‘A White Heron’ is one of the best-known short stories by the American writer Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909). Published in 1886 in the collection A White Heron and Other Stories, the story is about a young girl who is approached by a hunter who offers her money if she will […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-02-08 18:00:40 UTC ]
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Scribe is to publish The Changing of the Guard: The British Army Since 9/11 by Simon Akam next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 20:17:12 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired Estelle Maskame’s seventh YA novel, Becoming Mila, to be published on the 6th May 2021 as the first book in a two-part series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 09:24:34 UTC ]
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For a while, Melania Trump has teased that she might write a book after the Trump family exits the White House. I, like many, had mixed feelings. On one hand, it’d be interesting to see the Trump administration from the point of the view of the famously sullen First Lady; but on the other hand,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-10 18:18:04 UTC ]
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The real-life inspiration for Steve McQueen’s “Red, White and Blue” documents his career in law enforcement in “Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Lindy West rewatches mediocre Hollywood blockbusters and, surprise, finds them lacking. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
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In visceral essays, Michael Eric Dyson explains the unrest after George Floyd’s killing. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
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“It takes a huge toll to live the trauma of being a Black person in a white-supremacist country and then write it as well,” Oluo says. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Subscribe on Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | This week co-hosts Kate and Medaya are joined by author Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, whose latest book is the collection of short stories Likes. Sarah discusses the magic of childhood, the difficulties of family life in the current political climate, and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-12-02 22:35:05 UTC ]
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Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding will publish her memoir with Ebury Press in spring 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-02 19:07:37 UTC ]
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In her latest book, out now, Oluo examines the cultural and political underpinnings of what she calls the “mediocre-white-man-industrial complex.” As protests against police brutality and racial injustice swept the country this summer, Ijeoma Oluo’s debut book, So You Want to Talk About Race was... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-12-02 06:00:29 UTC ]
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Today, The Financial Times and McKinsey & Company announced the winner of its 2020 Business Book of the Year Award, which recognizes a work that provides the “most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.” The prize comes with £30,000 prize and each of the five... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-01 20:59:19 UTC ]
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Sarah Frier's 'No Filter' takes the £30,000 Business Book of the Year honor, in a strong shortlist from the FT and McKinsey & Company. The post Sarah Frier Wins the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-01 20:59:13 UTC ]
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Greens senator says ‘cosy relationship’ between Coalition and News Corp should be scrutinised after half a million people back a royal commissionGreens senator Sarah Hanson-Young will move to establish a Senate inquiry into media diversity on Wednesday following the popularity of Kevin Rudd’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-10 16:30:14 UTC ]
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Yang’s debut novel owes a debt to Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth,” though Ivy Lin is no Lily Bart. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-05 16:42:29 UTC ]
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Yan's debut novel overturns the tropes of the romance novel in this story about an immigrant's doomed pursuit of marriage and the American dream. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-11-02 15:00:30 UTC ]
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At the end of a tumultuous year for the American book trade, with shake-ups at a number of big houses and organisations, comes a pivotal race to the White House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 19:53:36 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired Burns for Every Day of the Year from Robert Burns expert Dr Pauline Mackay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-23 10:57:29 UTC ]
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Lee Brackstone, publisher at White Rabbit, has acquired world all-language rights for Medical Grade Music directly from authors Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 10:33:59 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired A Traitor to His Blood, the fifth instalment of M P Wright's J T Ellington series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 06:56:59 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall has become the first author to win the BBC National Short Story Award twice in its 15-year history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 01:38:09 UTC ]
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