As part of #WorkinPublishing week, Jack Smyth from William Collins and 4th Estate talks to jobs in books about his career as a designer. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The weekend before the government announced the lockdown I was due to go to Bristol to visit a friend, and a few days earlier we’d been notified at the office that we would be working from home for the next few weeks (of course little did we know, five months later we still would be!). I... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 19:28:24 UTC ]
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Robert Weintraub explores the mystery of the glamorous, groundbreaking Alice Marble. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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At Random House and elsewhere, including his own Summit imprint, he worked with James Baldwin, Marilyn French, Hunter S. Thompson and many others. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-01 18:32:40 UTC ]
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Lana Del Rey is releasing her forthcoming poetry collection, Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, on Tuesday, July 28 in digital form. In case you prefer your celebrity poetry spoken aloud, though, she has also recorded an audio version of the book, which will be released on vinyl, CD,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-24 16:04:22 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has created a new "Guide to Publishing toolkit" in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, to make careers in the industry more accessible to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 15:02:01 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK's Templar will publish Raising the Roof: The Colourful Characters of Classical Music by composer Jack Pepper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-12 20:00:10 UTC ]
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Feiffer talks about his new picture book and more, and Steve Inskeep discusses “Imperfect Union.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-07-03 15:06:58 UTC ]
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In the new graphic biography, 'Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics', comics artist and biographer Tom Scioli pays tribute to Kirby, arguably the greatest superhero comic book artist of all time. In this 11-page excerpt Scioli depicts Kirby’s life on the Lower East Side and the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Business will publish You Coach You, a second book by Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, authors of Sunday Times bestseller The Squiggly Career. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 19:52:38 UTC ]
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This flat-pack purse is designed to be shipped. Ikea built an empire out of a simple idea: furniture designed in such a way that it could be flat-packed to ease shipping costs and eliminate the need for a delivery truck. Today, that same innovation comes to purses, as the Milan-based bag label... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-05-06 09:00:23 UTC ]
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Here’s some news to mix up your quarantine-driven online shopping life: the MoMA Design Store has just released a selection of rare books from its archive, and they’re now on sale at its website. The books include seminal texts like a first edition of William Eggleston’s Guide by John Szarkowski... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-20 20:00:04 UTC ]
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London Book Fair director Jacks Thomas submitted her resignation in September, and planned to announce her departure at the 2020 fair, which was canceled because of coronavirus. The post Jacks Thomas Leaves Reed and London Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-17 15:13:03 UTC ]
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London Book Fair director Jacks Thomas has confirmed that the event is still on schedule to run next week, with widespread trailers for the government’s new coronavirus action plan, to be revealed later today (Tuesday 3rd March), indicating that the government will not be recommending cancelling... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 02:00:48 UTC ]
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According to The Guardian, Lee Child, whose popular Jack Reacher books (and by popular, I mean over 100 million books sold in 49 languages across 101 territories) are soon to become an Amazon series, is quitting his most famous character. “I love my readers and know they want many, many more... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-21 15:51:39 UTC ]
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Don’t rely on traditional job listings and applicant tracking systems. Pivoting mid-career to a different profession is far from straightforward. Though I began my career in academia as a Classics PhD, I then pivoted to a job as a digital media specialist at a digital marketing agency. After... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-01-20 05:00:12 UTC ]
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Suranne Jones will produce and star in an adaptation of five-time boxing champion Jane Crouch’s memoir The Final Round (Pitch). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-13 13:45:31 UTC ]
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Such a Fun Age is Franzenesque in its interest in how we live now—but in a quieter register. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2020-01-07 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two magical middle-grade titles from writer and actor Jack Ryder. The books are described as perfect for fans of Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series, with the first in the deal telling "a heartfelt adventure tale of a secret summer gang". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 04:19:48 UTC ]
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The National Literacy Trust (NLT) has joined with luxury cosmetic brand Lancôme UK to launch an online platform to support young women on the path to employment featuring insights from Perminder Mann, c.e.o. of Bonnier Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-20 01:24:01 UTC ]
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One article shifted the culture. Ronald K.L. Collins wonders whether it could happen today. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-13 07:10:24 UTC ]
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