He's the people's paparazzo: a photographer who gathers the stories and portraits of New Yorkers on the streets and subways, in playgrounds and shady alleyways, parading, dancing, or wading in wedding dresses at Brighton Beach. Brandon Stanton, who founded the irresistible blog Humans of New York in the summer of 2010 as a "photographic census of the city," has since become an Internet celebrity, with more than 1.5 million followers on Facebook. This week, the 29–year–old Brooklynite released Humans of New York, a 304–page book derived from three years of work on his blog. Selections of his best urban portraiture are accompanied by profiles and interviews. New York personality abounds. Stanton, who grew up in Atlanta and worked for three years as a bond trader in Chicago, treats New Yorkers as an exotic species, with plumage and markings unlike those of any other group of Homo sapiens. In his cast of more than 10,000 characters, there's the green–haired granny with frog mittens and butterfly barrettes, the 5–year–old in a pilot costume, the mustachioed neuroscientist by day/burlesque performer by night, and the creepily convincing Michael Jackson impersonator.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has teamed up with London-based East 15 Acting School to create the audiobook for Costa Short Story award winner Luan Goldie's debut novel, Nightingale Point. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ has bought a "gorgeously written" debut novel by Canterbury Christ Church University creative writing student and former midwife Jessica Ryn, about a homeless woman searching for sanctuary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The style magazine that defined the 80s has been relaunched online – with a print version to come in SeptemberAfter a hiatus of 15 years, the Face, the style magazine known for its striking covers that helped launch the careers of Kate Moss, Alexander McQueen, Juergen Teller and Phoebe Philo, is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian Douglas Brinkley launches a new season of space exploration books with ‘American Moonshot.’ Plus Lori Gottlieb, who writes the Dear Therapist column for ‘The Atlantic,’ debuts at #9 in hardcover nonfiction with ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,’ and YA novelist Tahereh Mafi builds on... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allende jumps to Ballantine, Mulholland goes big for The Chain, Nikki Haley signs with St. Martin’s, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Cassell Illustrated is releasing photographer Terry O’Neill’s "ultimate portrait" of David Bowie, containing rare and never-before-seen pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Yorker raked in four Ellie Awards at the annual National Magazine Awards for print and digital media event Thursday night. Hosted by CNN analyst and former editor in chief of The Daily Beast, John Avlon, nearly 500 industry leaders attended the awards ceremony at Brooklyn Steel. The New... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Bloomberg is the highest-ranking New York resident on Fo…; 2019 list of world billionaires. The magazine released its list yesterday, ranking over 2,000 billionaires worldwide. Forbes... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why a controversial copyright reform bill in Europe just might sway the EU parliamentary elections this spring; drag queen story hours continue to draw cowardly threats, and enormous support; and Kevin Kelly offers a mindblowing take on our AR-driven future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK has insisted Dan Mallory was a "highly valued" editor, after a lengthy article in the New Yorker accused Mallory of fictionalising his past and lying about having cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher of literature in translation released the final volume of Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'My Struggle' this year. But it's not done with him yet. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says it hopes to help the #ReadtheOnePercent pop-up store in south London ‘smash its target’ of £30,000, which it is crowdfunding in order to become permanentPenguin Random House has pledged £15,000 to south London’s #ReadtheOnePercent bookshop, which only stocks children’s books with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble executives said in a conference call Tuesday that they plan to open 10 to 15 new stores in calendar 2019. The move is, by far, the chain's most aggressive store opening schedule in years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot international books include a Norwegian thriller set in the North Pole, and an 800-page novel about Mussolini. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH invests in a book by Will Smith, Knopf buys a new Christopher Paolini collection, Viking lays out high six figures for a debut, LB throws down for a French bestseller, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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’The Wonky Donkey,’ a backlist picture book–turned viral video sensation, is the #1 book in the country. Plus Tucker Carlson of Fox News lands at #2 with 'Ship of Fools,' and Rebecca Traister, at #11 in hardcover nonfiction, shows why women are ‘Good and Mad.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of crowdfunding campaigns to buy copies of Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' nature anthology, The Lost Words, has now reached 15, with new campaigns in Powys, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe is publishing a biography of Germaine Greer, who recently courted controversy internationally for her views on sexual assault ahead of her new book On Rape (Bloomsbury). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With sales of backlist and frontlist titles down, as well as a drop in ebook sales, revenue in HMH's trade division fell 15% In the second quarter ended June 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended July 15, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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