Translated by Charlotte Whittle At some point in the last century, I arrived in Paris and that very day bought a copy of Madame Bovary in a bookstore called Joie de Vivre in the Latin Quarter. I stayed up nearly all night reading it and by dawn I knew what kind of writer I wanted […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Authors, traditionally published and self-published, need to adapt to stay viable, says Merilyn Simonds, former chief of The Writers' Union of Canada. The post A Leader in Canadian Writing Takes Stock of Self-Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Including: she wrote "The Lottery" in a single morning, didn't believe in ghosts, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed a "cosy crime" debut from Tilly Bagshawe, writing under the pen-name M B Shaw. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers and editors explored what it means to be a woman in the literary world at an Emily Books event in Brooklyn: ‘The industry is mostly female, but male-run’“We’ll have a definitive answer of what women’s writing is by the end of this.”Emily Gould, novelist and founder of Emily Books, was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Labour MP Rachel Reeves is to publish a political biography of Alice Bacon, the first woman to represent Leeds in the House of Commons, with I B Tauris. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has poached bestselling author Anthony Horowitz from Hachette imprint Orion to write a new series of 'whodunnit’ crime novels for Century and Arrow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penned in the Margins is to publish The Old Weird Albion, a debut book by American artist and writer Justin Hopper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Essential Politics: Oil lobbyist ghost writes letter for lawmakers, Michael Bloomberg hosts Kamala Harris Senate fundraiser Aug. 17, 2016, 12:03 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. Here's what we're watching: Michael Bloomberg, the former... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amie Barrodale, author of the story collection "You Are Having a Good Time," argues that life is a story. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Maybe four years ago, I read that your and my grandchildren will not see elephants in the wild,' Pearson told Monitor contributor Erik Spanberg. 'I kind of got passionate about it and I decided to make it the topic of [my] book.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As real estate prices soar in traditional artistic and cultural hubs such as Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, writers are looking toward smaller cities with cheaper rent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author of the delightfully twisted new novel, "The Heavenly Table," shares five writing tips. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency is to launch a competition to find unpublished authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic novelists Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers, known jointly by their company name Metaphrog, have won The Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Awards 2016 for Best Visual Artist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many famous names – from Dawn French to, more recently, Ronnie O’Sullivan – have turned their hand to fiction, a move that has a mixed legacyWhat does a person do when they find they have become a successful consumer brand? Assuming you embrace this appalling fate, you’ll want to put your name... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The White Horse Bookshop is sponsoring the Richard Jefferies Society Writers’ Prize while the book trade is experiencing a “golden age of nature writing”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mandy Sutter has won the top prize at the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 for her re-telling of her mother’s story of growing up in mid-1960s Nigeria. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At first glance, the new memoir I'm Your Biggest Fan: Awkward Encounters and Assorted Misadventures in Celebrity Journalism just looks like a breezy collection of stories about Hollywood stars from People magazine executive editor Kate Coyne. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NPR is producing several live Facebook videos per day. It has a team of 12 overseeing the effort, with some working full-time on Facebook Live. Since going “all out” in May, the publisher has confirmed a few key things: have a real reason to go live; there is an appetite for news and explainer... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Farrar on how a literary festival helps to bolster the science and conservation work of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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