Book Deals: Week of July 18, 2022

HarperCollins wins a British crime thriller debut, Gallery takes on a memoir by a former Scientologist, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Bill Gates to tell his ‘origin story’ in memoir

Source Code: My Beginnings, out next year, will include ‘some of the tougher parts’ of the entrepreneur’s early lifeBill Gates has announced that he will be telling his “origin story” in a memoir due to be published next year.Source Code: My Beginnings will cover the businessman and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-06-04 16:02:08 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘There Is No Ethan,’ by Anna Akbari

Reading Anna Akbari’s memoir of online manipulation, you think you’ve seen it all — then you keep reading. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 3, 2024

Two interlocking thrillers, demonic possession in the suburbs, a Cambodian memoir told through food, and more of today's best book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-03 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of June 3, 2024

Metropolitan signs two books from Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafer, Malcolm Gladwell will update 'The Tipping Point' for Little, Brown, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: May 30, 2024

“As I became more entrenched in the White nationalist movement, I gained more power to cause more harm to people and society in ways I came to deeply regret.” R. Derek Black on the extreme ideology of their upbringing and how young White nationalists are programmed to hate. | Lit Hub Memoir “I... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Riot’s Children’s Deals of the Day for May 29, 2024

Poetry from the Young People’s Poet Laureate, the adventures of Eloise, a DIY cookbook for young chefs, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

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HarperCollins Continues Sales Revamp

As part of a makeover at the HarperCollins sales department, VP of independent sales and wholesale Kathy Faber will take on additional responsibilities in the indie channel, and Wendy Ceballos will become director of independent sales and retail marketing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: May 28, 2024

A tribute to Paul Auster, featuring Siri Hustvedt, Don DeLillo, JM Coetzee, and more. | Lit Hub “I’ve had to forgive myself for what I chose not to see. For choosing myself.” Nina St. Pierre on understanding and accepting a schizophrenic mother. | Lit Hub Memoir James Shapiro on Willa Cather and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Appreciation: For 'Alienist' author Caleb Carr, rescuing a cat meant rescuing himself

Caleb Carr, a military historian and bestselling author of "The Alienist," made his last book a touching memoir of life and love with a feline companion. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-26 19:05:41 UTC ]
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The Complex Truths That Make Up a Family

This memoir by a gay Appalachian man is about reckoning with a homophobic family but one full of love, forgiveness, and understanding. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Hay Festival 2024

The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2024-05-24 10:51:02 UTC ]
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Why You Should Let Your Family Read Your Memoir in Advance

I had a conversation recently with a friend whose debut memoir is coming out soon, about the dread he feels at the idea of his father reading his book. I think pretty much every memoirist faces a version of this critical moment—when we have to face the fact that all of the vulnerable, private... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Deals: Week of May 27, 2024

Grand Central signs legal thriller writer Lisa Scottoline to a four-book deal; St. Martin’s picks up Henry Gee’s take on human extinction, and more Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Riot’s Children’s Deals of the Day for May 22, 2024

Missing griffin cubs, Native pride at a powwow, the first people to summit Mount Everest, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-05-22 15:00:20 UTC ]
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This Poetic Queer Travel Memoir Is Both Heartbreaking and Hopeful

Poets write some of the best memoirs, and this one will have you feeling like you're in each of these cities. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Worst Town Names in America—And Other Useless Maps

The following are from Terrible Maps: Hilarious Maps for a Ridiculous World by Michael Howe. __________________________________ From Terrible Maps: Hilarious Maps for a Ridiculous World by Michael Howe. Copyright © 2024. Available from HarperCollins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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10 New Audiobooks for Spring 2024

AudioFile recommends 10 excellent new audiobooks for spring, including masterful new works from Hanif Abdurraqib, Percival Everett, and more. Whether you’re looking for a memoir told in the author’s own voice or a fascinating novel performed by professional narrators, you’ll find something... Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2024-05-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Scheer was abused as a child. His new memoir helped him reclaim 'the power of my voice for my childhood'

Paul Scheer's memoir-in-essays, 'Joyful Recollections of Trauma,' centers largely around the abuse he and his mother suffered at the hands of his stepfather. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-21 10:00:29 UTC ]
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 20, 2024

A book club for revenge, finding love through magic (and war), a modern Bartleby, and more of today's best book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

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What Pearl S. Buck’s Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

When my daughter was a year old, my mother handed me a worn-out copy of Pearl S. Buck’s The Child Who Never Grew (1950). The act of giving me this book felt significant, like an inheritance that she passed on to me. She, as the mother of a child with disabilities, passed it on to […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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