With bidding still open, fundraiser whose lots include the chance to appear in books by Lenny Henry and Peter James and lunch with Jeremy Bowen has raised £37,000An auction of signed books, experiences and mentoring sessions from the British literary community to raise money for Ukraine has raised £37,000 in its first week.Lots include lunch at the Ritz with Pillars of the Earth author Ken Follett, the chance to name characters in new books coming from crime writer Peter James and comedian Lenny Henry, a signed, limited edition of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s memoir, and a 1945 first edition of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. Douglas Stuart is offering two tickets to the launch event in April for his new novel, Young Mungo, along with a signed, dedicated first edition of the novel, his hotly anticipated follow-up to his 2020 Booker prize-winning debut, Shuggie Bain. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Peter James’ Want You Dead (Pan Macmillan) has been named eBooks by Sainsbury’s eBook of the Year 2014. The award, which aims to let readers decide their stand-out “screen turner” of the year, is in its second year. Want You Dead was chosen from a longlist of more than 150 titles from a range... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A New York City blogger hosted dinner parties throughout the U.S., in hopes to raise money for her self-published, debut cookbook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Booktrust will next Monday (1st December) launch an online advent calendar to raise money for books for vulnerable children, featuring authors Malorie Blackman, Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell. Each day a picture of a celebrity or author will appear behind a calendar window with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Orion Children’s Books is increasing its range of early reader titles, with four non-fiction books planned for 2015. The books are all on science or nature and the first, The Deep Dark Sea, is by Tony De Saulles and will be released on the 19th March. The other three books coming out next year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Groups including the publisher Penguin Random House and the National Book Foundation encourage bibliophiles to read between 12 and 4 p.m. on Jan. 24 and to raise money for the event. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Pan Macmillan has created a “choose your own ending” book trailer for the paperback release of Peter James’ Want You Dead. Can you save Red? shows a kidnapped woman tied up, and asks viewers to choose one of three endings, placing the character’s fate and freedom in their hands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Seventeen authors—including Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes (pictured), Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi—are auctioning off the chance for readers to have a character named after them in a forthcoming published work. The venture will raise money for Freedom from Torture, a medical charity which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Six publishers have volunteered for a night in the cells, fundraising for campaign against limits on prisoners' entitlement to booksThere's more than one sort of porridge, as any lag would tell you. Profile Books publisher Andrew Franklin opted for the lumpier kind when he volunteered to spend... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Those in the literary community are weighing in on both sides of the debate, with some saying young adult books aren't sophisticated and others saying they should be able to read whatever they like without being ashamed. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Those in the literary community are weighing in on both sides of the debate, with some saying young adult books aren't sophisticated and others saying they should be able to read whatever they like without being ashamed. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Ever since Janet Geddis launched one of the first bookstore crowdfunding campaigns in March 2010 to raise money to open Avid Bookshop in Athens, Ga., Indiegogo and, to a lesser extent, Kickstarter, have become the go-to places for cash-strapped booksellers trying to open a bookstore, add a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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An electronic version of Peter James’ 1993 novel Host, which was published on two floppy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Advocates for women writers – working to counter what is seen as bias towards males in the literary community – suddenly seem to be everywhere. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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The literary community has long believed that Agee's work 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men' was rejected by Fortune magazine for its cryptic narrative, but a newly discovered typescript indicates that may not be the case. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Penguin and W H Smith have partnered for a new summer reading campaign, which will raise money... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Two of crime's biggest names will work together for the first time next year when Peter James... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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After volunteering at orphanages in Ghana, DreamWorks animators Rachel Tiep-Daniels and Margaret Wuller created the "Picture Book Project," which harnesses the work of talented artists to both inspire children, and raise money for them. The Picture Book Project Foundation is an effort to... Continue reading at Fast Company
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A new audiobook short story written and recorded by Neil Gaiman will raise money for charity with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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