Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 29/09/2011 - 15:18 Julian Assange's literary agent and PFD m.d. Caroline Michel accused publisher Canongate of going "to war" with her client and "feeding the media myth" in releasing information to the Independent newspaper ahead of publication of Assange's controversial memoir. The email, sent to Canongate founder Jamie Byng, has been revealed on the Wikileaks website after it published transcribed phone conversations and emails leading up to the publication of Julian Assange, The Unauthorised Autobiography last week. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The actor has alleged that the film producer raped her in 1997, and her book promises to ‘shine a light on a business built on systemic misogyny’Rose McGowan’s memoir Brave, a book that the New Yorker claimed on Monday was the subject of an investigation by a private security agency hired by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing imprint Blink has signed a memoir from Lily Allen to publish in autumn 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Rose McGowan, an actress who has been among those leading the charge against sexual harassment and assault in the film industry, will release a memoir in January. “Brave,” McGowan's first book, will be published Jan. 30 by Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, according to a news release from... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired rights in a "significant" pre-empt to an untitled memoir by first-time author Julie Yip-Williams, "a powerful book about living". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile Books and Wellcome Collection have acquired an "extraordinary" memoir by Pat Long which draws on neuroscience and philosophy of the self. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Headline has acquired the first book by ex-footballer Kieron Dyer, Old Too Soon, Smart Too Late, co-written by Oliver Holt, the chief sports writer at the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Ivana Trump announced in the spring that she was writing a memoir about motherhood, many people—and surely the book’s publisher—hoped that she would use the book to settle scores, or at least drop a few new juicy details about her marriage to the future president of the United States. In... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber is to publish Jay Rayner's memoir through food, My Last Supper: One Meal, A Lifetime in the Making, in April 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Olivier Award-winning actor Noma Dumezweni and "Designated Survivor" actress Natascha McElhone have been commissioned by Canongate to narrate two new audio titles for release this autumn: Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig, and The Widow Basquiat by Jennifer Clement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is to publish Cher’s “comprehensive, intimate, and revealing memoir”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Lynn Grady, senior v-p and publisher of the William Morrow imprint Dey Street Books, acquired world rights to Cher's memoir from Alan Nevins of Renaissance Literary & Talent Agency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The tastemakers in the publishing industry spent big on a handful of novels, and a raft of memoirs at this year's fair. Some insiders mused that while the novels offer escapism, the memoirs give readers what they crave even more in these divisive times: a sense of connection with other people. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Swedish debut historical crime thriller and a grief memoir about an American-Canadian astronomer’s husband are among the books taking off in multiple territories just ahead of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I Want You to Know We're Still Here,' a post-Holocaust memoir by Esther Safran Foer, has been acquired in a North American rights deal by Tim Duggan at Crown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson is to publish the memoir of Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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'Nine Continents' is Chinese author Xiaolu Guo’s resonant memoir about leaving her past Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has won an auction to publish the memoir of former US vice president Joe Biden in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish an "agenda-setting book" by author Dina Nayeri about the reality of the refugee experience entitled The Ungrateful Refugee. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Press imprint Two Roads has signed a personal memoir by BAFTA and MOBO-award winning artist Akala which is also a political book about race and class. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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