Literary festivals are growing in importance for retailer Blackwell’s, with the company actively seeking to establish partnerships with the sector. Zool Verjee, Blackwell’s sales development manager, told The Bookseller the chain had enjoyed sales growth of 15% year on year after partnering with the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival for the 15th year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Laura Lippman, author of My Life as a Villainess, published by William Morrow. In this wry essay collection she writes movingly about becoming a mom in her fifties, choices she made in her career as a journalist and a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-30 18:00:43 UTC ]
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Many of us enjoy getting lost in historical novels, often set in periods of history when great change was taking place. Contemporary fiction is usually less rooted in a specific time – often focusing on the miniate of human existence or the fallout from smaller, personal events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 18:42:52 UTC ]
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The shortlists for both the Photography and Moving Image Book Awards of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation are this year dominated by the theme of identity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-24 15:31:14 UTC ]
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The Global Licensing Group has canceled the live version of its London-based Brand Licensing Europe trade show, scheduled for October. Instead, it is launching a global, month-long, virtual Festival of Licensing from October 6-29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Festival for Working Class Writers is being launched in Bristol next year, hoping to shine a spotlight on authors who organiser Natasha Carthew says are underrepresented at other events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 17:38:05 UTC ]
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Hay Festival has launched a series of Book of the Month live Q&A sessions with authors, to expand its digital offering. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 02:44:44 UTC ]
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Appledore Book Festival is to go ahead with its annual fixture this autumn, reinventing itself as the UK's first drive-in literary festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 00:18:18 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Audio is releasing Edinburgh Unlocked, a comedy festival in audiobook format featuring names such as Ivo Graham, Jessie Cave, Sofie Hagen and Dane Baptiste. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-12 14:00:06 UTC ]
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A group of festival organisers have said monetising digital events needs "careful consideration" if the physical events are to survive post-pandemic life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-10 05:18:43 UTC ]
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Despite the economic turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, unit sales of print books rose 2.8% in the first six months of 2020 over the comparable period in 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2020 campaign to mark National Poetry Day on 1st October will highlight a list of 40 new books focused on poetry participation, including work from Michael Rosen, Inua Ellams and Kate Clanchy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 10:54:41 UTC ]
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The Guildford Book Festival is appealing for funds for the first time in its 31-year history, after learning the Covid-19 pandemic could make this October's edition its last. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 01:35:14 UTC ]
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This spring/summer was meant to look very different (a statement that could be applied to literally any person on the planet, I know, but bear with me just so I can give context). After 10+ years working my way up through the arts, and a particularly big year at Cheltenham last year delivering... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 22:10:05 UTC ]
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What happens when you hand over the reins of a literary festival to the hosts of the popular feminist podcast Call Your Girlfriend? You get By The Books: A Collection of Rising Voices, a highly diverse online lit fest. By The Books starts today and is curated by Ann Friedman and Aminatou... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-06 20:50:30 UTC ]
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A stalwart quiz book from 2008 was the bestselling Northern-issued title last year, beating off some prize-fighting fiction books Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 18:03:17 UTC ]
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The novel, about a homeless ghost, eloquently indicts the myth of Japan as an awesome power of cultural and economic might. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-24 08:27:21 UTC ]
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Lemn Sissay, Ian Rankin and Tahmima Anam are to lead Bradford Literature Festival, as this year's digital edition releases new events on a daily basis to re-create the festival environment. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 17:10:34 UTC ]
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Operating outside its usual regal setting in Ovieda, Spain's Princess of Asturias Award honors the Guadalajara International Book Fair and Hay Festival. The post Hay Festival and Guadalajara Book Fair Named Princess Asturias 2020 Laureates appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-12 17:20:08 UTC ]
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Blackwell's has announced it will be reopening five bookshops next week, as stores across England prepare to open their doors from 15th June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 08:50:43 UTC ]
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Unit sales of print books rose 6.8% in the week ended June 6, 2020, over the similar week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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