Robert Hastings, publisher at independent Black Spring Press, has died aged 52 following an illness. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Keri Hulme, the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize, has died aged 74 after battling ongoing health conditions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 05:10:58 UTC ]
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The unsparing observer of US culture, politics and public life won huge acclaim for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking• Read Alex Clark’s interview with Joan Didion from February 2021• Obituary: Joan DidionJoan Didion, the eminent journalist, author and anthropologist of contemporary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-12-23 17:19:56 UTC ]
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bell hooks, the activist, author, groundbreaking intersectional feminist theorist, and professor, died on December 15 at her home in Berea, Ky. She was 69. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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She wrote more than 30 books, drawing on history, politics and her own life while examining race, class and gender in America. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-15 17:25:58 UTC ]
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Rice, whose books have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide, died of complications from a stroke on December 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The American author Anne Rice, best known for Interview with the Vampire, has died aged 80 with Chatto & Windus paying tribute to the "true one-off". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-12 22:02:56 UTC ]
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Bookseller Nic Bottomley's publishing outfit Fox, Finch & Tepper has signed and published its first original book, an account of an impromptu biking adventure by award-winning travel-writer Julian Sayarer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 08:31:26 UTC ]
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Foraging expert Roger Phillips has died aged 89, his publisher Pan Macmillan has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-24 00:28:52 UTC ]
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Society of Young Publishers member Marta Pacini has founded Disturbance Press, a new independent focused on publishing fiction with a social justice theme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-17 17:51:01 UTC ]
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Bestselling novelist Wilbur Smith has died unexpectedly at his Cape Town home, aged 88. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-14 09:10:11 UTC ]
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McCrae, who during her 27-year tenure as director and publisher built the Minneapolis literary nonprofit press into an independent publishing powerhouse, announced that she will retire in June 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK is launching a "mission-oriented start-up" publisher, Footnote Press, in 2022 in what is billed as a “pioneering” partnership with founders Vidisha Biswas and Sujoy Roy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 07:32:05 UTC ]
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Months after the departure of director Joshua Wolf Shenk, UNLV's institute announced on Tuesday it will stop producing the Believer next spring. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-19 18:31:13 UTC ]
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Beloved children's author Gary Paulsen died October 13. Here's a look at his life and legacy through literature. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-14 11:22:48 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid to Gary Paulsen, after the Hatchet author passed away at the age of 82. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 23:05:09 UTC ]
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Holocaust survivor, peace campaigner and Pan Macmillan author Eddie Jaku has died, aged 101. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 10:24:44 UTC ]
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Andersen Press has acquired Ryan Douglass' New York Times bestseller The Taking of Jake Livingston, a YA ghostly thriller with a Black, LGBT+ lead. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-12 13:17:38 UTC ]
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The flash fiction literary community is like an extended family. If you are a writer and reader of flash, it is in all likelihood that your inner circle of literary peeps are other flash fiction folks or, you at least, know of one another. Six degrees is more like one or two in this community.... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-09-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The children's publisher Kids Can Press has partnered with Nelvana to develop content from Black writers, submissions opening now. The post Canada’s Kids Can Press Opens a ‘Black Write’ Incubator with Nelvana appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-16 14:11:34 UTC ]
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