BookExpo 2017: Isla Fisher Steps onto a New Stage

Over 25 years, actress and comedian Isla Fisher has played a variety of film and television characters, but her hands-on favorite role has always been that of mother to her three children with fellow comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Pop-Up Magazine Publisher Chas Edwards on the return to live stage shows

Sponsors Mailchimp, The Botanist Islay Dry Gin and Density help send the beloved “live magazine” back on the road. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2021-11-10 10:15:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton restructure sees Dickinson step up and Howard leave

Hodder & Stoughton has announced a restructure to the fiction editorial team with Jo Dickinson stepping up and Kate Howard leaving the company after 16 years.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 12:31:59 UTC ]
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Greenlight Bookstore Co-Owner Rebecca Fitting Steps Back

Rebecca Fitting, co-owner of Brooklyn’s Greenlight Bookstore, is leaving the store she cofounded with Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo 12 years ago, and has sold her stake in the business to Stockton-Bagnulo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Tudor Fiction Titles to Step Up Your Historical Fiction

The Tudor Dynasty lives on in these outstanding historical fiction novels, including The King’s Witch. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-10-22 10:33:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture boosts editorial team as Gleeson steps up

Bookouture is expanding its editorial team with a promotion for Ellen Gleeson and the hiring of Headline’s Jess Whitlum-Cooper and Susannah Hamilton from Corvus.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 13:44:12 UTC ]
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Allies, step it up

I am struggling to condense everything that troubles me about recent events in our industry; things I have read from writers and columnists but, most of all, the silence from white writers and industry professionals that has ensued in the face of deeply troubling language and high-level... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 00:14:54 UTC ]
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Maidment steps up to agent at Madeleine Milburn

The Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency has promoted Olivia Maidment to literary agent to build its literary fiction list.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 10:47:49 UTC ]
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Prior named new Pan Macmillan c.e.o. as Forbes Watson steps down

Penguin General m.d. Joanna Prior has been named the new c.e.o. of Pan Macmillan UK, with Anthony Forbes Watson to step down from the role early next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 08:34:06 UTC ]
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String of hires at One More Chapter as Morgan steps up

HarperCollins digital-first division One More Chapter has announced a number of new hires in both its marketing and editorial teams and a promotion for assistant editor Bethan Morgan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-29 18:15:19 UTC ]
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Taking centre stage

Almost one in five working-age adults are disabled, so why does it remain a struggle to find that statistic adequately reflected in modern fiction? Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-26 17:03:37 UTC ]
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Hundreds step up for program to rescue stranded puffins and petrels

The Puffin & Petrel Patrol is back for its 17th year rescuing birds in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve and the surrounding communities. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2021-08-10 08:30:00 UTC ]
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Octopus marketing and publicity restructure as Grindon and Brown step up

Octopus Publishing Group has announced promotions and a restructure in its publicity and marketing department with both Matt Grindon and Megan Brown stepping up to more senior roles.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 20:07:57 UTC ]
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Canelo acquires Hera Books as Mooney steps down

Digital commercial fiction publisher Hera Books has been acquired by Canelo for an undisclosed fee, with Hera's co-founder and m.d. Lindsey Mooney stepping down from the firm to pursue other opportunities.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 06:37:26 UTC ]
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Tomaszewska steps up as Virago editorial director

Virago’s Rose Tomaszewska has been promoted to editorial director, two years after joining the company.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-27 16:33:15 UTC ]
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Mikyla Bruder Steps Up at Amazon Publishing

The forthcoming head of Amazon's publishing arm, a 10-year veteran at the business, looks toward its future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hulley to retire from Clays role as Cuomo steps up

Clays c.e.o. Paul Hulley is retiring from his role next year, to be replaced by Edoardo Cuomo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 12:01:57 UTC ]
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Review: Two iconic novelists, Adichie and Lahiri, step off their pedestals

Two big novelists take sharp turns in new books: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie mourns in "Notes on Grief"; Jhumpa Lahiri writes a novel, "Whereabouts," in Italian. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-30 14:00:38 UTC ]
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On the world stage, Nancy Reagan found the role of a lifetime

The first lady saw herself as a key supporting player for her husband, writes Karen Tumulty. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Stop being ‘nice’, start doing good: 15 steps to doing better

Having collected views from Black people across the publishing industry for the past year, the Black Agents and Editors’ Group has outlined 15 steps for how those in the trade can do better. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-09 07:18:36 UTC ]
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