Cleary Wolters, the basis for an 'Orange Is the New Black' character, will write a memoir

The character of Alex Vause, portrayed by actress Laura Prepon on the show, is based on Wolters. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

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Century signs up gangland memoir

Century has won a four-way auction in the memoir of one of Britain's most notorious gangland... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century buys White memoir

Century has acquired a memoir by Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management, which has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber adds punk Viv Albertine memoirs to music list

Faber and Faber has added to their growing music list by acquiring the rights for the memoirs of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Licensed Characters Add Spice to Cookbooks

Licensing has long played an important role in the cookbook category. While most of the action has been in brands and cooking shows that have been extended into licensed cookbooks, more recently quite a few characters and entertainment properties have entered the category, and those deals have... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coco de Mer tie-up for erotic memoir

Michael Joseph is partnering with erotic boutique Coco de Mer for the launch party of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng will release memoir

The lawyer, who now attends the New York University School of Law, will release a memoir in fall 2013. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Writing Life: Chris Colfer of 'Glee' inspired by fairy tales

The television star mines childhood fascination in writing 'The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.' When Chris Colfer was just 20, he'd already been named one of GQ magazine's men of the year, having sung and acted his way into the hearts of America as Kurt, the high-pitched, openly gay brunet... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gabriel García Márquez may never write again

The Nobel Prize-winning author's brother says the effects of dementia mean Márquez may be unable to write. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Tompkins to Head Black Publishers Association

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Highly-respected media and entertainment executive William G. Tompkins, Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olly Murs memoir to Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton is to publish an illustrated memoir by former "X Factor"... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacket Copy: Amazon categorizes Rodney King's memoir as 'criminal biography'

After Rodney King's unexpected death this weekend at the age of 47, his recent book began climbing the charts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Ford: Why writing is an act of optimism

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford talks about his new novel "Canada," his memories of the late Raymond Carver, and how art makes life.    Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic buys Harrington memoir

Atlantic Books publishing director Margaret Stead has bought an "heroic" memoir by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Rielle Hunter to Publish a Memoir This Month

Rielle Hunter, who had an affair with John Edwards and later gave birth to their daughter, has written a book titled "What Really Happened: John Edwards, Our Daughter and Me.'' Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carly Simon sells long-awaited memoir

Carly Simon, the singer and songwriter who has had a rocky life and a storied career, has sold her autobiography to Random House for a sum in the seven figures, according to a person familiar with the deal. Ms. Simon, the author of several children's books, is writing the memoir herself. It's... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury orders reprint of Orange-winner

Bloomsbury has ordered a 35,000-copy reprint of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miller wins Orange Prize

A debut novel has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for the second year running, with US author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orange to cease sponsorship of Fiction Prize

Orange will not renew its title sponsorship of The Women's Prize for Fiction after this year... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How fast can they write? E-books push writer productivity

A dozen books a year? Some writers are accelerating the pace in this brave new world of ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Quindlen talks about her new memoir 'Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake'

Quindlen Krovatin (who happens to be her son) chats with the author about the book and the history behind it. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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