After 30 Years, Ice Cube Press Presses Ahead

Iowa's Ice Cube Press finished 2021, its 30th anniversary, with a solid increase in sales over 2020. Steve Semken started the press to showcase local Iowa stories as well publishing books that document changes in rural America. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]

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Faber is reissuing the celebrated fiction of Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard after nearly 20 years out of print to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Percy the Park Keeper returns for 30th anniversary

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US literary debut Marilou to Hamish Hamilton

Hamish Hamilton has acquired a “chilling’ and “unforgettable” US literary debut about poverty, desperation and lost innocence in rural America. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Blake reimagines Matilda for 30th anniversary

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Book People kicks off celebrations marking 30 years in business

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Picador snaps up Paula Saunders' debut novel

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'World-class' S&S UK celebrates 30th anniversary

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