At PEN Gala, Rowling Calls Trump 'Bigoted'

At the gala, which PEN president Andrew Solomon said was the nonprofit's most successful fundraiser to date, J.K. Rowling, one of the evening's honorees, condemned the views of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Breaking Bad's Krysten Ritter pens psychological thriller for Hutchinson

Actress, producer, and writer Krysten Ritter is publishing a debut psychological suspense novel, Bonfire, with Hutchinson this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Baume | 'You don't really call yourself a writer until you have a book published'

Sara Baume’s second novel is a powerful meditation on art, loneliness and finding one’s place in the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book Hive teams with local book club to fight Trump 'threat'

The Book Hive in Norwich has teamed up with a local book club to help spread opposition to Donald Trump through literature.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fundraiser to commission writing from Trump's banned countries

An online literary journal is fundraising to commission new work and translations from the seven countries in Donald Trump’s "Muslim ban". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago to publish Trump reaction anthology Radical Hope

Virago is to publish an anthology of 31 original letters written in the weeks after the election of president Donald Trump from novelists, poets and political thinkers including Celeste Ng, Hari Kunzru and Karen Joy Fowler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AWP 2017: This Year's Conference Will Be All About—and Against—Trump

Anti-Trump protests and political actions are planned throughout this year’s AWP conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Page hails 'prescient' writers in age of Trump

Publishers will have to be "broad, open and diverse in their interests and in the voices they find" in response to the turbulent political climate caused by President Trump's election, Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Guild Calls for 'Vigilance In These Not Normal Times'

In a statement on the group's website, the Authors Guild has called the current political climate a time "when writers have a particularly important role to play" in the preservation of democracy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians Call Foul on FCC Internet Policy Actions

The American Library Association this week criticized the FCC (now under Trump appointee Ajit Pai’s leadership) for revoking a key program and retracting a number of the agency’s recent reports. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump order prompts US agents to seek more Muslim writers

A number of American literary agents have put out a collective open call for submissions by Muslim writers following President Trump’s “travel ban”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Andrew Michael Hurley novel called Devil’s Day

Costa prize-winning author Andrew Michael Hurley’s new novel Devil’s Day is publishing this October with John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Trump Book Bump

What books are selling now that Trump is in office? A lot of dystopian fiction, and also 'The Art of the Deal.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton to deliver verdict on Trump in new book

Failed presidential candidate will publish collection of essays inspired by quotations she has used to help endure testing timesIt was one of the toughest presidential races in recent history and one that would have completely flattened many candidates, but Hillary Clinton is to reveal how she... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riddell calls for probe into school library provision

Children’s laureate Chris Riddell has used the re-launch of the Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to call for a probe into school library provision in the country. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My dad predicted Trump in 1985 – it's not Orwell, he warned, it's Brave New World

The ascent of Donald Trump has proved Neil Postman’s argument in Amusing Ourselves to Death was right. Here’s what we can do about itOver the last year, as the presidential campaign grew increasingly bizarre and Donald Trump took us places we had never been before, I saw a spike in media... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publishers 'spurred on' to publish more from Trump's banned nations

Independent publishers have been “spurred on” to continue producing works that give a voice to silenced nations following President Trump's controversial "travel ban". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling hits back over threats to burn Harry Potter books

JK Rowling mocks Twitter users who threaten to burn her books because of her anti-Trump stance. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson chief brands Trump order 'deeply worrying'

Pearson chief executive John Fallon has branded Donald Trump's travel ban policy "deeply worrying" in a rare political comment from the usually non-partisan education company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to fund legal challenge to Trump travel ban

Amazon is funding a legal challenge against US president Donald Trump's controversial "travel ban" on behalf of its employees in the US and around the world who could be affected. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orwell's '1984' Surges After Trump's First Week

George Orwell's dystopian classic '1984' is the #1 book in the country following the first week and a half of the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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