-grade novel

Oneworld children's imprint Rock the Boat has landed a “thrilling and heart-wrenching” new middle-grade novel from 2020 Carnegie award-winner Anthony McGowan in a five-figure pre-empt deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 16:47:19 UTC ]
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Oneworld takes two places on Encore Award shortlist

The five-strong shortlist for the 2021 Encore Award has been revealed, with a nomination for Susanna Clarke and two picks from Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-05 09:26:13 UTC ]
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Canongate bags 'brain-bending' children's book from Sears brothers

Canongate is to publish illustrated children's book The Biggest Footprint by brothers Rob and Tom Sears next year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 15:40:51 UTC ]
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Katie Jennings joins Oneworld's Rock the Boat

Katie Jennings has been appointed senior commissioning editor for Oneworld children's imprint Rock the Boat.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-21 08:52:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld pre-empts Violet Kupersmith's 'kaleidoscopic' debut novel

Oneworld has pre-empted Vietnamese-American author Violet Kupersmith's debut novel.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 18:17:18 UTC ]
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A searing look at the Mueller investigation — from the inside

Andrew Weissmann targets Barr, Trump and his own Justice Department colleagues for criticism. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-22 05:53:09 UTC ]
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JG Farrell's The Singapore Grip: new TV adaptation brings to life the final book by one of the UK's finest novelists

The writer was drowned at the age of 44, but he left three novels which have come to represent the decline of the British Empire. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2020-09-03 13:13:15 UTC ]
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Singapore Book Council Names its 2020 Literature Prize Winners

The Singapore Literature Prize program honors work in the four official languages of the island nation: Chinese, English, Malay, and Tamil. The post Singapore Book Council Names its 2020 Literature Prize Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-31 14:19:11 UTC ]
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