I spent most of the year living in a small town in Oregon where I read a lot of student work and finished my MFA thesis. There I read my first but not last book by Octavia E. Butler, Kindred. I borrowed Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, from a graduate employee … The post A Year in Reading: Zoë Ruiz appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'
[ The Millions | 2019-12-14 16:00:42 UTC ]
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If you love books about science, check out #scienceseptember and find a reading list of recommended books for the event here! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-29 10:38:23 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's parent company Bertelsmann has reported its highest first half for 12 years with €8.6bn group revenues, with PRH’s successful performance attributed to “strong bestsellers, high growth rates in audio formats, and acquisitions”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 03:19:02 UTC ]
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Corrinne Averiss and Rosalind Beardshaw have triumphed at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards to win the Book of the Year Award for My Pet Star (Hachette Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 19:52:05 UTC ]
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Researchers have used machine-learning (a reading robot!) to read 3.5 million books published between 1900 and 2008, and tally all the adjectives used to describe men and women. Not surprisingly, women in books are beautiful and men are true-hearted! Yup, when positively described, women (or... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-28 13:30:07 UTC ]
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The Children's Book Council of Australia chose the winners of the 2019 Book of the Year Awards. Get the list of winners and honorable mentions here. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-28 10:39:17 UTC ]
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W H Smith has been boosted by a "strong performance" of its travel stores as the retailer says it expects full year results to be in line with expectations, ahead of c.e.o. Stephen Clarke's departure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 09:11:14 UTC ]
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The Book Development Council is readying its 2019 National Book Week, South African Book Fair and national indigenous language festivals. The post South African Book Fair and Book Week: Toward a Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-28 05:30:32 UTC ]
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The graphic novelist behind “Smile” and “Sisters” will be a featured author at the festival Saturday. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-27 16:19:28 UTC ]
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Ciuciu’s 31-day devotional encourages daily growth and fellowship with others, crumbs and all Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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lol. jk. My dude has never been to the beach. Dave’s actual Top 5 list (according to Far Out magazine) is, of course, a throughly Lynchian quintet of unheimlich surrealism, existentialist historical fiction, disturbing found photography, hundred-year-old art criticism, and auteur biography. Each... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-22 16:15:22 UTC ]
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As a co-founder of a digital health startup, my daily reading list typically consists of industry news. When I have some downtime, however, I tend to lean towards books that will help me grow as a leader or run our business better. Below are four books for tech execs that are looking for advice,... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2019-08-21 14:09:22 UTC ]
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In the annual PW Star Watch program, emerging talents in the North American publishing markets are honored. A 'Superstar' goes to Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post PW Star Watch Names 50 Honorees for 2019, Its Fifth Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-21 04:30:39 UTC ]
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Former President Barack Obama's reading list includes Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead and Stephanie Land Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-16 18:20:44 UTC ]
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I was about 21, riding a scooter on my way home from work, when I noticed a shadow over my ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-16 10:35:41 UTC ]
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Often lauded as the world’s first literary festival, Cheltenham is to celebrate seven decades of programming with a series of events based around septets. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-16 04:54:48 UTC ]
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Barack Obama has revealed his summer reading list, including titles from Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Ted Chiang and Hilary Mantel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 11:40:17 UTC ]
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The magazine company has run over 200 global campaign over the last year from its centralized team of 26 people, based in London. The post 1 year in, Hearst Digital Media’s revamped global ad team doubled its revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-08-14 04:01:54 UTC ]
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After decades of gathering Spanish-language magazines and newspapers in his office—thousands of them—Kirk Whisler started looking around for a more formal place to archive this collection. Whisler is president of Fallbrook, Calif.-based Latino 247 Media Group, a founding member of the National... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-13 13:31:00 UTC ]
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With Brexit looming larger as the UK's new government takes charge, the publishing industry steps up its drive to drop the VAT on digital reading. The post UK’s Publishers Association Leads ‘Axe the Reading Tax’ Campaign appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-12 05:30:59 UTC ]
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