BookCon 2017: Dystopia Now: Margaret Atwood

This year’s much-buzzed 10-episode adaptation of "The Handmaid’s Tale," which was streamed on Hulu in collaboration with MGM Television, rocketed Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel back onto bestsellers charts. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rentzenbrink, Marotta and McVeigh titles part of 'more targeted' World Book Night 2017

The Reading Agency has announced a new "targeted approach" for World Book Night 2017 with giveaway titles including authors such as The Bookseller's contributing editor Cathy Rentzenbrink, Polari Prize-winner Paul McVeigh and colouring-in bestseller Millie Marotta. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baroness Lola Young to chair Man Booker Prize 2017

Baroness Lola Young OBE will chair the judges for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BISG Has Aggressive Agenda for 2017

As part of an effort to better communicate about the work it is doing with its members and the industry in general, the Book Industry Study Group is planning to significantly expand its programming for 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kohler and Stanley win 2017 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award

Novelist Hannah Kohler and the writer and film producer Bob Stanley, also a member of the Mercury-nominated pop group Saint Etienne, have been named the joint winners of the 2017 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prophecy chosen for Cityread London 2017

Prophecy by S J Parris (HarperCollins) has been chosen as the focus of Cityread London’s 2017 campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canada's Access Copyright predicts 55% royalty drop in 2017

Canadian national organisation Access Copyright is warning creators and publishers that 2017 royalties could fall by as much as 55% due to a reduction in revenue from the educational sector. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon, Back In NYC, to Feature Dan Brown, Cassandra Clare

ReedPOP has announced its plans for BookCon 2017, the fourth edition of its annual consumer book event, to be held on June 3 and 4 at the Javits Center in New York. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2017 Folio Prize to include non-fiction

The Folio Prize is planned to return in 2017, with its remit extended to include non-fiction for the first time. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bangladeshi publisher Chowdhury shares PEN Pinter Prize with Atwood

Bangladeshi publisher, writer and editor Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (known as Tutul) has been named 2016 International Writer of Courage by Margaret Atwood. Chowdhury accepted the prize in person this evening (13th October) at the British Library during a ceremony held to celebrate Atwood's PEN... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday to Publish New Dan Brown Novel in 2017

The author of international bestsellers including 'Inferno,' 'Angels & Demons,' and 'The Da Vinci Code,' will publish a new Robert Langdon novel, 'Origin,' next September. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin General showcases Spring 2017 authors

Penguin General hosted its authors at the Library Club on St Martins Lane, who personally introduced their books for Spring 2017 in a series of five-minute readings. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette’s Blyton ready for 2017

Hachette Children’s Group talks to Charlotte Eyre about its ambitious plans for the Enid Blyton estate.     Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WBD defends 2017 selection after lack of diversity criticism

World Book Day has reiterated its commitment to promoting a “diverse range of authors” after criticisms about the lack of writers of colour in its 2017 selection. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP’s Tom Allen to Retire in 2017

Allen, who was named CEO of the Association of American Publishers in 2009, has announced that he will retire in early 2017. Given the news, the AAP board of directors has begun a search for a new CEO. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anzac Heroes named Margaret Mahy Book of the Year in Wellington

A book in honour of the sacrifice of Anzac soldiers has been named Margaret Mahy Book of the Year. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dawkins, McBride and Atwood star at Southbank Literature Festival

Richard Dawkins, Eimear McBride and Margaret Atwood are among the names featuring at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norton to Publish Gaiman’s ‘Norse Mythology’ in 2017

Bestselling novelist Neil Gaiman's retelling of the classic Norse myths will be published as a hardcover and ebook in February 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing and Politics: ‘Toxic Negotiations,’ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’

International publishing this season is downwind of hot blasts of political potentials that many feel could be damaging to our books industries and their readerships. Welcome to a summer of insecurity. The post Publishing and Politics: ‘Toxic Negotiations,’ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’ appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Coming to Belmont, Mass. in 2017

Writer Chris Abouzeit, a bookseller at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, and his wife Kathy Crowley, a writer and a physician, will open the first full-service bookstore in almost seven years in this Boston suburb. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atwood awarded PEN Pinter Prize ahead of UK tour

Margaret Atwood has been awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize at the same time it is announced she will be embarking on a UK book tour. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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