A Healthy Dose of Badass for Detective Fiction

Author Tracy Clark says today’s fictional detectives can be women of color—and they can save themselves. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Amazon came to dominate fiction in translation

At a time when the translation market is shrinking, the internet giant’s publishing arm, AmazonCrossing, has leapt ahead as by far the biggest publisher of English versions of international titles this year. Alison Flood inspects its basketTranslation Tuesdays: read poetry, short stories and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Festive series fiction hits the shelves

Key festive titles from publishers are now on bookshop shelves, including a number of new titles from big-name authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Del Rey acquires 'bold new voice in fantasy fiction' de Jager

Del Rey, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, has acquired "a bold new voice in fantasy fiction" in author Mark de Jager. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Sex in Fiction

Noy Holland on perhaps the most difficult and weighted subject an author can tackle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Almond Wins Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015

The winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015 is David Almond for 'A Song for Ella Grey.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Daisy Waugh detective series to Constable

Constable has acquired three new crime titles from E V Harte, the pseudonym of Daisy Waugh. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac wins detective series in three-way auction

Pan Macmillan has acquired the Dales Detective series by Julia Chapman following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperOne Starts Digital-First Fiction Imprint

HarperLegend, with its focus on discovering new literary talent, will consider manuscripts submitted by un-agented authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Please don't air brush African teen fiction

Ellen Banda-Aaku has long battled with her African publishers to make her teen/YA books ‘suitable’ enough to print. Now she’s started to stand her ground for the sake of her teenager readers – and risks not being published at allPlus find out about #ProjectKala, a campaign to promote reading in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is true gender equality still stranger than fiction?

There are some men who, upon learning that I have been involved in two feminist books, like to say to me that women are: “More equal now than before, so why do we still need feminism?” Typically, their tone has a kind of faux-earnest, head-cocked-to-one-side, u ok hun? edge to it. They aren’t... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best of the best: a look at the past decade of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction

We take a look back at the winners from the past 10 years of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poetry tops the Portico Fiction shortlist

Four poetry collections have made the shortlist for the fiction category of the Portico Prize for Literature in a "surprise outcome." The prize is biennially awarded to the highest quality books set wholly or mainly in the North of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Irish literary boom: the post-crash stars of fiction

Dynamic, radical, often female … Irish fiction is flourishing. Gone is the conservative writing – all nostalgia and sexual repression – of the Celtic Tiger years. The writers of the new wave are original and bold“Money kills the imagination,” says the narrator of Claire Kilroy’s 2012 novel The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAA's Edenborough on fiction and subscription

Sam Edenborough, president of the Association of Authors’ Agents, talks about the next big thing in fiction and more. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bouchercon 2015: Crime Fiction and Literary Awards Under the Oaks

Held in the South for the first time, crime and mystery fiction's annual convention mixed literary prizes and barbecue with programming focused on everything from traditional hardboiled crime novels to short fiction and international mysteries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colbert Chaplain James Martin Debuts in Fiction

Jesuit priest Martin, well known for his role on the Colbert Report and from his media work during the pope's recent visit, discusses his first novel 'The Abbey.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You Become the Character: On Writing Historical Fiction

"I’d be unable to distinguish between what is me and what is Lizzie in the book; Lizzie’s memories appear in my mind as vaguely and as vividly as my own." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women’s crime fiction: There was nothing sentimental about it

Sarah Weinman, the editor of new Library of America anthology, spotlights the no-nonsense work of female crime writers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Books wins auction for medical detection dogs title

Virgin Books has acquired a title by the founder of Medical Detection Dogs, in a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ACFW Honors Christian Fiction at Annual Conference

Bestselling author Francine Rivers was among those honored during the 2015 American Christian Fiction Writers Awards, taking home the top Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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