Here I am. Writing about mangoes, while eating a mango. I am a stereotype dream come true. “I try to avoid any mention of mangoes, of spices and monsoons,” said writer Jeet Thayil, in an NPR interview a few years ago. Yes, these are the stereotypes that we are often pigeonholed in. I debated and agonised over this too, while writing my book. What if I am reinforcing these stereotypes, just putting myself back into the boxes that I have always tried to escape, and break? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The former MP says the books about an 'ethical pirate' will be published later this year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired We Were Warriors, the autobiography of former commando-turned-MP Johnny Mercer, comprising an account of life on the frontline during the Afghanistan war. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube gaming star Ali-A’s first book will be published by Puffin and Random House Children’s Books US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Howard Cunnell's Fathers & Sons is a memoir about a search for identity and what it is to be a man that packs a punch that belies its brevity and, despite taking us to dark places, it’s a book about all kinds of love. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An online literary journal is fundraising to commission new work and translations from the seven countries in Donald Trump’s "Muslim ban". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher reveals memoir written by Mick Jagger that the singer couldn't remember writing Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Val McDermid has written an apocalyptic science thriller on the failure of antibiotics for BBC Radio 4, entitled "Resistance". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's politically-charged AWP conference concluded Saturday evening with a candlelight vigil outside the White House and strong sales reported from the book fair floor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s answer to the Nobel Prize for Literature – the £40,000 David Cohen Prize - is now being managed by New Writing North. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Elton John and Paul Rudnick are writing a Broadway musical based on Lauren Weisberger’s novel The Devil Wears Prada (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic fairytale was written in the weeks since the November presidential election and aims to offer readers the ‘consolation of savage satire’In reply to Donald Trump’s election victory – and in lightning quick time – novelist Howard Jacobson has delivered a comic fairytale that the Man Booker... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson to write a book about the life lessons learned by the world’s most powerful women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rightwing writers, ranging from conservative to lunatic fringe across all genres, have long been a lucrative books market. Will the new era see it grow?He compares feminism to cancer, called transgender people “retarded” and once labelled a BuzzFeed reporter a “thick-as-pig-shit media Jew”. So... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist and games designer Naomi Alderman is offering early-career writers traineeships to write for Zombies, Run!, a smartphone fitness game. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alastair Campbell is writing a novel in collaboration with former Burnley footballer and chief executive Paul Fletcher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2012, a month after the publication of her memoir, Wild, Cheryl Strayed was on a book tour, soaking up the wonder of her first big success as an author, when her husband texted her to say that their rent check had bounced. “We couldn’t complain to anyone,” Strayed told Manjula Martin, editor... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Writing North, in partnership with Channel 4 and Northumbria University, is to offer three aspiring writers the chance to work with independent production company Lime Pictures on mentoring and developmental schemes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers' Centre Norwich has been given the go ahead to develop the city's "historic" Dragon Hall, parts of which date to circa 1430, into the National Centre for Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google could be facing a fine up to $4bn after being sued for allegedly not allowing employees to post opinions about the company or write novels without getting their employer to sign off on the final draft. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do writers and publishers handle charged topics like climate change? Environmentalist Jamie Clarke makes a case for including more perspectives, both for the sake of book sales and the planet. The post Can Better Writing Make Climate Change Less Polarizing? appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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