Growing up in the north of England, Emma Flint was 10 years old when she wrote her first fiction, an Agatha Christie pastiche replete with a thickly mustached French detective. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Donoghue’s tale of heroism, about a maternity ward nurse, reads like a thriller. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-21 14:59:44 UTC ]
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Unintimidated by the Bard’s canon, O’Farrell creates Shakespeare before the radiance of veneration obscured everyone around him. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Covid-19 has hit publishers especially hard, from lost revenue due to keyword blocking and changing consumer news preferences. News Corp has been deeply affected, suffering a net loss of $1 billion in the third quarter of 2020. Stephanie Layser, vp of advertising technology at News Corp, spoke... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-15 19:21:32 UTC ]
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Avon has signed two books from debut author Louise Sharland following a competition with the Big Issue to find a new crime writing voice. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 04:45:22 UTC ]
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“Death in Her Hands” is not so much about solving a death as it is about conjuring a life. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-23 14:05:17 UTC ]
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In “Death in Her Hands,” the latest book by the much admired author, a woman who may or may not be mad tries to solve a murder that may not have occurred. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-23 09:00:10 UTC ]
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The Nobel laureate’s novels sit uncooperatively in a zone between allegory and parable, refuting interpretation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian Dumaine looks at the tactics and innovations that have powered the company. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times Magazine was the top winner at this year's National Magazine Awards (commonly referred to as the "Ellies"), which were held as a virtual ceremony Thursday evening after the annual gala, originally set for Brooklyn in mid-March, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-29 01:15:13 UTC ]
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PW chatted with the editors of five of most talked about YA books of the season to get the story behind each book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW caught up with four of the authors with books featured in BookExpo Online's New Graphic Novel Showcase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We talked with five middle grade editors about upcoming titles they are looking forward to introducing to the children’s book world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW contacted the editors of this coming season’s most talked about adult titles to find out how they discovered each book and why they wanted it for their list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Emma Straub and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. Four years ago, Judy Blume and her husband, George Cooper, longing for a bookstore in Key West where they live, founded the independent, non-profit Books & Books @ The Studios. Tonight, the two... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-18 21:00:58 UTC ]
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Interviews Veronica Esposito Emma Ramadan is a literary translator based in Providence, Rhode Island, where she is the co-owner of Riffraff, a bookstore and bar. She is the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship, a PEN/Heim grant, and a Fulbright... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-05-18 18:20:27 UTC ]
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Puffin is launching a seven-day online festival in partnership with Waterstones on 8th June, The Festival of Big Dreams, featuring a range of its authors and illustrators including Jacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 04:40:29 UTC ]
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“I resisted. I would not die. I could not.” Katherine Anne Porter—the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of Ship of Fools and Pale Horse, Pale Rider—was born 130 years ago today in Indian Creek, Texas, and should, by all expectations, have died less than twenty-eight years... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-15 18:30:52 UTC ]
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In their new novel, 'The Death of Vivek Oji,' Emezi celebrates the life, and mourns the death, of a queer boy in Nigeria. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Death is a part of life, but much of modern society has shunned this fact to its great detriment, according to several forthcoming books on religion and spirituality this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher took home three 2020 Christian Book Awards, which were announced Tuesday during a live webcast, including the top Book of the Year award with ‘Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament' by Mark Vroegop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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