I often talk about how I created A Phoenix First Must Burn, my anthology of fantasy stories by black women authors, for my younger self, a girl who loved fantasy and science fiction and so desperately wanted to see herself in those worlds. It’s a strange experience to create the thing you wanted as a […] The post 6 Debut Fantasy Novels Starring Black Women appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
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Marie Claire is to debut a near field communications (NFC)-enabled ad in its pages, after striking a deal with healthcare business Nuffield Health. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books UK has acquired world rights in two more titles in the range of graphic novels based... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender are to star in a film about the relationship between writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women-only literary prizes have been created in both Canada and Australia to help balance the attention given to work by male authors vs. female authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spanish publishing house Alfaguara will publish Mexican author Carlos Fuentes's last novel, Federico en Su Balcon, posthumously later this week. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rosalind Prize for Fiction – named for Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' heroine – follows awards like Australia's women-only Stella Prize and the U.K.'s Orange Prize. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has acquired the first two novels from Irish journalist Rachael English. Managing director... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut novel translated from French is among the six titles shortlisted for the inaugural... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre has won a six-way auction to acquire a debut novel described as "impressive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK's Esquire is to publish the first edition of The Big Black Book, a biannual style guide, in March next year. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime novelist P D James has won the Sacla' Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia's first major literary prize for women's writing, the Stella Prize, said to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has acquired three debuts. Natalie Whipple's Transparent follows an invisible... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus company Mitchell Beazley has acquired The Bowler's Meatball Cookbook by Jez Felwick,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Individual Kindle users already have Whispernet, and Amazon has now announced another free service designed to make Kindles easier to manage for large organizations. Dubbed Whispercast, the service will let schools, businesses and other groups both distribute and manage the Kindles themselves... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a debut thriller set in west London in 1952, with publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madeline L'Engle's classic 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been adapted into a graphic novel by writer and illustrator Hope Larson, the creative force behind the graphic novel 'Mercury.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has signed Amanda Holden’s autobiography in a “healthy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired an "uproariously funny" novel about a teenage boy with Tourette... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Individual donors including Christopher Foyle, Joanna Trollope, ebook site Bilbary, Cherie Blair... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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