The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, including four American authors. The prize is worth £50,000. A shortlist of six will be announced on September 14, and the winner on November 2. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The field of African American religious studies scarcely existed before he took it on in the 1970s with writings distinguished by both their scholarship and their spiritualism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-14 14:10:00 UTC ]
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Here are Barnes & Nobel's Top Books of 2021. Their top 10 is really a top 11 and we can't blame them. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-14 13:56:34 UTC ]
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Like the complex Philippine history the book aims to depict, there is no single sentence that can sum up Albert Samaha’s Concepcion, especially when he renders that history through the lens of his own diasporic family, dating back to his ancestors’ first encounter with Europeans. Though... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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“Continue squeezing until all the tomatoes are gone or until you feel like Macbeth at the end of his play.” Stanley Tucci shares his grandmother’s famous tomato sauce recipe. | Lit Hub Food Hanif Abdurraqib reflects on working at a chain bookstore in his twenties, and the frequent caller who... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-13 10:30:58 UTC ]
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Thomas Nelson signs former NFL star Sam Acho, ‘Do the Thing’ podcaster Rebecca Dotson George brings her debut to David C Cook, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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“Concepcion,” by Albert Samaha, combines the epic sweep of global history with an intimate family narrative. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-12 09:00:07 UTC ]
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New York Comic Con returned to the Javits Convention October 7-11, welcoming back tens of thousands of fans to the newly expanded convention center. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble picks a gothic fantasy perfect for October, Oprah's Book Club gives Richard Powers's latest some love, Reese Witherspoon goes indie with her new pick, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was subjected to torture by the his home country's government while detained last year, has been named the International Writer of Courage at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 20:57:34 UTC ]
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News and Events World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, will host the 2021 Neustadt Lit Festival on Zoom from Oct. 25–27. The festival features numerous panels exploring the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-10-11 18:55:28 UTC ]
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Canada's first Indigenous governor general, Mary May Simon, is to include Frankfurt Book Fair in her state visit to Germany this month. The post Canada’s Governor General, Mary May Simon, Announces She’ll Attend Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-08 12:27:05 UTC ]
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The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Lindsay Ellis, Gregory Galloway, and Mondiant Dogon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony Doerr snags a spot in the National Book Award for Fiction as a finalist for 'Cloud Cuckoo Land,' which charted overall as the #3 book in the country while 'Unrequited Infatuations' lands at #7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scout signs a buzzed-about novel by a Swedish journalist, Norton nabs a memoir by South African Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Abdulrazak Gurnah found out about his win over the phone but initially thought it was a cold caller. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2021-10-07 22:36:48 UTC ]
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His novels and short stories are populated with refugees from war, colonialism and historical injustice Continue reading at The Economist
[ The Economist | 2021-10-07 16:46:03 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize will showcase its shortlisted authors with hybrid appearances at Coventry University and the Southbank Centre before the winner is announced at BBC Broadcasting House's Radio Theatre on the big night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-07 15:34:41 UTC ]
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Find your next comic in this list of Rioters' recent favorite comic and graphic novel reads. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-07 10:43:00 UTC ]
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The U.K.-based English-language Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” He is the fifth... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literati and Hollywood royalty alike were back at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on October 5 for the PEN America Literary Gala, one of the first major indoor and in-person events held by a literary institution since the pandemic began. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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