Author interview with FBF Guest of Honour Tamta Melashvili

Award-winning novelist Tamta Melashvili reflects on feminism in her home land, and how fiction can build bridges. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Author Maeve Binchy dies aged 72

Best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy, who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, has died after a short illness. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author acknowledges fake Dylan quotes, resigns

A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. Jonah Lehrer released a statement Monday through his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, saying that some Mr. Dylan quotes appearing in his book "Imagine: How... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Youngest ever authors make Dylan Thomas Prize longlist

Legend Press and Bloomsbury both have two books on the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author fears over 20p frontlist

Authors and their representatives have warned that books are being devalued to the point of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author expects fiction revolution

The rise of ebooks will "fundamentally change" the types of stories that are written and who they are written by, award-winning author Denise Mina predicts. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson buys Author Solutions, will integrate with Penguin

Pearson has acquired self-publishing company Author Solutions Inc for $116m (£74m) in cash... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Makinson: 'no reputational damage' from Author Solutions buy

Penguin c.e.o. John Makinson has said there is a "natural convergence" between... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown and Foyles team up for author 'Discovery Day'

Aspiring authors are being given the chance to pitch their novels to a panel of agents at a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Encyclopedia Brown' author Donald Sobol has died

Donald Sobol, author of the beloved children's book series "Encyclopedia Brown," died Wednesday in Miami. He was 87. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Nightmare' for Haus as Syrian author held at Paris

Syrian author Samar Yazbek was prevented from appearing at the Ways with Words literary festival... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A M Heath to represent independent authors

The Alliance of Independent Authors has enlisted the help of agency A M Heath to represent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forsyth honoured at CWA awards

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.S. Authors, Nonfiction Hot

The #5 book in Italy in May, Gianluigi Nuzzi’s His Holiness. The Secret Documents of Benedict XVI, has caused international news since its publication. Pope Benedict XVI’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested late last month on suspicion of releasing dozens of embarrassing letters to Nuzzi... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Travolta sued by sex book author

A Los Angeles man who wrote a book about his alleged gay encounters with John Travolta filed a libel lawsuit on Thursday against the actor and his attorney. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Field of Dreams author to Friday Project

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hill and Berry made CBEs in Queen's Birthday Honours

Author Susan Hill has been awarded a CBE for services to literature in the Queen's Birthday... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Israeli authors fight book deals

A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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