A new illustrated biography illuminates the life and legacy of the creator of the legendary Rider-Waite tarot deck. (Sponsored) Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ehsan Abdollahi, the illustrator who hit the headlines after being refused a visa to visit the Edinburgh International Book Festival, is teaming up with Jackie Morris on a picture book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust has revealed the winners of this year’s New Writers Awards, each of whom will receive £2,000 to help with their career. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Translators' Association First Translation Prize, set up by writer and translator Daniel Hahn, has revealed its inaugural shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Great American Read, a PBS-produced documentary series on reading in American culture that will debut in the spring, announced the authors, media celebrities and literary experts that are taking part in the program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty-three titles have been shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, which celebrate the "broad scope" of travel writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury will release a ‘house edition’ of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second book in the Harry Potter series, in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acknowledging the patriarchal society of biblical times, author Mesu Andrews finds inspiration among the obscure women in Scripture and hopes to add more to their stories in her award-winning novels, including her latest, ‘Isaiah’s Daughter.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rhiannon Smith has made her first acquisition for Fleet: a debut novel telling the story of three generations of Brazilian women in London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Lane Smith and author Ruta Sepetys, winners of the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway children’s book awards, are to jointly donate £1,000 to North Kensington Library, the closest library to Grenfell Tower. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British Book Award organizers have added an Author of the Year and Illustrator of the Year honor to the list of 'Nibbies,' as well as a new audiobook category to the Books of the Year division. The post British Book Awards Announce New Honors for Illustrators, Authors, Audiobooks appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The appointment of this boorish polemicist to the Office for Students will only confirm how toxic the current Tory brand is to younger votersToby Young has never been shy of self-promotion. He admits to possessing a “gargantuan” ego, writes frequently about himself and was famously the author of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The historian did important work on the Peterloo massacre and the suffragette movement, says Lindsey German, and deserves greater prominence than the failed memoir forger Clifford IrvingIt shows a somewhat strange priority that your main obituary on 27 December described the life of Clifford... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court documents filed following the lawsuit filed by conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos against Simon & Schuster show the publisher's concern with the book's quality in its early stages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Poetry Day has revealed the winners of its "freedom" themed children's poetry competition, for which 700 entries were submitted. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bodleian Libraries in Oxford are unveiling a series of previously unseen letters that J R R Tolkien wrote to his children “from Father Christmas” every winter for 23 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“The answer to the duopoly for media owners is not to adopt a defensive stance and assume the situation is a permanent obstacle to growth, and we’re in permanent crisis, but to innovate." The post Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith: Publishers need to stop playing defense appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A range of food and drink books from publishers including Bloomsbury, Phaidon and Quiller Publishing have been shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Smith’s seasonal novel Winter (Hamish Hamilton), Sally Rooney’s "perfectly observed" début Conversations with Friends (Faber) and the eagerly anticipated first instalment of Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, La Belle Sauvage (Penguin/David Fickling Books), were among the critics’... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The opening keynote speakers for PubTech Connect 2017 are two of the people leading the forward looking efforts at the 'Times': assistant editor Sam Dolnick and editor of the 'New York Times Book Review' Pamela Paul. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quentin Blake and Neil Gaiman were among the authors and illustrators who helped to raise more than £160,000 for the House of Illustration on Monday evening (11th December). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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