Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s books newsletter from the L.A. Times. I’m Carolyn Kellogg, our books editor, with the word on some fascinating new books. THE BIG REVIEW What was it like to start out in the punk rock scene, be fascinated by the birth of hip-hop and wind up superstars? That’s... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s here: the final day of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements. Yep, it’s time for the fiction list, as chosen by judges Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (Chair), and Jeff VanderMeer from a pool of 397 submitted books. It includes two debut short story... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 14:32:33 UTC ]
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Kyle Books aims to spark a "national conversation" with Tom Watson’s account of how he reversed his diabetes and lost eight stone. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 07:20:10 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Endeavour has scooped the "gripping inside story of the next frontier of fake news" from digital propaganda expert Dr Samuel Woolley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-05 10:18:03 UTC ]
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Here are science fiction book publishers open to submissions from previous Market Spotlights on the Publishing Insights blog. This list will be updated regularly. The post Science Fiction Book Publishers Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-09 14:50:53 UTC ]
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From time travel to galaxy-spanning journeys to scientific experiments gone interesting, there are so many fun science fiction books for ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-09 10:35:25 UTC ]
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Hello from Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “rotten tomatoes for books!” How It Works: Every day, our staff scours the most important and active outlets of literary journalism—from established national broadsheets to regional weeklies and alternative litblogs—and logs their book reviews. Each of those... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 16:00:10 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has picked up a festive romance from Sophie Pembroke in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 21:26:43 UTC ]
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The former White House press secretary was taunted with suggested titles for her reported upcoming book about working for Donald Trump. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2019-07-02 10:41:02 UTC ]
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Historical fiction authors bring textbook events to life. By creating backstories and intricate narratives, authors can turn a few lines ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-06-28 10:36:47 UTC ]
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Pamela Jenoff, Kate Quinn and other authors talk about how they find inspiration for their novels. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Activist and former soldier Chelsea Manning will tell her life story in a memoir set for release next year. Manning, who spent seven years in prison for leaking thousands of documents related to the Iraq war to the website WikiLeaks, is writing the book for publisher Farrar, Straus and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-14 18:35:00 UTC ]
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On Thursday, May 30, from 9:00-9:30 a.m. join Move Books in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 557) to learn about the books that will hook boys on reading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Grazia has run its last dedicated books page, 'Shelf Life', under books editor Alexandra Heminsley after a redesign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Musician Shirley Collins’ memoir All in the Downs (Strange Attractor) has won the Penderyn Music Book Prize for 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pinch of Nom by Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone sold 210,000 copies in three days, toppling Jamie Oliver and Peter KayFrom cheesecake-stuffed strawberries to diet cola chicken, a collection of slimming recipes which started life as a food blog has toppled political tomes and celebrity memoirs... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is planning to hold a news conference to address the controversy surrounding the $500,000 Healthy Holly book deal, once she is released from a hospital and healthy enough to appear in public, her spokesman said. Pugh was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia.... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama's publisher said that her book "Becoming" has sold almost 10 million copies and could be the most successful memoir in history, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The success of the former first lady's book helped German media company Bertelsmann SE, which owns American mega-publisher... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Joffe Books has acquired the 350-strong Robert Hale crime and general fiction list from the Crowood Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has acquired the “landmark” memoir by Sergeant Alexander Blackman, better known to many as Marine A. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radical publisher Verso Books is launching its own fiction imprint this September, promising a string of "politically astute" novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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