Thames & Hudson's Mark Sapwell on the far-reaching consequences of AQA dropping A-Level subjects including Archaeology and History of Art. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are more than 200,000 books being published each year. For host Mitchell Kaplan, “One of the questions that I’m asked more than anything else as a bookseller is: how do you find out about all the books that you carry in your stores?” This week on The Literary Life, his guest is publishing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-02 08:46:03 UTC ]
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William Collins has acquired a new history of the British Constitution by legal expert and academic James Grant, about the UK's "unwritten" constitution. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 20:13:39 UTC ]
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Sarah Yerkes didn’t begin writing until she was in her 90s, but last month, at the age of 101, she released her first collection of poems, Days of Blue and Flame. A graduate of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a 74-year resident of Washington D.C., Yerkes had decades-long... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-29 16:21:29 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has bought a "groundbreaking" book charting the rise and fall of "female husbands" in the 18th and 19th centuries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 11:57:16 UTC ]
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Author, screenwriter and columnist Juno Dawson has joined the panel for the BBC’s The Novels That Shaped Our World. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 22:29:55 UTC ]
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In a push to lure high-end brands to the cinema advertising circuit, National CineMedia announced today the launch of LuxeNet, a portfolio of 130 of its premium movie theaters in high-income areas of key U.S. cities. According to Nielsen data, NCM is the country’s most prominent cinema... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-24 14:06:00 UTC ]
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An estimated 90% of all written works worldwide are not available in accessible formats. New Zealand is implementing the Marrakesh Treaty to help change that. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2019-07-23 20:01:52 UTC ]
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The History Press has scooped an "enthralling" book by Daniel Smith on how establishment forces reportedly tried to suppress a story about Lord Boothby and Ronnie Kray’s alleged interest in teenage boys. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 05:27:34 UTC ]
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A new player is stepping into Ireland's burgeoning home-grown history publishing sector, Eastwood Books, a local and general history trade imprint from the Wordwell Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-18 15:24:11 UTC ]
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Early American conservationist George Bird Grinnell had an enduring impact, writes John Taliaferro. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-18 13:53:48 UTC ]
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New titles reflect on 21st-century warfare and look to the past for lessons in combat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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These titles challenge prevailing wisdom and hardened consensus to consider the necessities, mistakes, and tragedies of war. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A wholesale craft supply company bought an Arkansas-based arts-and-crafts publishing company last week from its Philadelphia-based parent company — Comcast. The broadband, cable and entertainment giant sold Maumelle, Ark.-based Leisure Arts to PA Distribution, an Oregon-based distributor and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-10 17:55:17 UTC ]
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On the lessons one reader gained through reading Toni Morrison's new nonfiction book collecting her essays, speeches, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-10 10:33:01 UTC ]
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Since its launch 25 years ago, Amazon's reach has extended well beyond an online bookstore. And while it may seem obvious today, at the time Jeff Bezos was working to get his idea to the masses, many investors thought it would be no match for bookstore giants like Borders and Barnes and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-08 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Diana Evans has won the South Bank Sky Arts Award for her book Ordinary People (Chatto & Windus). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 04:24:03 UTC ]
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Truong’s novel 'The Sweetest Fruits' tells the story of Lafcadio Hearn through the voices of three women in his life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Bravery has been promoted with immediate effect to art director at Penguin General. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 20:42:44 UTC ]
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Union-busting retail behemoth Walmart has come under fire this week for prominently featuring Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf in a sponsored Facebook post. According to Business Insider, the since-deleted post featured an oil painting of history’s greatest monster underneath a message urging customers... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-02 19:41:09 UTC ]
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THIS IS THE 30th in a series of dialogues with artists, writers, and critical thinkers on the question of violence. This conversation is with Natasha Lennard, an author, activist, and journalist whose work has been featured in many publications, including The Intercept, The New York Times, and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-07-01 12:30:03 UTC ]
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