A 68-year-old man who was rejected by the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, claiming he was discriminated against because of his age. Dan Thomson, a former lawyer and self-published author, was among the 97% of applicants to the program... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired a new novel from Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, for June 2017: her first work of fiction since The God of Small Things (Harper Perennial) won the Booker prize almost 20 years ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five young writers aged 14-19 are shortlisted for this year’s BBC Young Writers’ Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his first address since being named BISG executive director, Brian O’Leary acknowledged the challenges the group faces, and stressed the importance of focusing on the organization’s fundamental work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury staffers old and new joined authors, agents and booksellers to celebrate the publishing house's 30th birthday last night (29th September) in Bedford Square Gardens, London WC1. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown is publishing a new Robert Langdon thriller entitled Origin in September 2017 with Transworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accordionist, bandleader and New Orleans music icon Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco has died. He was 68. His death was confirmed by the band’s manager and frequent collaborator, Ted Fox, who wrote on the Buckwheat Zydeco’s Facebook page that Dural had died early Saturday... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The little theater attached to the library in the town of Georgetown, Ontario, about a 45-minute drive west of downtown Toronto, is named for John Elliott, the father of Brenda Sisnett, president, CEO, and owner of the Georgetown Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Gottlieb in his Midtown Manhattan townhouse. He has mainly spent his career as an editor but has just published a memoir about his life in the world of books. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Athens learns it's UNESCO's World Book Capital 2018 and that its largest bookstore, the 118-year-old Eleftheroudakis, is going under. The post Athens Named World Book Capital as 118-Year-Old Bookstore Closes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Australia has come under further fire for publishing disgraced health blogger Belle Gibson's cookbook, with court files revealing the publisher was aware of obvious "gaps" in her story. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This September, Annick will mark its 40th anniversary by embarking on a partnership with Pearson Canada, which will put a selection of more than 125 Annick books in every classroom across Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK is investing in financial education workshops for under-30s to be offered to staff "several times a year in line with demand". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Jojo Moyes is offering her cottage to a writer to “kick-start or even finish” their work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners in this year's Bookseller FutureBook Awards will be announced December 2 at the conference. Frankfurt Book Fair again is sponsoring this special honor for digital achievement. The post Call for Nominations: FutureBook’s Digital Achiever of the Year appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association is set to launch a new book prize to coincide with the annual Books Are My Bag campaign, asking readers to vote for their favourite books of the year across five categories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hercule Poirot and Miss Marples are among golden age sleuths giving new inspiration to a genre tired of alcoholic divorcees and goth hackersForget domestic noir and put down all those books with “Girl” in the title. Crime fiction is turning back the clock to its golden age with a host of books... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Tony Lyons grew a publishing company that is on track to publish 900 books across 17 imprints ten years after its founding. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheila O’Reilly is retiring from Dulwich Books, just over a year after selling it to The Marsh Agency co-founder Susie Nicklin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New writers will be able to pitch to publishers and agents at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, which begins this Friday, while others will appear ahead of better known authors as "support acts". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Neville, the Australian author and co-founder of controversial 60s counterculture magazine Oz, has died in Byron Bay aged 74. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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