All societies limit free speech in varying detail, writes Roger van Zwanenberg, founder of the radical publisher Zed. The censorship is by the customer – the Chinese government – not CUP, says Jessica LaganI refer to Paul Mason’s important, but mistaken argument about Cambridge University Press’s agreement with the Chinese authorities to delete 300 articles from China Quarterly (Cambridge University Press had to reverse its self-censorship in China: the west can’t afford to collude with Xi’s assault on truth, G2, 22 August). All societies have their own particular sensibilities; many have positions of sacredness. All societies limit free speech in varying detail. Paul Mason knows this. Western societies are currently limiting criticism of the state of Israel and your editorial of 22 August, discusses limiting free speech regarding hate crime online – rightly so, in my view. These are our sensibilities right now.I would love Paul Mason to discuss and explain China’s political sensitivities so we could understand them better. As a founder of Zed press who has worked with authors who have lost their jobs because of the books we have published, I have some experience in this field. I don’t believe that bullying or lecturing other societies with different histories leads anywhere.Roger van ZwanenbergLondon Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Nick Hornby has received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University in recognition of his contribution to "literature and reading pleasure". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tanya Moodie will be recording the audiobook for Catherine Mayer's Attack of the Fifty Foot Women: How Gender Equality Can Save the World! (HQ, HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia addresses extremist propaganda and other challenges modern Muslims face in ‘Letters to a Young Muslim.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Cleave, formerly of Saqi Books, has made the move up north to join Manchester-based independent publisher Comma Press in the role of publishing manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William P. Sisler, director of Harvard University Press (HUP) for nearly 27 years, will retire at the end of the academic year on June 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Las Vegas-based Central Recovery Press has acquired the assets of Mac Publishing, a publisher of materials of works on family systems and addictive disorders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Griffiths’ Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘brave and brilliant’ works from small publishers unveils contenders for award funded by online raffleA prize designed to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” literature from small presses that raised its purse from crowdfunding has announced its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After only two years of publishing, Utah’s Future House Publishing has seen a fair amount of success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Defenders of free speech are misguided in championing his cause. Reasoned debate will never arise from his utterances – and others will be scared into silenceA coalition of free speech organisations rallied together last week to defend Simon & Schuster’s choice to publish professional... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thank you for telling us once again which books we need to read over the next 12 months (Book ahead, Review, 7 January). But how do you know? Presumably no one at the Guardian has read all these books, since they have not yet been published. Nor, it is fair to assume, have you read all the other... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rogers Coleridge and White literary agent David Miller is in intensive care following a heart attack, RCW's Gill Coleridge has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This memoir of the American publisher of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Tropic of Cancer is full of landmark literary moments“Some people think my chief claim to fame is having published the first book to be sold over the counter in this country with the word fuck printed on its pages in all its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster's president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has urged colleagues to "resist censorship" in an email to staff in which she summed up 2016 as a "tumultuous year" politically and culturally. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Westchester and Fairfax remain the favorites to win the Western League, but the most likely league team to be unbeaten well into January is University, which improved to 9-0 on Thursday with an 89-69 win over South East. Gabe Okmin scored 29 points, Jude Agbasi had 17 and Daisone Hughes had 16.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US scholarly publishing company HighWire Press has bought Brighton-based technology and services company Semantico for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selling well in France, controversial François Mitterand books, love letters for the former president's mistress, are on offer to international publishers. The post Hot Books for the Holidays in Paris: Love Letters to a Mistress appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 17 years as the associate publisher of Annick Press, Colleen MacMillan will retire on February 3, and Annick will close its Vancouver outpost at the end of December. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kortext is bolstering its sales force in response to "significant growth" after signing up four UK universities to its digital learning platform. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new US administration under Donald Trump could make things "very, very much worse" for authors, according to campaign group Authors United. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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