Barrister Sarah Langford's memoir optioned for TV

Barrister Sarah Langford’s memoir will be adapted for TV by Working Title Television. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Memoir About the Contradictions of Grief Plays by Its Own Rules

The novelist Kathryn Davis’s personal and time-shuffling new book, “Aurelia, Aurélia,” is about the death of her husband. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-03-02 10:00:08 UTC ]
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Review: Kathryn Davis turned grief into a glimmering memoir like none you've ever read

The novelist Kathryn Davis' memoir, 'Aurelia, Aurélia," is a Virginia Woolf-inspired whoosh of experiences in the aftermath of her husband's death. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 18:31:42 UTC ]
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Harvey Fierstein — warts, ego and all — in his juicy memoir 'I Was Better Last Night'

Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 14:00:34 UTC ]
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'In Love' Review: A Powerful Memoir About Marriage and Assisted Suicide

In her new book, Amy Bloom writes about loving her husband and helping him to end his life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-03-01 10:59:23 UTC ]
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Sarah Jessica Parker Launches SJP with Zando

Sarah Jessica Parker will launch a new imprint at Zando, SJP Lit. Parker will acquire books under the SJP Lit imprint, which will publish four to six books over the course of the next three years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Enough About Me: 12 Exciting Upcoming 2022 Memoirs

Tell me about it, stud: Here are 12 exciting upcoming 2022 memoirs full of hot goss and amazing stories for you to add to your TBRs, including Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-02-28 11:37:00 UTC ]
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Writing a Memoir Taught Me How to See My Mother

Until I was five years old, my mother and I lived with her parents in Flatbush, Brooklyn. We never talked about my father. We never said his name, which meant that we never said my full name, Sherry Zimmerman. I first saw my full name written out in an inscription in a children’s alphabet book […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-28 09:49:55 UTC ]
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William P. Barr’s Memoir Is Part Lawyerly Defense, Part Culture-War Diatribe

In “One Damn Thing After Another,” the former attorney general suggests that Republicans move past Donald Trump and his “madcap rhetoric,” but saves his harshest words for the former president’s critics. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-02-27 19:50:52 UTC ]
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Economic sanctions were designed as a severe threat. Now they’re a default policy option.

Historian Nicholas Mulder explains sanctions' modern origins in the League of Nations era. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Britney Spears lands ‘record-breaking’ book deal for tell-all memoir

Pop star’s memoir was subject of a massive bidding war, and comes weeks after she sent a cease-and-desist letter to her sister over her own autobiographyBritney Spears has landed a “record-breaking” publishing deal for a tell-all memoir about her rise to fame, her relationship with her family... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-02-22 01:12:57 UTC ]
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Upcoming Britney Spears Tell-All Memoir Gets $15 Million Deal

In the wake of the end of Britney Spears's 13 year long conservatorship, she is writing her own tell-all memoir. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-02-21 19:29:55 UTC ]
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Elliot Page’s memoir, Pageboy, will be published next year.

Now here’s a celebrity memoir to get excited about. Elliot Page, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated star of Juno, Inception, and The Umbrella Academy, is currently working on his first memoir, which is due to be published by Flatiron in 2023. According to the publisher’s announcement, the memoir... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-18 17:08:00 UTC ]
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Elliot Page's Memoir, ‘Pageboy,’ To Be Published In 2023

The memoir will delve into Page’s relationship with his body and his experiences as one of the most famous trans people in the world. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2022-02-17 20:19:36 UTC ]
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Sarah White obituary

Anti-racism activist and co-founder of New Beacon Books, Britain’s first specialist black bookshop and publishing companyThe veteran activist Sarah White, who has died aged 80, was for more than half a century a stalwart of initiatives dedicated to anti-colonialism, anti-racism and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-02-16 19:10:04 UTC ]
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Super Bowl has 101 million TV viewers, up from 2021

The Nielsen company estimates that 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl on NBC and Telemundo Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2022-02-15 21:42:02 UTC ]
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Donald Trump’s photo memoir is revisionist history and old grudges

Images are the perfect lexicon for Trump to articulate a fantastical revision of his four chaotic years in office. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-11 20:56:44 UTC ]
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Review: For expats during COVID, what does home even mean? A new memoir sheds light

In 'Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return,' Rebecca Mead, who returned to England after decades as an expat, asks what it means to be home. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-09 14:00:23 UTC ]
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Sarah Baker Elected Executive Director of SCBWI

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' board of directors has elected Sarah Baker the organization’s new executive director, succeeding the organization's cofounder, Lin Oliver. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Esper Memoir of Trump Tenure to Move Ahead After Legal Battle Ends

The former defense secretary dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department after it reversed decisions on what parts of his memoir were to be redacted, his lawyer said. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-02-05 17:11:36 UTC ]
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Review: A debut novel of love and privilege that's made for TV

Coco Mellors' 'Cleopatra and Frankenstein' evokes a rich universe in multiple senses, but it feels engineered for a Netflix adaptation. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-04 14:00:54 UTC ]
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