Can We Please Stop Talking About Al Gore

People keep asking me about Al Gore. I wrote a book, Windfall, about who will profit from climate change. On book tour and in advance of the latest bleak report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, I've been traveling around the country talking about our warmer future. I can't shake him. Isn't Al Gore responsible for the issue's divisiveness? Isn't Al Gore the one profiting the most off global warming? Isn’t it funny that Al Gore lives in a big house, not a cave? Isn't climate change a religion, and Al Gore its wannabe Pope? Am I for Al Gore or against Al Gore? Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Baby Sitters to a Fairy-Tale Kingdom: PW Talks with Katy Farina

After adapting the first two novels in Ann Martin's Baby Sitters Littlle Sister series into graphic novels, cartoonist Katy Farina has just released 'Song of the Court,' her own original graphic novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate: PW Talks with Peter Bagge

This month, cartoonist Peter Bagge returns to his indie comics roots and to Buddy Bradley, one of his most enduring characters, when Fantagraphics publishes 'The Complete Hate', a three-volume collection of Bagge’s fictional chronicle of the gruff, heading nowhere fast 1990s slacker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Carby's 'exceptional' history of British Empire scoops £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

Hazel V Carby has won the British Academy’s £25,000 non-fiction book prize, the 8th Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, for her book Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands (Verso). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 17:56:20 UTC ]
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PW Talks to Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Bouchercon 2020. In an interview with 'PW,' Mosley touched on topics ranging from his career to the progress mystery organizations have made in addressing diversity concerns. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond ‘The Shining’: Let’s talk about our favorite scary stories that take us inside unusual hauntings

“The Way Inn,” “The Terror,” “The Deep” and pretty much anything by Shirley Jackson. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-19 15:34:52 UTC ]
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Stephen Curry talks about his latest venture: A book club

The NBA star has joined the ranks of Oprah and Reese with a club that highlights underrated writers. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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I’ve Got to Talk to Someone About This! A History of Book Clubs

A deep dive into the history of book clubs, including Black and Queer book club spaces. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-10-16 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Connecting at a Heart Level: PW Talks to Toni Nieuwhof

A former divorce attorney explores some of the most prevalent problems in marriages and how to solve them in her new book, 'Before You Split.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives Talk: ‘Digital Format Adoption and the Pandemic’

The next Publishing Perspectives Talk at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair is on the digital-format usage by consumers during pandemic lockdowns. The post Publishing Perspectives Talk: ‘Digital Format Adoption and the Pandemic’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-15 20:46:14 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives Talks: Italian Book Market Narrows Losses to 7 Percent

The Italian Publishers Association joins us today at Frankfurter Buchmesse Special Edition talking about its 'New Books From Italy' program. The post Publishing Perspectives Talks: Italian Book Market Narrows Losses to 7 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-15 15:25:47 UTC ]
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'Talk Art' podcast hosts land deal with Ilex Press

Ilex Press, an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired Talk Art: Everything You Wanted to Know About Contemporary Art but Were Afraid to Ask by actor Russell Tovey and gallerist Robert Diament. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 01:00:34 UTC ]
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Kate Davies and Amrou Al-Kadhi win 2020 Polari Prizes

Kate Davies and Amrou Al-Kadhi have been announced as the winners of the 2020 Polari Prizes, the UK’s only award celebrating literature that explores the LGBTQ+ experience. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 20:08:17 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Online: Our Publishing Perspectives Talks 2020

The trio of Publishing Perspectives Talks this year brings together some of the sharpest players in their respective sectors for agile debate. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Online: Our Publishing Perspectives Talks 2020 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-12 02:42:40 UTC ]
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‘Solutions and Other Problems’ author Allie Brosh talks cats, depressions and the joys of Zoom book tours

Brosh’s long-awaited graphic memoir comes seven years after her bestseller, “Hyperbole and a Half.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-08 11:49:19 UTC ]
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Booksellers Talk Lost Books, Sex, and Good Business at NAIBA/SIBA Conference

In packed workshop sessions and thematic buzz panels, booksellers and editors were able to rekindle much of the educational reason for attending—and some of the interpersonal reasons as well. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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We Need to Talk About Audible

Bestselling author Cory Doctorow on his crowdfunded effort to tip the scales against Audible's DRM-enforced market dominance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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An Australian bookstore will stop stocking books by J.K. Rowling.

Australia has spoken, and J.K. Rowling is out. Rabble Books & Games in Maylands, Australia, said earlier this week that the store would stop stocking her books due to this, this, or this, all of which, it’s not so wild to presume, have already impacted her book sales. “We are always trying... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 19:06:37 UTC ]
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Let’s Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate

We live in unreal times. I wake up in the middle of a global pandemic to watch a reality-TV president spout conspiracy theories while dystopian corporations enact new science fiction tech. In this chaos, I’ve found myself turning to escapist fiction. Stories that conjure a different, more... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 08:49:57 UTC ]
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Al Murray takes a look at the 20th century with Quercus

Quercus will publish Al Murray's look at 20th-century British history, The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) And All That. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 18:04:25 UTC ]
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Legacies of empire explored in shortlist for £25k Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

The five-strong shortlist for the £25,000 British Academy's Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding sees works on the discoveries of 20th-century anthropologists side by side with studies on the legacies of Empire.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 11:12:45 UTC ]
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