On the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Ruth Asawa's work in England and Norway, the show’s co-curators have edited a book of essays about her life. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-04 15:37:02 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#extraordinary life
Hugo Gernsback once said SFF writers impart knowledge without out making us aware we're being taught. So what do they actually teach us? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-08-12 10:37:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hugo gernsback
#science fiction
Icon has landed journalist and debut author Marianne Eloise's memoir of life with obsessive compulsive disorder and autism. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 20:18:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#memoir
In “Four Thousand Weeks,” a self-help book skeptical of self-help, Oliver Burkeman offers perspective on how we might spend the fleeting time that we get. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-11 17:26:22 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#self-help book
The Christian singer and songwriter’s 'My Little Prayer,’ is about longing to belong -- at any age -- and God’s unexpected answers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
"The notion of 'a book' is just a convenient fiction which we books go along with because it serves the needs of the bean counters in publishing, not to mention the ego of the writers. But the reality is far more complex.” So explains “the Book”, one of the narrators of Ruth Ozeki’s fourth novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-09 19:27:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ruth ozeki
#sunday times
#first novel
Staff at the academic publisher Springer Nature are being given an extra day of holiday on 2nd July to thank them for their "extraordinary efforts" during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 17:57:04 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#extra day
#covid-19 pandemic
#academic publisher
Blink will publish The Book of Fred by presenter and former cricketer Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-26 21:24:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#unique approach
#publishthe book
There’s one date set in stone in my cultural calendar: the Bradford Literature Festival (which starts today). Even in this year’s ‘reduced form’ - a necessity of the pandemic - it features over 100 events and 200 speakers. Despite the circumstances, BLF remains one of Britain’s most impressive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-25 23:05:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literature festival
As the French writer Georges Perec wisely put it, book arrangements are “hardly any more effective than the original anarchy.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
After leaving Picador to launch her own list at Orion, Francesca Main says the emphasis at Phoenix will be on developing writers and hitting the litersary/commercial sweet spot Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-18 17:22:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#francesca main
#picador
Lowborn author Kerry Hudson has told a Scottish conference that libraries saved her life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 23:41:04 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Santanu Battacharya has won Spread the Word’s Life Writing Prize 2021, with "The Nicer One", hailed by judges as a "gut-punch of a piece". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-09 14:59:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#won spread
In “Hola Papi,” the writer John Paul Brammer mines his own experiences and traumas to deliver wisdom for queer readers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-06-08 09:00:07 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#memoir
Experience a day in the life of an indie bookseller, working at Bosch&deJong boekverkopers, a small bookstore in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-06-01 10:35:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indie bookseller
#bookstore
"We want to be recognised as one of the leading children’s book publishers in the industry: we want not only to be recognised, we want to be respected.” Sanjee de Silva (pictured), the new publisher at Sweet Cherry, recently named Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards, has big... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-28 22:25:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#leading children
#book publishers
#sweet cherry
#big ambitions
#british book
#children’s book
#small press
Simply told and radiantly illustrated, his books have been story-time staples for decades. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-26 10:54:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#eric carle
#gave life
#hungry caterpillar
The renaissance man and author of the forthcoming memoir 'Unrequited Infatuations' shared his reflections on how the religion of rock ‘n roll shaped a decades-long career as a producer, solo artist, member of the E Street Band, activist, and actor on TV shows including 'The Sopranos.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book show
#forthcoming memoir
#unrequited infatuations
#decades-long career
#memoir
Daniel Barbarisi’s book tracks a wild quest for loot buried by an eccentric millionaire in the mountains near Santa Fe. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-21 08:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indiana jones
#santa fe
Even as a youngster, Dylan seemed to be aware of the importance of crafting his persona. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bob dylan
#double life
#definitive account
#early years
Poet Al Young, who was also a novelist, memoirist, educator, and a former poet laureate of California, died April 17 from the complications of a stroke. He was 81. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#poet laureate