A young phenom in the making, Brit Bennett, 25, started writing "The Mothers" while still in high school in Oceanside, Calif., finishing it not long ago while a Zell Postgraduate Fellow at the University of Michigan, and polishing it as recently as two months ago. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
I purchased an independent bookstore in Salisbury, North Carolina just six months ago, after taking leave from my career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. After tours in Afghanistan, India, and other cities overseas, I was eager to give my four-year-old daughter... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 17:42:00 UTC ]
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Just four months ago, the Interactive Advertising Bureau heralded an overhaul of its annual Digital Content NewFronts slate, which it was calling the "new NewFronts." But the IAB had no idea just how "new" this year's event would become. In mid-March, Covid-19 shut down the industry, and the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-22 00:00:40 UTC ]
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Bookshops are currently overwhelmed with advice, support and well-meaning individuals offering ideas and 'tips' on what to do. A few months ago, booksellers might have been considering author events, boosting literacy and how to be greener. Now, the 'strategic space' within which their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-21 18:52:53 UTC ]
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Many months ago, when we all sat in our meeting rooms, sipping coffee and bouncing campaign ideas around, I don’t think any one of us marketing folk could have predicted just how much our plans would be forced to change. The effects of the national lockdown on marketing campaigns and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-20 21:41:29 UTC ]
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In late March, Ryan Grim, of The Intercept, published a story on Tara Reade, a former staffer in Joe Biden’s Senate office. She was one of several women who had come forward to say that Biden, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, had, in past encounters, touched them inappropriately. Grim... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-05-01 12:33:41 UTC ]
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It feels slightly strange to be writing this introduction to the Books from Scotland special as the world, and the world of Scottish books, has changed greatly, perhaps even irrevocably, since we started planning these features some months ago. The impact the coronavirus will have on Scottish... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 21:22:05 UTC ]
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, 2020 I stood in an empty bookstore and cried. A friend had just sent a congratulatory text with a picture from the April issue of Alta Magazine. My wife and I were interviewed a few months ago for a profile of Point Reyes Books, the bookstore we’ve owned […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-20 08:49:38 UTC ]
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In alternating chapters, the twin musicians look back at their tumultuous teen years. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-17 20:37:52 UTC ]
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Chloe Schwenke, who served for one year as interim executive director of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs before being officially named executive director about six months ago, has been let go. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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When I first joined a workshop in 1994, American literary fiction was dominated by and continually lauded a “quiet” kind of writer, one often influenced by J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, or Raymond Carver. I loved literary fiction—I’d been reading, writing, and submitting it since high school.... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-08-16 11:00:22 UTC ]
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Just a few months ago, Vice News published a story with a provocative headline: The Coolest Place to Get a Drink in Midtown Manhattan Is the New Taco Bell. The title was tongue-in-cheek, but it... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The list of basketball players who have participated in a Fairfax-Westchester rivalry game reads like a who’s who of distinguished former high school, college and NBA players from City Section history. From Fairfax, there’s Solomon Hill, Josh and Jerren Shipp, Craig Smith, Evan Burns, Jamal... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After former AWP conference director Christian Teresi wrote an essay that leveled a host of charges against the organization, the AWP board fired back, claiming the organization is in much better shape than it was six months ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Hohenadel, senior publicity manager at Riverhead, died September 24 as a result of a medical condition that arose suddenly a few months ago. She was 34. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here we are in the third year of our September weigh in, and to probably nobody’s surprise, the news is not good. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this feature, we began weighing and measuring some of the top fashion magazines to see how they stack up (literally and figuratively) against... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A police force in the US has called for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely to be removed from a high school’s summer reading list, according to news reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It doesn't seem so long ago that a lot of publications would compete for readers by publishing hagiographical stories about the world-changing visionaires at social media companies, including Facebook.Particularly in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we may still think that Facebook... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s ever-changing opinion on which content it will boost in its News Feed is, well, changing yet again. After the company announced only a few months ago that it would de-emphasize content from publishers and brands, meaning news organizations would likely see their Facebook traffic... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday found that publishers were more likely to be unconcerned by the GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulation than they were five months ago. The post Digiday Research: European publishers’ GDPR fears recede appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snap announced recently that it planned to separate feeds from real-life friends from those of publishers and influencers. For brands, this is a rude awakening.It's clear social media has changed the roles of friends, just like it's changed the role of brands. The average person on Facebook has... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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