The Laurence Stern Fellowship, a long-standing programme of the Washington Post, giving young British journalists experience of working in its newsroom each summer, is being renamed in honour of agent Felicity Bryan as the Stern-Bryan Fellowship. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Washington, D.C. booksellers took full advantage of the Inauguration and Women's March held the day after by hosting party, panels, and poetry readings that drew crowds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baroness Gail Rebuck has called for the needs of the creative industries to be "truly recognised” by government following prime minister Theresa May's speech. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The surprising victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election has resulted in a boom in books about his rise—a number of which have been crashed and rushed out the door. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has pre-empted After the Experts by political economist William Davies, which will explore how the political landscape has shifted and speculate on what might come next if we are witnessing the end of an era of experts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print market sold 195 million books for £1.59bn in 2016, a 7% boost in volume over the last 12 months and a 4.5% jump in volume. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian Antony Beevor has been knighted in the New Year's Honours list, and former Penguin UK m.d. Helen Fraser has been made a Dame. Beevor's honour was awarded "for services in support of Armed Forces Professional Development". while Fraser's is for services to Education, relating to her... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With ebook libraries, Amazon Prime Reading and the plethora of online services available putting free publications in your various devices, it's a wonder that people still pay any money for books anymore. But a new website called Honest Few is found... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sorry to be a grinch, but that viral Facebook post going around about a gift exchange is against the law. You've probably seen something like this in your newsfeed: Sometimes the message varies: You're sending a bottle of wine or a book or it includes the men on the holiday fun. But the gist is... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biteback is to publish Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World, a "powerful and revealing" investigation by journalist James Ball. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the first full week of sales after the election, unit sales slipped 1% over the comparable week in 2015. New books by Megyn Kelly and Bernie Sanders had solid starts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New books releasing this fall through January feature spiritual practices and insights for finding hope, solace, and a new way forward in a divided and hectic world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Post-truth" has been declared 2016's international word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers from across the country on what they are recommending to their customers, from escapist fiction to insightful nonfiction to help understand, well, what just happened. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK will be the Country of Honour at Russia’s International Book Fair at the end of November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bustle CEO Bryan Goldberg sees magazine publishers as hostage to high costs -- all that car service costs and those gleaming office towers cost big money -- and not a lot of competition advertisers looking to reach women. He aims to change that. Bustle is trying to appeal to the "everywoman" and... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston's penchant for buying, signing and leaving copies of his autobiography in every airport he has flown from for his book tour has this week resulted in a welcome surprise for a fan in Heathrow airport. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carrie Plitt will be joining Felicity Bryan Associates in Oxford as an agent on 31st October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former UK business secretary Vince Cable has written a political thriller, Open Arms, set in a post-Brexit future. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Pinterest works to build an advertising business that rivals heavyweights like Facebook and Google, it's launching a creative program with a handful of production shops, publishers and creators aimed at making it easier for brands to create posts for the platform. The new program is called... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins' diversity forum HC All In and non-fiction publisher Natalie Jerome were honoured at Business in the Community’s Race Equality Awards last night. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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