Bloomsbury has scooped a “thrilling” work by accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy, telling the history of physics through its 12 foundational experiments. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 15:09:13 UTC ]
Superior Court Judge Peter Deddeh reached back in time as he pulled bits of San Diego history out of the narrow copper box. Newspapers, coins, stamps, government documents, history books, audio tapes and microfilm were among the contents. The time capsule had been sealed for nearly 56 years,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borough Press has won a five-way auction for a book aimed at fans of “Girls” and “Fleabag”, written by commissioning editor for Lincoln Books Kate Davies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA novelist Sarah J Maas is to write her first series for adults, set to be published by Bloomsbury in late 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA author Hayley Long has won the Tir na n-Og Children’s Literature Award for The Nearest Faraway Place (Hot Key Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has agreed an "important" content partnership with Spotify, which will see the music streaming service exclusively offer titles from the publisher's 33 1/3 series to listeners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Times’ foreign correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry has scooped the £20,000 Rathbones Folio Prize for his “harrowing and inspiring” portrayal of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emma Bradshaw is leaving Bloomsbury Children’s Books to become the Bookseller Association’s new head of campaigns. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has splashed out six figures on a “near future thriller” set in an America addicted to consumerism, following a “hard-fought” 10-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired world rights to "landmark publication" Anne Frank: A Cold Case Diary, promising fresh evidence on how the Frank family were discovered. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired independent non-fiction publisher I B Tauris, a specialist in Middle Eastern and political publishing, for £5.8m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has bought IB Tauris (IBT), the academic publisher based in West London with an office in New York. The price was £5.8 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish journalist Mark O’Connell’s “passionate, entertaining and cogent examination” into the use of technology to cheat death and push the human body beyond its current limitations has won the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize for 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of trade publishers have enjoyed success at the annual D&AD Awards, and will hope to win one of the body’s coveted Pencils at a prize ceremony this evening. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penny Scott-Bayfield, current finance director of Conde Nast, will be joining the Bloomsbury board as group finance director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Their names are inked in history books and on the walls of hallowed concert halls as winners of American music’s most esteemed award, the Pulitzer Prize for music: Aaron Copland, George Crumb, John Luther Adams, Ornette Coleman, Caroline Shaw and dozens more. Add to that list the man nicknamed... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical research with readability for a general audience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters were awarded in the categories of fiction, history, biography poetry, and general nonfiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke to debut author Carmen Maria Machado, following her shortlisting for the 2018 Dylan Thomas Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The €20,000 European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Literature Prize has been claimed by Burhan Sönmez for Istanbul Istanbul (Telegram Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a Christmas Eve shopping visit to the bustling Amazon Books in New York, journalist Cherie Hu realized that Amazon had flipped the table on the analog environment of traditional bookselling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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