BBC Arts launches 'ambitious' new season celebrating the novel

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'

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Former CUP director launches gender equality consultancy

Nancy Roberts, previously global operations director at Cambridge University Press, is launching a new consultancy to help tackle gender inequality in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC unveils UK's biggest poetry festival

This year's National Poetry Day will see the launch of the UK's biggest poetry festival dedicated to new work, in conjunction with the BBC. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Launches New Imprint with Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment

Skybound Books, a co-publishing agreement between Atria and The Walking Dead creator's multi-platform entertainment company Skybound Entertainment, will focus on science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It will be overseen by Michael Braff, who is based in L.A. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yen Press to Launch JY, a Kids’ Graphic Novel Imprint in Fall 2017

Yen Press has announced plans to launch JY, a middle grade graphic novel imprint in fall 2017, named after Yen deputy publisher JuYoun Lee. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SoA criticises removal of BBC radio quotas for drama

The removal of quotas for radio comedy, drama and readings will have a “significant impact” on the Society of Authors' members, the organisation has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welsh minister accuses arts bodies of 'undermining' review process

Welsh economy secretary Ken Skates has accused arts trade bodies of "seeking to undermine the process" of a government review into literature in the country with their complaints. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's book marketing competition launches

Children’s book publicists are being called on to submit a low-budget marketing campaign they are proud of to a competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Book Writers society launches BAME scholarship

The Society of Children’s Book Writers (SCBWI) and Illustrators will launch a BAME scholarship sponsored by the Bent Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC's Mallender to head HC's audio arm

HarperCollins has hired BBC’s Radio 1 editor Rachel Mallender to head up its audio book arm. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade celebrates release of Jane Austen £10 note

The trade is celebrating all things Jane Austen this week, as the Bank of England's new Austen £10 note makes its debut in honour of the author's 200th anniversary.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Airline easyJet launches children's book club

Budget airline easyJet has launched a “flybrary” in its entire UK fleet with 7,000 classic books selected by Jacqueline Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edwidge Danticat writes into the unknown in 'The Art of Death'

“My father was dying and I was pregnant,” is a haunting echo from Edwidge Danticat’s 2007 memoir “Brother, I’m Dying,” the story of the deaths of her father from pulmonary fibrosis and her uncle in a detention center awaiting to enter the United States from Haiti. Like her acclaimed works of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In London and Berlin: Two Evenings in the Run-up to The Arts+

Conversations have begun ahead of October's The Arts+ at Frankfurt Book Fair, an examination of convergence in digital technology and the cultural context. The post In London and Berlin: Two Evenings in the Run-up to The Arts+ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California politics updates: Brown launches climate data effort with Bloomberg as cap-and-trade vote looms

Los Angeles-area Rep. Brad Sherman has introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump, making good on a promise to move the process forward.Sherman's move has put him at odds with House Democratic leaders, who have tried to quiet talk of impeachment, hoping instead to focus on the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raab and Futter Return, Launch Celadon Books at Macmillan

After departing from Grand Central Publishing earlier this year, Jamie Raab and Deb Futter have resurfaced at Macmillan, where they will launch a new division called Celadon Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christian Stores to Launch Online Ordering Initiative

The Association for Christian Retail (CBA) is providing Christian stores with a consumer website that allows online sales and in-store customer pick-up. The Get It Local Today program is scheduled to launch this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC's latest app is a home for its VR experiments

The BBC is forever playing around with new forms of storytelling, but its many experimental projects can be hard to keep track of. A 360-degree video might be published on YouTube and Facebook, for example, while an animated VR tale might launch firs... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kings Road launches 'leftfield' non-fiction imprint 535

Kings Road Publishing is launching a new non-fiction imprint this autumn called 535, hoping to turn "leftfield ideas" into bestsellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrity book clubs: Page turner or dust collector?

Reese Witherspoon has one, so does Emma Watson, but are celebrity book clubs a great thing for reading? Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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