Usborne author PG Bell, creator of the children’s book series The Train to Impossible Places, has partnered with the National Literacy Trust and The Postal Museum on a letter writing project inviting children to share their experiences of the pandemic with future generations. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 22:56:51 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new novel, Romantic Comedy, which begins behind the scenes at a television show similar to Saturday Night Live, where a female comedy writer is gobsmacked that her schlubby straight male... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-20 08:53:29 UTC ]
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First of all, if you’re a teen who likes to write, keep at it, and don’t let anyone tell you different. (And if you’re the parent of a teen who likes to write, please encourage them.) With the above in mind, the Miami Book Fair is offering a virtual summer camp for teens who like […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-18 14:26:44 UTC ]
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Ten years—ten years!—reliving JK Rowling’s journey from underdog pastiche to problematic bajillionaire seems like a lot, doesn’t it? And yet Max (formerly HBO Max) plans on sinking millions into a long-running reboot of the YA property. Obviously a lot happens in the books—frogs are eaten, naked... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-13 15:26:29 UTC ]
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‘When I was put on Granta’s first Best of Young British Novelists list in 1983, no novel of mine had been published.’ The post On Writing ‘Blind Bitter Happiness’ appeared first on Granta. Continue reading at Granta
[ Granta | 2023-04-12 15:52:21 UTC ]
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The basketball star, who was detained for 10 months, said she hoped her book would raise awareness about other Americans who had been wrongfully detained abroad. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-04-12 14:16:29 UTC ]
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Is your kid hungry to read more books like this best-selling series? Find more book series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid here, like The Magnificent Makers: How to Test a Friendship by Theanne Griffith and Reggie Brown. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-04-12 10:33:00 UTC ]
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The Stinging Fly has helped launch several of Ireland’s most promising writers. How has a publication with 1,000 subscribers carved a niche in the Irish canon? Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-04-05 09:00:42 UTC ]
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Two new books, a U. K. paperback and a world first edition, were delivered to my door on the same day last week. I put the books side by side on the table. The first, suggestive of dark happenings in the past, was The Lion House: The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent. The second book’s […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-03 08:52:43 UTC ]
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The novelist on his latest book, a Charles Manson-inspired work written in slang, his love of the band Mogwai and the trials of sorting post for Royal MailRichard Milward, 38, grew up in Middlesbrough and lives in London. He is the author of three previous novels: Apples, published when he was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-18 18:00:17 UTC ]
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The history of Project Gutenberg is connected to both the beginnings of the printing press as well as that of ebooks. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-03-15 10:35:00 UTC ]
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Letters to Trump will contain 150 private letters written over more than 40 years, including correspondence with North Korean leaderDonald Trump has not yet announced a deal to write a White House memoir but he will publish a second post-presidential book next month – reportedly including... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-09 12:58:59 UTC ]
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Sue Bradley on her conversation with the late Marni Hodgkin about the ‘malicious quality’ to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant PeachRe the letters criticising Roald Dahl’s works (Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention, 23 February), in an oral... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-01 17:24:42 UTC ]
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Mari Costa’s new graphic novel 'Belle of the Ball' is a charming queer retooling of the high school love triangle. A 12-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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As was perhaps inevitable, ChatGPT—the free chatbot created by OpenAI that has been ruffling feathers ever since it was launched in November—has now spawned “a boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon,” according to Greg Bensinger at Reuters. Bensinger counted over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-22 17:10:52 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite Kids tablet offers a more eye-friendly reading experience than the regular Kindle Kids, but that features comes at a premium price. Right now, though, they're on sale with the biggest discounts we've seen yet, letting you grab one for just $105 or $55 (34 percent) off... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-02-22 11:58:13 UTC ]
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PJ Library, a nonprofit program that distributes 245,000 books each month free to families in the U.S. and Canada, has partnered with the Jewish Braille Institute on a braille edition of its family-friendly guide to the Passover seder, 'In Every Generation: A PJ Library Family Haggadah.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'research solutions' division of Springer Nature acquires the TooWrite platform, still in development, for research writers. The post Springer Nature Acquires TooWrite for Its Writing Researchers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-02-14 18:04:52 UTC ]
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The decision to suspend the publisher's editorial and educational arms will "consolidate our efforts around our book publishing program," the publisher said in a statement. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Chrissy Metz, best known for her role on TV series 'This is Us,' introduces young readers to God as "a warm, safe light" in ‘When I Talk to God, I Talk About You.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning next week, the first of an anticipated 500,000 indie and self-published e-book titles from Draft2Digital and Smashwords (which merged last year) will be made available for library lending via the Palace Marketplace, the upstart Palace Project’s digital content platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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