A variety show put on by Bon Appétit's test kitchen staff Friday evening, live-streamed on YouTube and benefiting the World Central Kitchen, was loud, silly, at-times chaotic, and in the end, remarkably effective. Nearly 500,000 viewers tuned into the show at some point during the two-hour broadcast, which raised $52,000 in its first 20 minutes and a total of $196,960 as of Wednesday afternoon (donations are still open). Conferencing in from their homes in New York City or locations as far-flung as Texas, Mexico and Long Island, the magazine's roster of test kitchen personalities routinely popped in and out over the course of the two-hour broadcast, which featured a cocktail tutorial, live competitions, a reader Q&A, check-ins with several staffers' pets and a supercut of editors chopping onions while being forced to read the lyrics of Britney Spears' "Lucky," among other segments. Supported by sponsors Bush's Beans and Dawn Powerwash, and with YouTube covering transaction fees, all of the money raised will go directly to the World Central Kitchen's COVID-19 relief efforts, which involves distributing individually packaged, fresh meals to children and families that need support as well as seniors who are unable to venture outside. "We not only wanted to raise funds for a deserving organization in need of them, but we wanted to provide our dedicated, supportive fans with something they could look forward to during these monotonous days and weeks of quarantine,” says... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-06 20:55:01 UTC ]
This Halloween, a group of crime writers including Peter James, M W Craven, T M Logan and Trevor Wood are publishing a spooky crime anthology to help raise funds for the Barnardos Children in Crisis Appeal, set up in the wake of the "shadow pandemic" created by Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 02:35:23 UTC ]
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Nine Eight, Bonnier Books UK's new music imprint, will publish Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike in November 2021, the first book to provide a "sympathetic yet objective re-examination of Britney Spears' cultural impact". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 02:29:30 UTC ]
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The future of the Brontë Parsonage Museum is at risk following an estimated loss of £500,000 during lockdown, the Brontë Society has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 03:33:28 UTC ]
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Authors for Black Voices is a silent auction offering exclusive book-related collectibles and services in order to raise funds to benefit nonprofits working to fight racism in publishing, education, and literacy. The auction will run from August 3-31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Kyle Cathie has compiled A Taste of Home to raise funds for The Passage, London's largest homeless charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 03:31:20 UTC ]
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As the month of May comes to a close, and things slowly start to sort of resemble the way they were before March, we continue to see publishers step up and help out their communities. For more than eight weeks we have spotlighted these efforts and have given shout-outs to publishers from every... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-29 16:34:42 UTC ]
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A variety show put on by Bon Appétit's test kitchen staff Friday evening, live-streamed on YouTube and benefiting the World Central Kitchen, was loud, silly, at-times chaotic, and in the end, remarkably effective. Nearly 500,000 viewers tuned into the show at some point during the two-hour... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-06 20:55:01 UTC ]
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A group of crime writers are publishing a digital short story anthology to help raise funds for charity Samaritans in the light of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 05:15:57 UTC ]
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The photography community is fighting back with print sales to raise money for struggling artists during the COVID-19 recession. As the coronavirus pandemic forces us to embrace living remotely, often limiting our connection to the outside world to digital platforms and images, professional... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-04-18 12:31:45 UTC ]
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Scottish YA author Claire McFall is releasing an e-book title, Making Turquoise, to raise money for food banks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 05:38:55 UTC ]
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Several indies have launched, with varying degrees of success, GoFundMe fundraising campaigns to help them raise funds to pay bills and employees during a national shutdown that may last for months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mills & Boon is partnering with Asda for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer campaign, Tickled Pink, for the second year in a row. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 22:33:50 UTC ]
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Publishers and authors look to Kickstarter and Indiegogo to raise funds and engage loyal customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Money raised by the participating indie bookstores, small presses, and other literary organizations participating in this past weekend's fundraising campaign will benefit the refugee aid nonprofit RAICES. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat Discover is one of today's hottest sources of news, but it's possibly ... too hot? With an expected IPO just months away, Snapchat wants to start cleaning up Discover's often racy content—created by a select group of publishers including Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and MTV—by moving away... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s has released its flagship Christmas television advert featuring children’s author Judith Kerr’s Mog character at its heart, in a bid to raise funds for Save the Children’s literacy campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Tokens is to partner with Book Aid International to help support the charity's work to provide books and develop library services in sub-Saharan Africa. A specially designed National Book Tokens gift card will go on sale this week with 1% of the value of each card sold to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 21/06/2011 - 11:08 Alan Bennett, Jilly Cooper and Joanna Trollope are among the authors donating books with personal inscriptions to an auction to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust (NLT). Sixteen authors have donated titles, many from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 31/05/2011 - 16:21 An Edinburgh independent has proposed an alternative to World Book Night next year, where readers buy tickets to attend book swap events across the country. Vanessa Robertson, co-owner of the Edinburgh Bookshop, said she has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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