Alex Wheatle | "I hope young people understand why people were transported to the Caribbean"

The Caribbean continues to inspire Alex Wheatle, who returns to this setting in his latest novel, which is about an irrepressible female pirate. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 17:39:56 UTC ]
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HC buys former NHS doctor's 'hopeful' illustrations, poetry and fables

HarperNonFiction has signed a book of illustrations by artist and former NHS doctor Amber Fossey, whose Instagram posts are followed by 18,000 fans. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 05:14:13 UTC ]
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S4 Capital Hopes to Raise $126 Million to Further Expand Through Mergers

Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital proposed a new share offering today in hopes of raising $126 million (or 100 million euros) to further its expansion through mergers and acquisitions. The disclosure was made as part of S4 Capital's latest trading update where the company, which houses digital media... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-07-15 20:58:21 UTC ]
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William Clark Russell’s ‘The Wreck of the Grosvenor’ is a transporting nautical adventure

Russell may no longer be a household name, but his novels — popular in the later Victorian era — are worth revisiting. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Where Hope Comes From: Spotlight on Linda Kass

In her latest novel, A Ritchie Boy, Kass examines one of the most unacknowledged and important American units in WWII (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nike Japan Allows People to Color Their Own Sneakers Through an Augmented Reality Zine

A new "collaborative zine" from Nike Japan is putting a tech spin on coloring book pages. The shoe giant's latest campaign involves a booklet of black-and-white outlines of the latest Air Max releases, accompanied by an app that superimposes an augmented reality model of the shoe hovering over... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-07-10 19:22:40 UTC ]
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Game Informer EIC Steps Down After 29 Years | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_182388" align="alignright" width="150"] Andy McNamara[/caption] Last Friday was Andy McNamara's last day as editor-in-chief of Game Informer, ending a 29-year, 327-issue run at the video gaming magazine. McNamara hasn't yet revealed where he's headed next, but in an... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-07 15:19:00 UTC ]
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Camilla Läckberg’s ‘The Golden Cage’ is a psychological suspense story about vile people doing vile things

Läckberg has been dubbed “the Swedish Agatha Christie” — but Christie never wrote sex scenes like this. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Pride is a Rebellion, and Rebellions are Built on Hope

Stack your Pride TBR with these hopeful, queer science fiction and fantasy novels where queer characters are celebrated and highlighted. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-06-29 10:35:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers are the gatekeepers for titles by people of colour, says Brandes

Booksellers are now the “gatekeepers” and attempts to get titles by people of colour into their stores are often an “exercise in futility”, Jacaranda Books founder Valerie Brandes has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 01:19:33 UTC ]
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A Summary and Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’

‘Young Goodman Brown’ (1835) is one of the most famous stories by the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Inspired in part by the Salem witch craze of 1692, the story is a powerful exploration of the dark side of human nature. How Hawthorne loads his story with such power is worthy […] The post... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2020-06-24 14:00:49 UTC ]
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Howard Mittman Exits Bleacher Report | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_103589" align="alignright" width="150"] Howard Mittman[/caption] Howard Mittman is out as CEO of Bleacher Report, several outlets reported Tuesday, citing an internal memo. One of those, The New York Daily News, reports that Mittman was "forced out" amid sustained... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-24 13:20:18 UTC ]
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‘Black and Asian people not seen as readers’: Bernardine Evaristo condemns books industry

In foreword to report into diversity in publishing, Booker prize-winning author rails against ‘ridiculous’ beliefsBernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker prize, has hit out at “ridiculous” and “misguided” beliefs in the publishing industry, where “black and Asian people are... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 11:06:09 UTC ]
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Hope you like horrifying CGI, because we’re getting an Animorphs movie.

After spending the week getting destroyed by Gen Z on TikTok, here’s some good news for millennials: every 90s kid’s favorite portmanteau-titled book series is finally(?) getting a film adaptation. For the unacquainted(/Irish), the Animorphs were a scrappy gang of teens who, according to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-18 18:44:19 UTC ]
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September Publishing acquires guide to London's Afro-Caribbean history

September Publishing is to release the "first comprehensive guide" to London's Afro-Caribbean history.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 16:43:22 UTC ]
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This new nonprofit trains people for digital media jobs after leaving prison

Twelve formerly incarcerated fellows will learn how to produce videos, podcasts, and other digital media in Second Chance Studio’s yearlong program. For someone who’s just gotten out of prison, it can often be nearly impossible to land a job, both because of the bias of hiring managers and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-06-18 06:00:14 UTC ]
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Decade-long study shows why South Africa needs to stop stereotyping young black men

Young black men are often viewed through a criminal lens. A new book based on an 11-year-long study of adolescent men in a South African township upends the stereotypes. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2020-06-15 15:08:26 UTC ]
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Bad Form Young Writers’ Prize launches with trade support

Bad Form, the quarterly literary review magazine, is launching a new prize for young black, Asian, Arab and other non-white fiction writers based in the UK, with support from across the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 17:30:53 UTC ]
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According to the New York Times bestseller lists, a lot of people are reading about racism.

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi pointed out on Twitter last night that books about racism (including two of his own, How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning) are making up a significant portion of the New York Times bestseller lists. “The resistance is from the loudness of demonstrations to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-11 14:11:24 UTC ]
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Harper’s Bazaar Names Samira Nasr Its Next EIC | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_181565" align="alignright" width="150"] Samira Nasr[/caption] For the first time in nearly two decades, Harper's Bazaar has a new editor-in-chief. Samira Nasr, currently the executive fashion director at Vanity Fair, has been named the next top editor of the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-10 15:53:10 UTC ]
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"Do better, publishing people": an open letter to the industry

I have to start by admitting that when I began writing this letter last week, I was boiling mad and ready to take everyone on. Now, in its tenth or twentieth draft (I don’t know which) I’m still boiling mad, but most of your gaslighting social media posts that sent me over the edge have gone, so... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 12:34:21 UTC ]
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