The new US administration under Donald Trump could make things "very, very much worse" for authors, according to campaign group Authors United. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Cathy Cassidy, Nick Hornby and David Nicholls are among the top names who have signed an open letter supporting the occupiers of Carnegie Library and condemning the proposed changes to the Lambeth library service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A wooden dining chair used by author JK Rowling while she wrote the first two Harry Potter books is up for grabs at auction in New York - and it is expected to fetch tens of thousands of dollars. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Having published her first novel, Dependence, with Legend in London, Sarah Ladipo Manyika turns to Abuja's Cassava Republic for her second outing. The post ‘Betting on Africa’: A Nigerian Author’s Choice of Publisher appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel A. Sjursen, author of Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge (ForeEdge, 978-1-61168-781-1) will be on WDBO FM 96.5 with Pat Williams on Thursday, April 7 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing-based author Cao Wenxuan becomes the first Chinese author to win the Hans Christian Andersen award for children's literature. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lydia Cacho is one of two writers who were recently named the winners of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter audiobooks through Audible have already reached one million copies, according to the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bylines by women at the New York Times Book Review and the New Republic are among the ‘dramatic increases’ over the last year, according to Vida’s annual survey of the publishing gender splitFemale authors and reviewers have found more room on literary pages over the last year, according to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Hochschild, author of 'Spain in Our Hearts' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , ISBN 978-0-5479-7318-0), will appear on NPR’s 'Fresh Air' on Monday, March 28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Many Canadian literary festivals match or exceed the Canada Council rate of CAD$250 for an author appearance. Fests are flourishing, coast to coast. The post Canadian Festivals: Paying Authors, Selling Books, Building Readership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter writer shares publishers’ brush-offs for first Robert Galbraith novel in attempt to to inspire other authorsThe Harry Potter author JK Rowling has shared some withering rebuffs publishers sent to her alter ego Robert Galbraith, in an effort to comfort aspiring authors.Rowling posted... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book trade should not get complacent following a rise in print book sales, Anthony Forbes Watson, managing director of Pan Macmillan, warned delegates to Nielsen’s Book Insights Conference 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 20,000 authors are to receive a share of the £264,000 payout from libraries body Public Lending Right following an error in the calculation of PLR annual figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first project in the pipeline for the just-announced Michael Mann Books is a new novel by Don Winslow. 'The Cartel' author will co-create a book, with Mann, about the American mobsters Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malorie Blackman is excited about the publication of her first standalone novel in four years but has warned that “some people won’t be happy” about its frank depiction of sex. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Genre fiction, non-fiction and books which "are causing a stir, a story in the book world" will all be candidates for the new "Meet the Author" interview series, now conducted by veteran broadcaster James Naughtie who has replaced Nick Higham. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Believe it or not, James Joyce wrote literature for children—as did Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, and many other authors known mostly for their more adult-friendly classics. For this edition of our weekly quiz, we challenge you to identify the authors of 10 children’s book excerpts. They... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors is lobbying the government to introduce a new law to protect authors' and creators' contracts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Asian undergraduate student at USC said someone threw eggs at him and shouted racial slurs as he sat outside his campus residence early Sunday, Los Angeles police said. The incident occurred about 2 a.m. outside Cardinal Gardens, Los Angeles Police Det. R. Saafir said. A Facebook page that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Wellington author's first book has earned him a place in the finals of the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, as the revamped book awards return after a year's hiatus. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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