Mr. Breitfeld was determined to attend this year’s antiquarian book fair in New York City. He began to sicken as he flew home, and died of the novel coronavirus. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-25 20:18:58 UTC ]
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Nick Beilenson, who took over his parents' publishing business, Peter Pauper Press, in 1981 died on February 22 of complications from Covid-19. He was 85. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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An enterprising entrepreneur, he spun the tedium of his daily commute into a cottage industry that gave bibliophiles a novel way of experiencing literature. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-02 04:08:56 UTC ]
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A writer and illustrator, he created more than 200 books for young readers, including the ode to individuality “Mr. Pine’s Purple House." Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-26 04:19:15 UTC ]
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He crafted tales of everyday life for early readers. His “Mr. Pine’s Purple House,” first published in 1965, later inspired a new publishing company — and Jeff Bezos. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-02-24 23:32:36 UTC ]
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Waterloo, Iowa’s Soul Book Nook is the first and only Black-owned indie in a state where, according to the most recent U.S. Census, less than 4% the population identifies as African American. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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He wrote more than 20 books, targeting hypocrisy, pomposity and contradiction wherever he found it. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-16 23:37:47 UTC ]
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A veteran journalist, she also edited a forthcoming compilation of the journals of Alice Walker, thus illuminating African American women of letters from the Harlem Renaissance to the present day. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-15 23:55:19 UTC ]
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‘Power of the Dog’ author Thomas Savage died in obscurity. It’s time to honor his work. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-15 12:00:36 UTC ]
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Tom Dupree, who was a senior editor at Bantam for much of the 1990s and later an executive editor at HarperCollins, died of in his New York home on February 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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He was a president of Students for a Democratic Society and reflected on his activism in “The Sixties,” an acclaimed work of history and memoir. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-08 03:30:54 UTC ]
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The longtime Random House editor, who combined a deep passion for books with a shrewd business mind and, as a result, made multiple major contributions to 20th Century literary and publishing history, died on February 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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He founded Anchor Books, publishing high-quality paperbacks in the 1950s, then led Random House and helped launch the New York Review of Books. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-05 02:25:43 UTC ]
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We look at the adult and children’s authors originally tapped by booksellers to appear at this year’s Winter Institute—although due to the cancellation of the in-person event, the panel will now be virtual. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Vietnamese monk was prominently known for "engaged Buddhism," taking a mindful-but-active approach to contemporary issues. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Savage and Diane Savage, her mother-in-law, opened The Reading Bug in San Carlos, Calif., a community south of San Francisco and north of Palo Alto, in 2008. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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His 1973 novel "My Uncle Napoleon," affectionately skewering the foibles of his countrymen and women in the decades before the Islamic Revolution, became one of the most phenomenally popular works of modern Persian literature. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-01-19 04:45:33 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers had a solid 2021, but are uncertain as to what 2022 will hold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerri Maher’s novel “The Paris Bookseller” celebrates the life of American Sylvia Beach, a bookstore owner who saw promise in James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-01-11 20:01:10 UTC ]
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Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel, “Olga Dies Dreaming,” is a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter but keeps us hooked with insight. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-01-04 12:00:59 UTC ]
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Keri Hulme, the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize, has died aged 74 after battling ongoing health conditions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 05:10:58 UTC ]
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