Agatha Christie fans, take note: Anthony Horowitz has a clever new twist on the classic whodunit

With “Moonflower Murders,” Horowitz adds layers of mystery to a richly plotted tale. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-11 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Duckworth Books buys debut 'rom-com with a twist'

Farrago, Duckworth's fiction imprint, has acquired Lee Farnsworth’s debut novel Odd Bird.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 02:58:12 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: UK-based Book Aid International: 1.2 Million Books in 2019

The charity last year was at work in 23 refugee camps, 38 prison libraries, 1,567 schools, 635 public libraries, and more. The post Industry Notes: UK-based Book Aid International: 1.2 Million Books in 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-14 17:51:35 UTC ]
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Ali Smith’s ‘Summer’ concludes her seasonal quartet on a high note

The novel is the bravura performance of a writer, poised at the edge of the day’s vast darkness, gathering all the warmth and light she can muster. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-14 15:51:08 UTC ]
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Bookstat charts: Twilight dawns on e-book fans

Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun (Atom), this week's print number one, also dawned gloriously into the Bookstat e-book number one position for the week ending 8th August. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 05:27:15 UTC ]
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Baduza, Wood and Wilson join stars reading Penguin Classics

Penguin Random House is launching a new collection of audiobooks from the Penguin Classics list this September, featuring acting stars from "Noughts + Crosses", "Sex Education" and "His Dark Materials" as narrators. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 21:44:19 UTC ]
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Trade bodies to 'engage' with Covid-19 culture panel but note industry's absence

The Publishers Association has said it "looks forward to engaging" with a new expert advisory panel set up to investigate the pandemic's impact on arts and culture, although it has failed to include a representative from the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 09:04:29 UTC ]
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Rider launches Classic series featuring Chopra and Frankl

Ebury's Rider imprint is releasing a Classics range this December, publishing new editions of titles by writers including Deepak Chopra, Victor E Frankl and the Dalai Lama. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 00:32:06 UTC ]
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Just in time for an updated ‘West Side Story,’ a look back at the 1961 classic

Richard Barrios’s new book delves into the history of the film adaptation that did boffo business and won multiple Oscars. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-29 13:56:23 UTC ]
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Author Christie Watson appointed UEA professor

Costa Award-winning author Christie Watson, who worked a registered nurse for 20 years before her writing career, has been appointed professor of medical and health humanities at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 23:05:45 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics Science Fiction review – a fresh look at brave new worlds

Sci-fi preconceptions are challenged by little-known marvels from James Tiptree Jr, Angélica Gorodischer and othersThe border between science fiction and mainstream literature is more permeable than booksellers or publishers would have us think. Double Booker prize-winner Margaret Atwood’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-27 06:00:46 UTC ]
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Alex Trebek’s memoir, ‘The Answer Is . . .,’ is everything a ‘Jeopardy!’ fan could want

Trebek had no plans to write a memoir, but the outpouring of supporting following his cancer diagnosis changed his mind. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Noted immortal Keanu Reeves to bless our lives with a comic book in October.

Noted immortal man, Keanu Reeves, is writing a comic book with the help of bestselling graphic novelist Matt Kindt. Called BRZRKR, the first of 12 issues will debut in October just in time to save the world / distract us from the presidential campaign / give us something to do in day 700 of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-20 14:56:04 UTC ]
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Cosmo Adds Metered Paywall, Membership Program | News & Notes

Starting this month, Cosmopolitan has introduced a new paid membership program, Cosmo Unlocked, and with it, a metered paywall limiting non-members to four free articles each month. For $2 per month, members can receive unlimited access to the website, (which currently publishes about 30 new... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-14 15:50:42 UTC ]
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Vintage Classics launches new series of pocket-sized translations

Vintage Classics is launching a new series of pocket-sized paperbacks celebrating translation. Vintage Editions will "transport readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 18:17:14 UTC ]
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Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel, ‘Antkind,’ is just as loopy and clever as his movies

The 720-page book by the writer of “Being John Malkovich” may be long but it’s never dull. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-09 15:28:19 UTC ]
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Canada Could Be Next in Challenging Google to Pay Publishers | News & Notes

In April, French regulators ordered Google to help develop a system to reward the country's news outlets with licensing fees when portions of their stories are displayed on the tech giant's news tab or in its search results. The decision was hailed as a triumph for publishers by those favoring... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-08 17:40:51 UTC ]
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Guide to the classics: The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells helped pioneer science fiction with his 1898 book The War of the Worlds. Many iterations later, it still scares and fascinates us. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2020-07-06 19:54:21 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's signs second series from Cleverly

HarperCollins Children’s Books will publish Sophie Cleverly's second middle-grade series, The Violet Veil Mysteries, illustrated by Hannah Peck.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 15:45:28 UTC ]
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Lacy Crawford’s ‘Notes on a Silencing’ is a haunting exploration of the systematic ways assault victims are ignored

Crawford’s memoir looks back at her own assault at a prestigious boarding school. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-05 08:02:09 UTC ]
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Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn

One of the lesser known prizes for short fiction in Spain names its winner as Australia's high-profile Miles Franklin Literary Award issues its 2020 shortlist. The post Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-26 17:54:35 UTC ]
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