Barry Lopez, award-winning writer who ventured into the Arctic, dies at 75

The National Book Award recipient plumbed the natural world for its wisdom, exploring the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic waters and the spaces in between. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Jellybooks wins £25,000 technology prize

London based publishing start-up Jellybooks has won £25,000 from the Government-backed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 FAME Awards Winners Announced

At the 2014 FAME Awards, hosted early this morning at New York’s Yale Club, FOLIO: and min recognized the best in magazine events and honored this year’s class of Hall of Fame inductees. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Award Judges Named

The National Book Foundation, which oversees the National Book Awards, has announced the judges for the 2014 awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tohti to Receive PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award

Imprisoned Chinese economist and writer Ilham Tohti, who was arrested in his Beijing home in January, is being honored with the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ASME Announces National Magazine Awards Finalists

In a nod to the growing number of digital-first outlets recognized, the American Society of Magazine Editors took over Twitter on Thursday morning, tweeting out the  Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book/print bundling venture from Verso

Verso Books is launching a new consumer offer, bundling DRM-free ebooks with all print purchases... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nahoko Uehashi and Roger Mello Receive 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi and Brazilian illustrator Roger Mello are the recipients of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious international awards in children’s literature. The announcement came Monday at a press conference at the Bologna Children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black British writers: we're more than just Zadie Smith and Monica Ali | Irenosen Okojie

Our publishing industry seems to champion just one or two black and Asian authors at a time. Lack of diversity is a real problemMonths back I was trudging through the streets of Dalston when I spotted a copy of Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing in a charity shop window. It evoked the same... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poo book wins odd title prize

A self-help guide to toilet etiquette, How to Poo on a Date, wins the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IDG Founder Patrick McGovern Dies

Patrick J. McGovern, who became a billionaire as founder and majority owner of Boston-based technology publisher International Data Group, has died. He was 76.He died Wednesday at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., the company said in a statement. No cause was given. He lived in Hollis, New... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton wins over crowd with humor while promoting her upcoming book

Hillary Clinton spoke about her upcoming book at the Association of American Publishers' annual gathering. The work is scheduled to be released this June. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Poo on a Date wins Diagram Prize

How to Poo on a Date has won the 36th annual Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Insider’s Guide to How One UK Agency Places Its Writers

Andrew Lownie, recently short-listed for The Bookseller UK literary agent of the year, explains how the agency goes about selling its authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guelzo Wins Inaugural $50,000 Military History Prize

Historian and professor Allen C. Guelzo's winning book was "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber partners with Galley Beggar to publish prize-winning McBride

Faber will publish the mass market paperback and ebook versions of Eimear McBride's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SPX Opens 2014 Ignatz Awards Submissions

Submissions are open for SPX’s 2014 Ignatz Awards, which recognize outstanding comics and cartooning works by small presses and creator-owned projects. Deadline for submissions is June 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Cif community challenges its writers – and can change their minds | Seth Freedman

Georgina Henry's kind but firm encouragement to go below the line on my pieces has transformed my life as well as my idealsFor a wide-eyed, wannabe writer, being cast into the Cif lions' den induced fear and pride in equal measure. The chance to contribute to such a paradigm-shifting project was... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Submissions for the 2014 Will Eisner Awards

Entries for the 2014 Will Eisner Awards for the best comics and graphic novels published during 2013 are being accepted by Jackie Estrada, administrator of the Eisner Awards under Comic-Con International: San Diego. Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 17, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adichie wins US fiction honour

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins the US National Critics Book Prize for her novel Americanah. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor

Novelist Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter's alliance shows how much more than wielding a blade goes into this relationshipHenry James called editing "the butchers' trade". But he also said, "I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort," so you can see how the old anglophile... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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