B&N's James Daunt Isn't Daunted At All

New Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt gets to work on rejuvenating America’s largest bookstore retailer. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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James Comey explains the values of the justice system, and why they matter

The ex-FBI director says his book is part of a larger effort to rebuild institutions after Trump. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Read Harder: An Own Voices YA Book With a Black Main Character That Isn’t About Black Pain

We've got books for the Read Harder task asking you to read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn't about Black pain. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-01-07 11:30:00 UTC ]
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The virus isn’t transforming us. It’s speeding up the changes already underway.

The accelerating shifts, often for the worse, in digital life, inequality, foreign policy and other realms. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-18 14:22:16 UTC ]
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YA author James launches The Climate Fiction Writers League

Author Lauren James has established The Climate Fiction Writers League, a group of over 50 international published authors writing about climate change.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 22:31:59 UTC ]
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What James Beard’s Ubiquity Says About American Food

The influential cookbook author helped shape the nation’s culinary identity—for better and for worse. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2020-11-29 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Life Isn’t a Narrative: A Conversation with JoAnn Wypijewski

JoAnn Wypijewski is a writer, editor, and journalist based in New York. From 1982 to 2000, she was an editor at The Nation magazine and co-editor, with Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, of Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence (2014). She has written for CounterPunch,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-26 18:00:16 UTC ]
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Daunt Books signs collection from Booker contender Taylor

Daunt Books Publishing has signed Filthy Animals, the first short story collection from 2020 Booker Prize shortlistee Brandon Taylor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 14:31:07 UTC ]
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Republican election denialism isn’t scary or funny or pathetic. It’s all of the above.

Yesterday, as senior Republican officials continued to indulge President-unelect Trump’s election fantasies, his claims of widespread voter fraud continued to be baseless, and reporters continued to point that out. Republicans in various states have made mountains out of procedural molehills and... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-11-11 13:19:27 UTC ]
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Daunt warns 'Today' programme of Christmas threat to indies

Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has reiterated his claims bookshops should be considered essential retailers and warned some indies will go out of business if they don't get vital Christmas trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-11 10:47:16 UTC ]
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Daunt looks to click and collect as lockdown 'game-changer'

Click and collect could be a game-changer for high street booksellers during the second national lockdown, Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has told The Bookseller.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 04:27:51 UTC ]
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James Beard’s outsize appetites and carefully hidden secrets

A new biography may spark admiration or antipathy for the dean of American cookery. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt confident on Christmas despite 'devastating' local lockdowns

Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has admitted local lockdowns have been “devastating” for sales but says he is confident stores can meet demand in the run-up to Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 14:54:03 UTC ]
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James Baker, master of a bygone Washington

The Republican statesman and operative specialized in the now-lost art of compromise. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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L.A.'s poet laureate isn't mincing words: 'The world's on fire. We're just trying to survive.'

L.A. poet laureate Robin Coste Lewis joins the L.A. Times Book Club Sept. 24 for Black Poets in a Time of Unrest, an evening of discussion and poetry performances. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-17 20:34:53 UTC ]
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James Kellow and Hardie Grant launch Ultimo Press

Former HarperCollins Australia c.e.o. James Kellow and Hardie Grant chief executive Hardie Grant have launched Sydney-based Ultimo Press, described as "an independent press backed by Hardie Grant" press.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 05:18:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Gives B&N Update at BISG Annual Meeting

To survive in the age of Amazon, B&N CEO James Daunt said bookstores "need to look good and have great books and passionate booksellers" in an interview with BISG executive director Brian O'Leary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt outlines his strategy for Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble chief executive and Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has said the two-and-a-half month lockdown in the US was "hugely traumatic" and a "body blow" to employees, but that B&N had used the period to bring much needed changes the US chain's estate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 18:36:08 UTC ]
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Daunt Books takes Singh's 'visionary' The Breaks

Daunt Books Publishing has acquired The Breaks by Julietta Singh, the first non-fiction book on its Originals list, billed as a "visionary and moving" take on race, inheritance and mothering. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 10:49:51 UTC ]
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Tayari Jones and Marlon James among Aké Festival line-up

Authors including Tayari Jones, Marlon James, Esi Edugyan and Derek Owusu are attending the digital Aké Festival this October, showcasing African creative voices in a celebration of black excellence, resilience and resistance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 03:44:25 UTC ]
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Ellmann and Szirtes win £10k James Tait Black prizes

Lucy Ellmann has won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction with her epic stream of consciousness novel Ducks, Newburyport (Galley Beggar), while George Szirtes has taken the biography award for The Photographer at Sixteen (MacLehose). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-21 03:12:44 UTC ]
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