Comic book artist Carlos Ezquerra is praised for his "unique style" following his death aged 70. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
[ BBC News | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Jim Broadbent has joined publishers Hodder Children’s Books and Penguin Random House (PRH Children’s) in paying tribute to the “irrepressible” author Babette Cole, who died at the weekend. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s author and illustrator Babette Cole has died aged 67, her publisher at Mabecron Books, Ron Johns, has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robin Hyman, former chairman of Laurence King and former president of the Publishers' Association, has died peacefully in his sleep. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windmill Books has acquired a suspenseful Swedish debut, The Dying Game, by Asa Avdic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian businessman F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco chief executive depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the bestselling book and movie "Barbarians at the Gate," has died. He was 85. The Aycock-Riverside Funeral and Cremation Center in Jupiter, Fla., said Johnson died Thursday.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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African-American self-publishers are using Kickstarter to meet the demand for comics with diverse stories and characters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children's literature, has died at age 96, according to his daughter. Juliet Johnson told the Associated Press on Tuesday that Adams died on Christmas Eve. A statement on the official website for “Watership Down”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Sarah Hall is to judge the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction alongside travel writer Colin Thubron, literary critic Lila Azam Zanganeh, and artist Tom Phillips. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's a challenging time for magazine publishers, right? Of course, because it's a challenging time for anyone in the business of creating content and attracting audiences -- even (or especially) pure-play digital companies.The truth is, there are countless Silicon Valley startups, propped up by... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fred Kobrak, a former president of Collier Macmillan International in London and well-traveled international sales executive, died on December 12. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author, historian and broadcaster Professor Kate Williams has been selected to chair the nine-member judging panel that selects the overall winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barry Holmes, former senior commissioning editor at Cassell, has died after a long illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has paid tribute to journalist and critic A A Gill as "one of the finest writers of our time", following his death. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Travel writers, adventurers, novelists and broadcasters join retailers and editors in the judging panels for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance novelist Patricia Robins – who wrote under the penname Claire Lorrimer – has died aged 95. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV and radio presenter Kate Garraway is to publish her first book with Blink Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award's Graham Sharpe on the process of choosing a winner and the history of the prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer Sir William Trevor has died, aged 88. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American thriller writer Roger Hobbs, author of Ghostman and Vanishing Games (Transworld), has died, aged 28, after an overdose. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good jobBack in September, a report suggested that robots will have eliminated 6% of jobs in the US by 2021. Fortunately for book designers, it doesn’t look as if androids are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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