Barbour Launches Christian Fiction Series Based on True Crimes

The Christian publisher’s six-book series, True Colors, features fictional characters in stories that are based on real murders and other crimes in American history. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robots that write fiction? You couldn’t make it up

Computer-generated fiction might seem a tipping point for artificial intelligence, but it could help us to understand the world we live inIn 1983, William Chamberlain and Thomas Etter released a book called The Policeman’s Beard Is Half Constructed, described as the “early fiction” of a computer... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian launches children’s book festival

The Guardian is organising a children’s literature festival – a free one-day event in London on 29th August, featuring authors such as Sarah McIntyre, Philip Reeve and Paul Strickland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stroud launches ‘Freedom to Think’ campaign

Author Jonathan Stroud is calling for parents and carers to give children time to use their imaginations through his new ‘Freedom to Think’ campaign. Stroud wants parents and carers to make sure children have at least one period each week for ‘unstructured thinking time’ where they can choose... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Launches Brazilian Subsidiary

HarperCollins Brasil will feature titles from HarperCollins' global list of authors in addition to publishing local Brazilian authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How one Muslim turned a childhood of bullying into a popular children's book series

Amin Aaser was a teenager living in Minnesota when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred. He doesn't want other Muslim children to face the bullying that he experienced. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kodansha Launching Subsidiary to Expand Digital Distribution

Japanese manga publisher Kodansha has partnered with a San Francisco startup incubator to create Kodansha Advanced Media, which will handle the digital distribution of its manga and non-manga ebook catalog. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SMP Launches New Digital Romance Imprint

SMP Swerve will be headed up by St. Martin’s Paperbacks and St. Martin’s Griffin v-p and associate publisher Anne Marie Tallberg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet Rolling Out New Cookbook Series

The first titles in the series, 'From the Source: Italy' and 'From the Source: Thailand,' go on sale September 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow launches illustrator salons

Children’s publisher Nosy Crow will from September host a number of evening events dedicated to illustration.   The first Nosy Crow Illustrator Salon will feature Steven Lenton, illustrator of the Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam picture books, written by Tracy Corderoy, on the 14th September.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew McCarthy will make his fiction debut with a young adult novel

Good news for '80s kids who preferred Blane McDonough to Duckie Dale: "Pretty in Pink" star Andrew McCarthy, who went from Brat Pack actor to travel writer and television director, is coming out with his first novel. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fantasy Writer Greenwood Launching Publishing Group

Ed Greenwood, best known as the bearded creator of the Forgotten Realms universe for Dungeons and Dragons, is launching an unconventional publishing group of his own, called The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does the age of an author matter when writing YA fiction?

The Book Doctor goes right back to beginnings of YA and teen fiction in the 1950s and 1960s to investigate whether author age has anything to do with reader experienceI saw several really young writers at the Young Adult Literature Convention (Yalc) who seem to know just what their readers are... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ursula Le Guin Debuts Online Fiction Workshop

The National Book Award lifetime achievement winner, who said she no longer has "the stamina" for classroom teaching, wants to guide aspiring writers via her Book View Cafe blog. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Jack Strong' brings true Cold War thriller to life

Fans of Cold War novelists John le Carré and Tom Clancy should warm up to "Jack Strong," a gripping political thriller based on the exploits of Ryszard Kuklinski, a high-ranking Polish army officer who shared top-secret Soviet documents with the CIA between 1972 and 1981. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maximum Pop! launches books channel

Maximum Pop!, a pop music site for 14-21 year olds, has launched a dedicated channel for YA books. The company has hired a full-time books editor, former YA blogger Laura Fulton, to run the books area of the site and already has more than 4,000 followers of its twitter account... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Launches Podcast

Hosted by Joe Haddow, producer of the BBC's Radio 2 Book Club, the episodes will go live alternate Friday mornings from July 24 through to the winner announcement in October. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarian pens dystopian series for Headline

Headline has bought a series of four novels by a librarian from the West Midlands. Publishing director Mari Evans acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the books by G X Todd in a pre-empt from Camilla Wray at the Darley Anderson agency. The first novel, Defender, “transports readers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'True original' Doctorow dies

US novelist E L Doctorow has died at the age of 84. Doctorow, known for works including Ragtime (Penguin Modern Classics) and The March (Abacus), passed away yesterday in New York from complications from lung cancer, his son told the New York Times. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Christian Stores Bankruptcy: PW’s Coverage

Keep up to date with the Family Christian's bankruptcy with PW's ongoing coverage, from the initial filings to the latest proposed deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Details of Family Christian Stores’ New Ownership Plan Emerge

Family Christian Stores aims to land under new ownership by Aug. 11 in order to recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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