Can science fiction help us prepare for 21st-century warfare?

The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” Atwood, the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and other dystopian classics, did not have the facts right.... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #science fiction

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Can science fiction help us prepare for 21st-century warfare?'


Genre Fiction Is Finding a Place At Indie Bookstores

Indie bookstores aren't known for stocking a wide assortment of genre fiction titles, but booksellers are finding that it's time for that to change. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #genre fiction #indie bookstores #wide assortment


Lingwood joins Octopus to launch new narrative non-fiction imprint

Jake Lingwood, who left Ebury in October after more than 20 years, is joining Hachette's Octopus Publishing to launch a new non-fiction imprint specialised in first-person narratives. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #jake lingwood #octopus publishing


The Year in Future Tense Fiction

Over the past few years, Future Tense has occasionally published short science fiction, including a story from The Windup Girl author Paolo Bacigalupi on a murderous robot and one from Emily St. John Mandel, of Station Eleven fame, on time travel. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2018-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #future tense #emily st #john mandel #time travel


Clare Mackintosh to make non-fiction debut in countryside memoir

Clare Mackintosh is making her non-fiction debut with a memoir about family life in the countryside: A Cotswold Family Life. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #clare mackintosh #family life


Dryden to lead Headline Review's commercial fiction team

Eleanor Dryden, currently publishing director at Bonnier Zaffre, is joining Headline Review in April to head up its commercial fiction team. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bonnier zaffre


Soft Kids, Adult Fiction Sales Drop Units 0.8% in Early December

Declines in adult fiction and juvenile fiction and nonfiction offset a 7.6% increase in adult nonfiction sales, resulting in a 0.8% drop in unit sales of print books for the week ended Dec. 8, 2018, compared to the similar week last year at outlets the report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #early december #adult fiction #juvenile fiction #6% increase #8% drop #print books


The Past Is Present in Kensington's Southern Fiction

In 2019, Kensington expands its commitment to publishing novels that celebrate Southern heritage and also boldly face the past. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing novels


'Prepare for Brexit despite uncertainties', urges PA

The Publishers Association has advised businesses take “practical steps” to prepare for Brexit as best they can despite the “frustrating and challenging” political uncertainty, while the Society of Authors has warned it has “significant concerns” should a no-deal Brexit come to pass ahead of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #no-deal brexit #publishers association


Man Booker Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2019 Jury

Led by Hay Festival founder Peter Florence, the 2019 Man Booker Prize jury features a pianist and composer, a filmmaker, a broadcaster and a publisher. The post Man Booker Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2019 Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Macmillan Children’s wins five-way auction for Dougie Poynter’s non-fiction

Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) has won the five-way auction for Dougie Poynter’s non-fiction in a two book deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #macmillan children #dougie poynter #books mcb #book deal


Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize returns for second year

The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a new residency in Andalucia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #newly expanded


Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year

Books from Granta, Hodder & Stoughton and Pan Macmillan have been unveiled as Foyles’ Books of the Year, with Convenience Store Woman by Japanese author Sayaka Murata taking the fiction crown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fiction book #hodder stoughton #pan macmillan #fiction crown


Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction

This is the second year of operation for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, which stresses fiction that has social impact, work specifically addressing contemporary issues. The post Aspen Words Prize Longlist of 16 Titles for 2019 Prize in Issue-Driven Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #social impact


Conde Nast kicks off outside search for new CEO as Bob Sauerberg prepares to step down

Cond Nast, once the most glamorous and moneyed player among the big magazine publishing houses, is acknowledging that it needs new leadershipand "outside" leadership at that.In a memo to staff this morning, Steve Newhouse and Jonathan Newhouse, scions of the Newhouse clan that controls the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #international companies #full potential


AT&T's WarnerMedia takes big swing with golf's match of the century

When AT&T announced in August that it had acquired the rights to a pay-per-view golf duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Thanksgiving weekend, its rechristened entertainment divisionWarnerMediafaced a challenge: how to create a golf event that would appeal beyond the sport's... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #turner sports #average age #research published #main prize #time warner


The Friend scoops the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction

The 69th National Book Awards took place in New York last night, emphasising the importance of translation and open borders. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Prometheus Sells Fiction Imprints to Start Publishing

After entering the fiction market in 2005 with the launch of its Pyr science fiction imprint, Prometheus has sold that imprint and another one to return to its original focus: nonfiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #start publishing #fiction market


Lengold and Pârvulescu win EUPL short fiction prize

Serbian poet and novelist Jelena Lengold and Romanian writer Ioana Pârvulescu are among the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature's short fiction competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Fremantle joins as sponsor of Women's Prize for Fiction

Global TV production company Fremantle has become a sponsor of the Women’s Prize for Fiction for 2019, as the award transforms into a charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |