Booksellers need to be careful when they assign a book a genre – as Costco learned when it categorized the Bible as 'fiction.' Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The civil rights leader offers a blueprint for tackling current issues, Keisha Blain writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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I used to imagine an Apple event where its c.e.o. Tim Cook would unveil a standalone audiobook app with exclusive audio-only titles available on subscription. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-12 06:30:02 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint Farshore has announced the winners of its annual Reading for Pleasure Teaching Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-21 20:31:36 UTC ]
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This post keeps spoilers to the bare minimum since the show will not air until October 28th.While Star Trek certainly has its share of young fans, it’s never been specifically for the kids. Sure, there was the animated show back in the ‘70s, but that was basically a continuation of the original... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-10-11 18:30:49 UTC ]
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The response to the criticism of Kate Clanchy’s memoir was a moral failure on the part of white publishing—and an artistic failure too Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 18:27:25 UTC ]
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The actor told GQ: “I’m not saying we shouldn’t defund the police. I’m saying, just don’t say that, because then people who would help you won’t.” Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2021-09-27 18:04:34 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK imprint Piccadilly Press has teamed up with Konnie Huq to celebrate National Teachers’ Day, delivering two free online lessons on 5th October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 15:28:41 UTC ]
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Robert McCrum’s “Shakespearean” shows how the Bard speaks to many kinds of people in many different ways. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-09 13:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Representation matters’ is a phrase we hear bandied around quite often in publishing, but what does it mean in the real world? People read fiction to discover new worlds and see the one we’re in from a different point of view, but if they never come across anyone like themselves in novels it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-07 16:40:19 UTC ]
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Why did author Kate Clanchy get an opportunity to rewrite a memoir others called out as racist and ableist? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-09-03 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are expanding their lines of Bibles as a new study reveals that readership is up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the last decade there has been a push towards better representation in visual media. While movies and television have provided more examples of non-white characters in key roles, there has also been an uptick in linguistic diversity in film. Movies like Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which slips... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-08-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Hugo Gernsback once said SFF writers impart knowledge without out making us aware we're being taught. So what do they actually teach us? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-08-12 10:37:00 UTC ]
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The National Literacy Trust (NLT) and Audible have teamed up to bring audiobooks to young people in custody, as well as introducing podcast-making lessons. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-10 19:50:50 UTC ]
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Check out the cover of BLACK LOVE MATTERS edited by Jessica P. Pryde, an upcoming essay anthology that celebrates and examines Black romance. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-08-06 10:40:00 UTC ]
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It's hard to imagine the bookselling community without Binc, former American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher writes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a fairly wild essay by Miguel Esteban who, at the tender age of 14, commissioned a now-famous essay on race in science fiction from Octavia Butler. The whole piece is worth a read (the gall of teenage boys! the grace of Octavia!) but... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-07-26 13:40:52 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish Black British Lives Matter, a collection of essays commissioned by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-03 12:11:51 UTC ]
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I’ve been watching the Extremely Sad Show for Extremely Sad People for a few months now. I only learned this a few weeks ago, though. At an editorial meeting for the literary magazine where I’m a columnist, someone said she was watching “the extremely sad show for extremely sad people.” Another... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-06-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Brenda Peynado, author of 'The Rock Eaters,' picks 10 story collections that refuse to be categorized. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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