A newly discovered portrait of Mary Pearson reminds us that the Austens were total jerks about her.

Long before Tinder, there was Jane Austen, warning your dates and their families that you looked nothing like your picture: in this instance, her subject was Mary Pearson, a portrait of whom has recently been discovered and acquired by Jane Austen’s House museum. Pearson, who likely inspired Lydia of Pride and Prejudice, Austen’s most famously irritating […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Trade celebrates release of Jane Austen £10 note

The trade is celebrating all things Jane Austen this week, as the Bank of England's new Austen £10 note makes its debut in honour of the author's 200th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Moving' portrait of Bellany marriage to Sandstone

Scottish indie Sandstone Press is to publish a personal memoir by Helen Bellany of her life with the artist John Bellany. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors for Grenfell total rises to £180k

Authors, agents and publishers have helped raise £180,597 through the Authors for Grenfell auction - £30,000 more than when it closed two weeks ago - with a David Walliams tea experience going for £12,000 and a lunch with Jonny Geller scooping more than £3,000. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson picks up $1bn from Penguin – but no treat for investors | Nils Pratley

The education business sold nearly half its stake in the publisher to Bertelsmann, but much of the proceeds will be reinvestedPearson is still going to own a quarter of Penguin Random House, so it’s not too late to hope that it can learn to tell a story like it is. Please, drop this bland... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sells 22% stake in Penguin Random House

Shares in the publishing firm rise after it says the sale will raise about $1bn (£776m). Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sells slice of Penguin for $1bn

The beleaguered FTSE 100 firm strengthens balance sheet by selling a 22% stake to Bertelsmann in deal valuing the publishing giant at $3.55bn Pearson has sold a 22% stake in Penguin Random House, the world’s biggest publisher, with titles ranging from Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Oliver and The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson to sell 22% stake in Penguin Random House

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spell binders: How Juliette MacIver, Toby Morris, Mary-anne Scott and Lisala Halapua write their acclaimed children's books

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[ Stuff | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Maurice Sendak picture book discovered

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Totally Entwined launches e-store and self-publishing platform

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors' unique responses to Austen auctioned by RSL

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2017: Back to Her Beginnings: Marie Lu

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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