Abrams withdraws graphic novel featuring suicide bomber

US publisher Abrams has withdrawn a graphic novel about a would-be terrorist after protests. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2018: Quirk Adds Graphic Novels to Its Mix

Quirk began publishing graphic novels this May and the indie publisher has plans to steadily add more books in formats over the next few years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abrams turns Rosie Revere into middle-grade series

Rosie Revere, Engineer, a bestselling picture book about a girl who dreams of becoming an engineer, will be turned into a series of chapter books this autumn by the publisher Abrams. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: Vintage Roger Hall play runs well with 'soup up'; Some features outdated

Review: A large comfy leather sofa, persian rug, bland painting and shelves of books make up the set of Remuera housewife Deb's life and an updated version of Roger Hall's 1999 one-woman play The Book Club, showing at Auckland's PumpHouse Theatre. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gina Gagliano to Head New RHCB Graphic Novel Imprint

We spoke with newly-named publishing director Gina Gagliano about her plans for the Random House Graphic imprint, which will release its first books in fall 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spillane’s Mike Hammer Goes Graphic

The classic character, initially conceived as a comics hero, is finally getting the graphic treatment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic Medicine: Health & Fitness Books 2018

Penn State University Press’s comics series has a lot more going on than the Sunday funnies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beard, Olusoga and Keyes feature in BBC's Hay line up

Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Marian Keyes are among the names featuring on the BBC's Tent line-up for the 31st Hay Festival this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Man Booker 50’ Celebration Features Stars, Commentary, Workshops

Workshops and masterclasses are part of the plan for events in July's three-day 'Man Booker 50' celebration of a half-century of Man Booker Prize for Fiction awards. Tickets now are on sale.  The post ‘Man Booker 50’ Celebration Features Stars, Commentary, Workshops appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles to feature in forthcoming film

Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road has a starring role in a forthcoming film starring Lily James. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Love and Rockets' Jaime Hernandez Creates Graphic Novel for Kids

We spoke with Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez about his children's debut, 'The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Chute, Ed Park Named ‘NYT’ Graphic Novel Columnists

In the wake of promises to increase its comics and graphic novel coverage, The 'New York Times Book Review' has named Hillary Chute and Ed Park its regular comics and graphic novel columnists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CrimeFest withdraws offer to host Staunch Prize winner

CrimeFest has withdrawn its offer to host the winner of the recently-launched Staunch Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naval Institute Press Navigates to Graphic Novels

The publishing unit of the nonprofit U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis will add graphic novels and nonfiction later this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos withdraws S&S lawsuit

Milo Yiannopoulos has dropped his multi-million pound legal case against Simon & Schuster US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A painful coming-of-age debut novel of a gay teen whose family is sundered by suicide

There was a prickly if fleeting moment in last month’s Grammy Awards telecast during the “In Memoriam” segment that honored Chester Bennington, the late Linkin Park frontman and father of six, who took his own life last July. Moments after Bennington’s face faded from the screen, the rapper Logic... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abrams to Publish Sequel to John Lewis’ March Trilogy

In August 2018 Abrams ComicArts will publish 'Run: Book One,' a sequel to Rep. John Lewis' National Book Award-winning civil rights graphic memoir, 'March.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics Industry Asks ‘NYT’ to Restore Graphic Bestseller Lists

Agent Charlie Olsen has collected more than 400 signatures on a letter appealing to the 'New York Times' to restore the graphic bestseller lists that were eliminated last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Unveils Young Reader Graphic Novel Imprints

DC Entertainment has recruited a lineup of notable authors to produce stories for two new graphic novel imprints for young readers: DC Ink for teens and DC Zoom for middle graders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LibreOffice 6 unveils OpenPGP support, ePUB filter and many more new features

The Document Foundation has unveiled LibreOffice 6.0 64-bit and LibreOffice 6.0 32-bit, a major new release of its open-source office suite for Windows, Mac and Linux. LibreOffice 6.0 adds a host of new and improved features, including support for OpenPGP signing and encryption, an ePUB filter... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strava says military users should opt out of heatmap feature to avoid revealing secret army base locations

Military personal who used the fitness app Strava have unwittingly contributed to revealing the location of secret army bases around the world. Strava published a "heatmap" of global user activity in November, and from this data visualization the location of secret military bases was... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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