Beagley joins Vertebrate as indie celebrates 'stellar' growth

Jane Beagley has been appointed production manager at independent publisher Vertebrate Publishing in a new role.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 07:32:04 UTC ]
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John Legend and Team Join Zando for New Imprint

Singer John Legend and members of the Get Lifted Film Company have partnered with Zando to form a new imprint, Get Lifted Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Harris joins HoZ as social media executive

Paige Harris is to join Head of Zeus, taking up the role of social media executive next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 06:17:20 UTC ]
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Marie-Claire Blais, celebrated French Canadian novelist, dies at 82

Literary critic Edmund Wilson, an early champion, called her “a writer in a class by herself.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 01:22:24 UTC ]
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Indies Enter Holidays Confident

Despite a number of concerns, many of the more than three dozen indies contacted by PW posted strong Thanksgiving weekend sales increases compared with 2019 and 2020, and even booksellers whose stores saw declines said they were cautiously optimistic about the weeks ahead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lacey joins newly announced Footnote Press as consulting editor

Candida Lacey, former publishing director at Myriad Editions, is joining the newly announced Footnote Press as consulting editor.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 03:21:21 UTC ]
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How Four Bestselling Authors Connected with Readers, Helped Indie Booksellers, and Beat the Pandemic

What launched as a sort of support group in the early days of Covid-19, Friends & Fiction celebrated its 100th episode on November 24. PW caught up with show's creators and hosts, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry, to talk about the remarkable... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating literary luminary Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is being celebrated for her contributions to Canadian literature with a special stamp, unveiled on Thursday. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2021-11-25 20:33:03 UTC ]
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Mullins joins Yale's Little Histories series with art edition

Yale University Press is gearing up to publish A Little History of Art by Charlotte Mullins, an "exciting" addition to the press' Little Histories series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 07:18:20 UTC ]
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Welbeck on course for 'fantastic growth' says Leaver

The Welbeck Publishing Group is "on course to significantly surpass" its 2021 revenue in 2022 following a dip in turnover partly owing to the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 04:17:29 UTC ]
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My Workplace Joined the Fine-Free Library Movement (And Here’s What I Learned)

The realities -- the good, the challenging, and the great -- of going fine-free in libraries from a public librarian. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-11-15 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Authors support Women's Prize Trust's T-shirt celebration of female icons

Authors including Elizabeth Day, June Sarpong and Dolly Alderton are among those supporting a new T-shirt initiative to spotlight iconic female writers, launched by the Women's Prize Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-14 18:47:39 UTC ]
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WATCH: Tracy K. Smith and David Lehman Celebrate The Best American Poetry 2021

Founded in October 2009 by Rebecca Fitting and Jessica Stockton Bagnulo, Greenlight Bookstore is an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. Combining the best traditions of the neighborhood bookstore with carefully curated, community-minded events, Greenlight has earned a reputation as a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-11 09:49:39 UTC ]
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Will Smith celebrates memoir with Sevenoaks Bookshop art installation

Will Smith has partnered with Black-owned bookshops and artists of colour across the UK and America to celebrate his upcoming memoir Will (Century), with Sevenoaks Bookshop featuring an artist’s display.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 02:48:04 UTC ]
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Atlantic's Forrest joins Pan Mac as head of marketing

Atlantic marketing director Jamie Forrest will join Pan Macmillan next month as head of marketing for the Pan division, incorporating the Pan, Macmillan, Tor and Mantle imprints.    Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 03:48:17 UTC ]
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Faber m.d. Cannam bullish about the indie’s future after posting record results

Having taken the reins at Faber & Faber in April, Mary Cannam was able to report record turnover and profit in its most recent results—but there remains plenty of work to do, she says.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 02:22:31 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury snaffles Melissa Thompson's Jamaican food 'celebration'

Bloomsbury has signed debut cookbook Motherland, from journalist and founder of London pop-up Fowl Mouths Food Melissa Thompson.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-06 10:49:55 UTC ]
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Spears, Alsberg and Houston join Joffe Books

Alexander Spears is joining Joffe Books from Indigo Press as digital marketing manager, while "BookTube" host Sasha Alsberg becomes social media manager and Jenna Houston is named marketing assistant. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-06 05:29:23 UTC ]
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S&S Has Stellar Third Quarter

Despite working in something of a state of limbo caused by its pending purchase by Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster had a solid first half of 2021, and the good results carried into the third quarter, with sales rising 15% and profits jumping 66%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrating the life of Felicity Bryan

On 25th October, as the mild autumn dusk set in over London, St John’s Smith Square opened its doors to the many authors, friends and publishing colleagues who had come to celebrate the remarkable life of Felicity Bryan, who died on 21 June 2020. Many others were watching online from around the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 18:28:58 UTC ]
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Winterson joins Substack as writer in residence

Jeanette Winterson has joined the online platform Substack and been named its new writer in residence for November. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 06:46:24 UTC ]
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