Telling original, Indigenous-focused stories in different genres, filmmaker Jeff Barnaby is helping to normalize the presence of Indigenous people in a variety of realms: horror, science fiction and the broader cultural world. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2019-09-10 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Now on its fifth series, the magic of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s comedy anthology remains its ability to turn even the most banal of scenarios into disturbingly thrilling TVThe fifth series of Inside No 9 opens with an episode set entirely in a referees’ changing room. Four... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-02-03 13:56:16 UTC ]
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“Lo—TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism” reveals how ancient cultures worked with the environment, rather than against it, to make life more livable. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-23 13:08:10 UTC ]
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You will scare yourself silly with these chilling horror books published by an indie press. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-10 11:33:18 UTC ]
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As FX expands to a streaming platform this year, with FX on Hulu, the network is making sure its most popular series will continue to be a mainstay on its linear channel for the next three years. FX has given a three-season renewal to American Horror Story, its anthology horror series from Ryan... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-01-09 17:00:29 UTC ]
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Publishing’s long established boys’ club in espionage fiction is having its cover blown by a new school led by Stella Rimington, Manda Scott and Charlotte PhilbyWhen Stella Rimington, the former director general of MI5 and spy author, wrote a new foreword last year to The Spy’s Bedside Book,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-01-07 09:00:54 UTC ]
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Online book festival My Virtual Literary Festival (MyVLF) will launch a series of new festivals based on different genres later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-03 11:05:41 UTC ]
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Two related events shaped the last 10 years in science fiction and fantasy—the most transformative we've seen in the history of the genres. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-12-29 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Ready to dig into this fascinating nonfiction read? Here's your reading guide and BAD BLOOD book club questions to get the conversation going. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-23 11:35:34 UTC ]
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An author and teacher says reading historical fiction is one way for adolescents to see beyond the present. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Tiffany Midge is the author of several books including the recent memoir Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s, a collection of prose that blends humor with social commentary and meditations on love and loss. Her poetry collection The Woman Who Married a Bear won Kenyon Review’s Earthworks Prize... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-12-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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While the Guadalajara International Book Fair is is a regional rights hub, the biggest player missing is the Latin American literary agent. The post Rights Perspectives From Guadalajara as a ‘Gateway to Latin America’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-19 10:30:30 UTC ]
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For magazine publishing, 2019 has been a year full of births, deaths, mutants, zombies – and even a resurrection. The glass-half-full crowd will point to the findings of Mr. Magazine (Dr. Samir Husni) that the total number of magazine titles in the U.S. is at a record high. The half-empty folks... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-12-10 17:25:34 UTC ]
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Digital publishing consultancy The Literary Platform has won £44,800 from Arts Council England to relaunch and support its new digital magazine, The Lit, as well as a series of writing and publishing initiatives targeted at underrepresented writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 05:36:40 UTC ]
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In the middle of Carmen Maria Machado’s new memoir In the Dream House, CARMEN, stylized in all caps like a play script, sits across from the woman with whom she’s been in an abusive relationship (THE WOMAN IN THE DREAM HOUSE). The scene is set (“the curtain rises”) and we’re shown, “the house... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-11-05 12:00:26 UTC ]
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Carmen Maria Machado follows up her acclaimed collection of stories, “Her Body and Other Parties,” with a memoir about her frightening relationship with another woman while in graduate school. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-29 19:27:21 UTC ]
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The genre is experiencing a renaissance with quality novels and short stories from new and established authors. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-29 18:17:37 UTC ]
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This 1897 horror classic is plenty scary; it also grapples with race and gender issues. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-29 16:00:00 UTC ]
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The “White Teeth” author is witty and eviscerating in stories sprinkled with current events. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-28 16:43:26 UTC ]
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In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle reviews a new anthology of classic horror stories Shortly after receiving my review copies of Darryl Jones’s informative and engaging history of the horror genre, Sleeping with the Lights On, the publishers, Oxford University... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2019-10-25 14:00:45 UTC ]
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While literary fiction often sidesteps the climate crisis, eco-horror is filling the breach. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-19 09:00:04 UTC ]
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