A pioneering novelist, she was also a passionate publisher, highlighting voices neglected by the mainstream. My life was one of many changed by her enthusiasmStorm Constantine, the fantasy author and book publisher who has died at the age of 64, was a prolific novelist and short-story writer. Her work, dealing deeply with gender and sexual politics, was far ahead of its time.Constantine came to prominence with her 1987 novel The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, which introduced her androgynous Wraeththu race and spawned two sequels, The Bewitchments of Love and Hate, and The Fulfillments of Fate and Desire. In a 2016 interview with the writer and editor Nerine Dorman, Constantine said of her bestselling series: “Wraeththu are simply how the human race would be if I could design it myself; androgynous, beautiful (mostly), magical and housed in a more efficient vehicle of flesh and blood.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-19 11:41:44 UTC ]
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Yes, it’s Tingle Time. One of my all-time favorite literary personalities, the greatest self-published author to ever live, Chuck Tingle, has signed a two-novel deal with Tor’s Nightfire imprint. Per the Publishers Marketplace announcement, the first book, Camp Damascus, is about “a group of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-29 15:04:14 UTC ]
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Following mass complaints about line-ups, flight disruptions and missing baggage at Pearson International Airport, some tourism groups fear travellers may choose to bypass Toronto. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-07-29 08:00:00 UTC ]
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France's Strasbourg is to begin its tenure as UNESCO's World Book Capital on April 23, 2024, as Accra concludes its year in the role. The post UNESCO Names Strasbourg Its World Book Capital 2024 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-20 20:26:21 UTC ]
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These middle grade and young adult science fiction and fantasy books are empowering and fun, and will provide the best light-hearted escape, like The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-20 10:33:00 UTC ]
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A leader among the industry's most influential organizations, Alain Gründ is remembered in a new book by Hugo Setzer as 'a visionary.' The post International Publishing Offers Tributes to the Late Alain Gründ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-18 16:54:06 UTC ]
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Lindsey Fitzharris's “The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I” tells of a plastic surgeon whose care went beyond physical healing. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-15 12:00:26 UTC ]
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Salman Rushdie—the former PEN America President and Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, and Joseph Anton—just sold a new novel, and it sounds like a doozy. Billed as a translation of an ancient Indian myth, Victory City—Rushdie’s fifteenth novel, his first... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-01 15:22:16 UTC ]
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Book review of "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" by Ed Yong Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:27 UTC ]
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His groundbreaking work on such seminal characters as Judge Dredd, Preacher and Punisher is being celebrated with a posthumous show of his remarkable legacyThere are few artists who exemplify the anarchic, irreverent and anti-authoritarian British take on the comic book the way Steve Dillon... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-06-30 13:00:06 UTC ]
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This year, a Neon Hemlock Press novella won a Nebula. But what is this publisher, where did it come from, and what does it put out? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-06-21 10:36:00 UTC ]
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Ibram X. Kendi joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss "How to Raise an Antiracist." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-06-14 14:00:53 UTC ]
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Today, actress, producer and Web3 innovator, Mila Kunis and media entrepreneur and superhero creator, Sharad Devarajan announce the launch of a multi-platform global entertainment universe, Armored Kingdom Media, Inc. Co-founded by technologist Lindsey McInerney and producer and actress Lisa... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-06-10 15:35:00 UTC ]
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Here are some of the most popular YA fantasy novels you can grab now for under $5! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-06-08 14:20:51 UTC ]
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'We're in a good position,' says Storytel's Yasmina Jraissati, after the audiobook service Storytel's first five years in the region. The post Audiobooks: Storytel’s Yasmina Jraissati on the Format’s Progress in the Arab World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-06-03 20:27:27 UTC ]
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I wrote the bulk of my debut novel between 2016 and 2020, years of intense political tension and heightened concern for our planet and the people we love. My debut novel, Walk the Vanished Earth, is a speculative exploration of what it means to be both a parent and a child at the mercy of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-06-01 08:51:21 UTC ]
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Rethinking old myths and accepted narratives comes with risks, but the results can be thrilling. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-05-27 20:30:15 UTC ]
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In her debut book, Amanda Held Opelt reflects on loss, including the death of her sister Rachel Held Evans, and looks at different cultures to argue for why Americans must learn to normalize difficult emotions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The actor and producer spoke with Heidi MacDonald about the graphic novel 'Head Wounds: Sparrow,' out from Legendary in June, which he codeveloped with a team of writers, artists, and friends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Providence Journal editor John Revelstoke Rathom also had a fake biography, writes journalist Mark Arsenault. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-20 12:00:53 UTC ]
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There were six great naval powers before the war, writes historian Paul Kennedy; afterward, there was just one. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-20 12:00:33 UTC ]
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