10 Thrillers Based on Real-Life Events

Ben McPherson, author of the new suspense novel 'Love and Other Lies,' picks ten exceptional thrillers based on real-life events. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]

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Pan Mac celebrates women's fiction at 'timely' event

Pan Macmillan celebrated female writers at its annual women’s fiction party on Tuesday evening. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dunmore's 'life affirming' poetry wins the Costa

The late Helen Dunmore has been awarded the Costa Book of the Year award posthumously for her "life affirming" 10th and final collection, Inside the Wave (Bloodaxe Books), which was written while she was dying from cancer.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strava says military users should opt out of heatmap feature to avoid revealing secret army base locations

Military personal who used the fitness app Strava have unwittingly contributed to revealing the location of secret army bases around the world. Strava published a "heatmap" of global user activity in November, and from this data visualization the location of secret military bases was... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New prize launches to honour thrillers without violence against women

A screenwriter has launched an award for a novel in the thriller genre in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK: Specsavers Awards, Based on Sales, Honor Paula Hawkins, Philip Pullman, More

Roughly 60 Specsaver Bestsellers were fêted overnight (January 25) at London's May Fair Hotel, with Nielsen Book determining which titles sold 250,000, 500,000, and 1 million units in 2017. The post UK: Specsavers Awards, Based on Sales, Honor Paula Hawkins, Philip Pullman, More appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz pre-empts virtual reality thriller The God Game

Gollancz has pre-empted rights to publish science-fiction thriller The God Game by Danny Tobey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perks' lost child thriller optioned for TV

Heidi Perks’ psychological suspense novel has been optioned for television by the production company responsible for “The Miniaturist”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'House of Cards' Season 6 production shows signs of life

It looks as though production is about to begin in Maryland on the sixth and final season of “House of Cards,” which has been rewritten to omit star and executive producer Kevin Spacey. A casting notice was published Friday on Facebook for the “first official photo shoot for Season 6” with a... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook to Rank Publishers Based on How Trusted They Are

Facebook will rank news outlets based on how "trustworthy" they determine them to be, in another News Feed tweak announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the platform Friday.Zuckerberg added that he expects a 20 percent drop in the amount of news people see."There's too much sensationalism,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion splashes six figures on screenwriter's thriller debut

Orion has splashed six figures on British screenwriter Alex Michaelides' first thriller, in one of the biggest debut deals agency Rogers, Coleridge & White has cut in the last five years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon Adds Sci-Fi, Mystery and Thriller Authors to Adult Lineup

ReedPOP has unveiled a lineup of science fiction, mystery and thriller authors for BookCon 2018, which includes such authors as David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Brad Meltzer, and Walter Mosley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conference Notes: Scottish Book Trade Day and London Book Fair’s Quantum Event Are Ahead

First on the calendar is Edinburgh's Scottish Book Trade Conference in February. And in April, London Book Fair's Quantum conference's programming is featuring audiobooks and seld0m-heard voices.  The post Conference Notes: Scottish Book Trade Day and London Book Fair’s Quantum Event Are Ahead... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women dominated the top 10 literary bestsellers of 2017

Women writers dominated the best-selling literary novels of last year, taking nine of the top 10 spots, according to an analysis of Nielsen BookScan sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five new features in Windows 10 Insider Build 17074 include Quiet Hours, Edge autofilling

Microsoft fittingly released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17074 in the late hours of Thursday afternoon. The new build adds Quiet Hours, which will automatically dial down notifications, as well as a host of other improvements such as autofilling forms in Microsoft Edge.As might be expected,... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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White Lion Publishing: Quarto Announces Reorganization of Its UK-Based Trade Imprints

With an aim of 'breaking down silos and embracing new ways of communicating with our target readers,' The Quarto Group consolidates three imprints into one master entity headed by Richard Green. The post White Lion Publishing: Quarto Announces Reorganization of Its UK-Based Trade Imprints... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wilson event will mark 20 years of the Children's Book Tour

Scottish Book Trust will mark 20 years of its Children’s Book Tour this year with an event featuring Jacqueline Wilson and Pamela Butchart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forsyth to release hacking thriller this autumn

Transworld has acquired a new thriller from The Day of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth, to publish in autumn 2018.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Book Deals: January 10, 2018

NavPress nabbed the latest book by Kenny Luck, plus Tyndale Kids signs the co-creator of the 'VeggieTales' series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bringing Biblical Women to Life: 'PW' Talks with Mesu Andrews

Acknowledging the patriarchal society of biblical times, author Mesu Andrews finds inspiration among the obscure women in Scripture and hopes to add more to their stories in her award-winning novels, including her latest, ‘Isaiah’s Daughter.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Quartz is churning out short-run newsletters for big events

After more than doubling the size of its newsletter subscriber base, the business news publisher is putting more resources toward pop-up newsletters. The post Why Quartz is churning out short-run newsletters for big events appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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