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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Piccadilly Press has acquired world rights, excluding North America, to a children’s fiction series by actress Isla Fisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon is to publish a debut crime series set in Edinburgh by a former criminal barrister, Helen Fields. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kelly Kerney, who spent a decade writing the historical novel "Hard Red Spring," talks about the impossible task of historical fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld is to republish 1970s crime classic The Last Good Kiss by the late James Crumley, with a new introduction by Ian Rankin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some cultures do not distinguish between fiction and nonfiction – and instead talk of ‘stories’. Is that a barrier to English-language writers and publishers? Or should they just learn to enjoy telling tales?There’s a mighty canyon that runs down the middle of the world of the word, carving... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adult romance-turned-YA author Jody Hedlund explains the importance of writing books for young people and how she weaves a clean, faith-focused story together with relationships and adventure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton literary imprint Sceptre will mark its 30th anniversary this year with a series of events and promotions, branded with a motto that says "Read wisely. Read Sceptre." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Graham Norton's "darkly funny" fiction debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quarto Group has seen its "most profitable year ever", the company said, while announcing its chairman Tim Chadwick has decided to step down from the board. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mandy Hill, m.d. of the academic publishing division at Cambridge University Press, has said 2016 "is going to end for us as a very tough year", with the business facing "big internal changes which will result in reduced output". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The mission of new fiction imprint Hoopoe is to "accurately reflect what is going on in the Middle East, from the Middle East." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a California sweep, both 165-year-old Books Inc., the oldest bookstore in the West, and Lise Solomon with the Karel/Dutton Group took this year’s PW Awards, which will be presented at BookExpo America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With sales at the conservative press down last year, Regnery is trying to diversify its list and lessen its dependence on frontlist political books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in Hachette’s parent company Lagardere have fallen by 8.2% this morning after announcing a lower-than-expected profit forecast and the departure of its chief financial officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A year ago, livestreaming app Meerkat made a splash as one of the latest major startups to break out at South by Southwest Interactive. But with growing competition in live video from behemoths Twitter and Facebook, the company is pivoting to become a video-based social network, Re/code reported... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist has called Kamila Shamsie’s campaign for a pledge to publish only female authors in 2018 ‘a ridiculous idea’Lionel Shriver has called her fellow novelist Kamila Shamsie’s suggestion of a year publishing only women “rubbish”.Shamsie made the provocative call last year, citing gender... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There will be more cumulative hours of comic book movies released this year than in any year in the last decade. The post You Can Binge on 900 Glorious Minutes of Comic Book Movies This Year appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Johnston, owner of The Gutter Bookshop, has won The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award in Ireland for his “immense” commitment to bookselling. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape is publishing BRIT(ish): Getting Under the Skin of Britain’s Race Problem by Afua Hirsch, social affairs editor for Sky News. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iona Grey has been honoured with the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s "highest accolade", The Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year, for her book Letters to the Lost (Simon & Schuster). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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