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 that pay homage to the genre’s grande dame, Agatha Christie, either intentionally or in spirit.Last week saw the publication of Closed Casket, Sophie Hannah’s second Hercule Poirot book, which “continues” the great sleuth’s life of solving crimes. The book has been published to coincide with what would have been the author’s birthday and to commemorate 100 years since she wrote her first published novel. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ has won two books by debut author Vicky Newham with TV rights selling to Playground Entertainment after a "hard-fought" five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers Marina Benjamin and Joanna Walsh, author/illustrator Oliver Kugler and poet Jack Underwood are on the shortlist for a new prize for creative non-fiction writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Does a Lithuanian author stand a chance in the ocean of books on British bookshop shelves?’ Noir Press’ Stephan Collishaw says he has a good answer. Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė is the Vilnius-born, 39-year-old author who won the 2009 European Union Prize for Literature for her ‘Kvėpavimas į... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We read with interest Jane Martinson’s article (Paul Dacre to step down as chair of journalists’ code of practice committee, 1 December). The article notes that culture secretary Karen Bradley has launched a 10-week consultation into press regulation. As teachers and researchers in media and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut thriller The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (Transworld) has been named as W H Smith's Book of the Year for 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erri De Luca has won the 24th annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award for The Day Before Happiness (Allen Lane). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print edition of Dolly, Australia’s long-running magazine for teenage girls, is closing after more than four decades. Here’s a look back at the changing face of the title that launched the careers of some of the nation’s most famous models• Goodbye, Dolly: December issue will be magazine’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailer Foyles has chosen Paul Beaty’s Man Booker Prize-winning The Sellout as its book of the year, so will promote the title heavily online and in-store in the run up to Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 45 years after first hitting the shelves, pint copies of teen magazine Dolly will cease. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre has acquired two titles in a new series by thriller writer Martyn Waites (aka Tania Carver). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edinburgh-based Floris Books has won the Saltire Society Scottish Publisher of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An expanded trade publishing program has paid off well for Wayne State University Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Green Carnation Prize, an award recognising lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) writers, is partnering with Foyles for a third year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surfing memoir Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by New Yorker journalist William Finnegan (Corsair) has scooped the 28th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award's Graham Sharpe on the process of choosing a winner and the history of the prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another year, another batch of the same old New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight. Hit the gym. Sign up for a yoga class. Those are great goals, to be sure, but they’re all about your body. What about your brain? It needs nourishment too. So this January, resolve to exercise your mind, not just... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On November 26, independent booksellers around the country will be celebrating Indies First on Small Business Saturday with author events, flash storytimes, discounts, and cake to kick off the holiday selling season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two of the country’s most iconic bookstores are about to change hands. The management team is buying Village Books and Paper Dreams in Bellingham, Wash., while a local D.C. restaurateur is purchasing Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Urbane Publications has signed up crime writer Lloyd Paige’s "gripping" debut Dead Lands, set to publish in October 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishers’ revenues fell 3.4% year-on-year to $5.37bn (£4.32bn) for the first half of 2016, new statistics from the Association of American Publishers have revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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