BBC Arts is launching an "ambitious new season" across BBC TV and radio this autumn, with a year-long festival celebrating the novel and a series on how novels have shaped the world. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 15:33:06 UTC ]
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A little over a month after launching in the U.K. and Australia, Spotify's new streaming audiobook service is now available the U.S., meaning that tens of millions of Spotify premium subscribers now have access to a catalog of more than 200,000 audiobook titles—including titles from all the Big... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The upstart conservative publisher is pulling the former White House chief of staff's book, 'The Chief's Chief,' from the market, and suing to claw back a $350,000 advance—and for millions in damages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Snippets of Michelle Williams’s narration of Britney Spears’s new memoir have proved explosively popular online. But what goes into selecting a celebrity reader for an audiobook? Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-11-01 22:47:54 UTC ]
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The National Book Award winner smuggles profound reflections on pain and loss into novels of deceptive lightness. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-10-30 14:52:48 UTC ]
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The celebrity memoir is booming. But while such books have become part of entertainers' brand management, the focus on salacious details poses risks. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-10-28 08:00:00 UTC ]
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IVP Bible Studies will launch in February 2024 in an effort to reach readers who are not connected to a church but still want to learn more about the Bible. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrating freedom of expression in response to a rise in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-10-24 12:34:56 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly’s longtime art director, Clive Chiu, will retire at the end of the year. Chiu joined PW in 2000, when it was owned by Reed Business Information, and made the move to PW’s current owner, PWxyz, in 2010. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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These new debuts—an exploration of power and technology, an odyssey through an imagined metropolis, and a clever murder mystery—announce the arrival of three fiction writers to watch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Attention all writers who write about writing (or painting, or dancing, or music…): the Interlochen Center for the Arts and The Pattis Family Foundation have established a new annual award that seeks to recognize “outstanding works of fiction or nonfiction” that “inspire, illuminate, or... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-19 16:06:19 UTC ]
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Heartland Fall Forum, the last regional gathering of booksellers this year, kicked off yesterday with what promises to be a high energy show that drew 547 booksellers, authors, and exhibitors to Detroit for networking, education, and an opening night party at Third Man Records. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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These Halloween short stories are free to read online! They're deliciously unsettling, genre-bending, emotional, and even humorous. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-16 10:33:00 UTC ]
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When I first encountered the work of Henry Dumas, I was very nearly finished with my undergraduate degree in English. I favored American literature in my time studying, and was lucky to have access to syllabi that spanned a more diverse array of writers. The Black writers I would come to know... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-13 11:15:00 UTC ]
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When I first encountered the work of Henry Dumas, I was very nearly finished with my undergraduate degree in English. I favored American literature in my time studying, and was lucky to have access to syllabi that spanned a more diverse array of writers. The Black writers I would come to know... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-13 11:15:00 UTC ]
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Sometimes, comics covers do such a spectacular job that they deserve a whole book to themselves. That's where these books come in. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-13 10:30:00 UTC ]
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The New York Public Library's Teen Banned Book Club offers free nationwide digital access to banned and challenged YA books. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Miller, CEO of the marketing company StoryBrand, will release five to 10 books annually beginning next year in partnership with Forefront Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The artist’s new picture book for adults explores the power of collective action. If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you know the artist Oliver Jeffers. He illustrated the wildly popular children’s book, The Day the Crayons Quit, and he’s also written and illustrated several of his own... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-10-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. The sext, even more than short stories or poems or novels, is the ultimate plea for a reader’s attention. Stakes are rarely so high. John Gardner’s fictive dream is never more delicate and alive than when it’s being... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-09-29 08:30:13 UTC ]
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The UEA creative writing lecturer won for Comorbidities, which judging chair Reeta Chakrabarti called a ‘sparkling gem’ that tackles serious issues with a ‘light and wry touch’• Read the story belowNaomi Wood has won the 2023 BBC national short story award for Comorbidities, a story about a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-26 19:00:36 UTC ]
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