Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu collaborate on Book of Joy

The two ‘spiritual brothers’ are to publish a series of dialogues on finding ‘real inner joyfulness’Shakespeare had it that “joy’s soul lies in the doing”, Mark Twain that “to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with”. Now two unlikely literary collaborators, the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, are set to further explore the topic of joy in a joint work which is the talk of this week’s London Book Fair.The two Nobel peace laureates will meet in Dharamsala, India, later this month, where for five days, as well as marking the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday, they will spend time “in deep dialogue and playful laughter as they share their experience of how to find joy in the face of life’s challenges”, said publisher Hutchinson. It acquired the pair’s collaborative The Book of Joy in what the Bookseller described as a “very spirited” 12-way auction. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Walker Books secures world rights to DiCamillo and Blackall's first collaboration

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Bloomsbury to publish Dalai Lama's climate appeal

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Publishers Mark Dalai Lama’s Birthday Month

To celebrate His Holiness' 85th birthday, Shambhala offers discounts on many of his books and reissues classic titles, while Interlink unveils an upcoming illustrated biography. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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When Book Collaborations Go Bad

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All the books in my 300 boxes sparked joy. The lockdown made me rethink why I was keeping them.

I ordered a Zippy Shell storage unit and prepared to say goodbye. It wasn’t easy. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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First #Merky Books novel makes Desmond Elliott Prize longlist

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Paulo Coelho deletes draft of children's book collaboration with Kobe Bryant

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Marie Kondo has a new book to help your kids find the joy of tidying up. Hers have.

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On the Darkness, Strangeness, and Unbridled Joy of Children’s Books

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Airhead by Emily Maitlis review – up close with Trump and the Dalai Lama

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Angelina Jolie and Amnesty International collaborate on children's book

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LKP collaborates with Little White Lies for books and gifts line

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George RR Martin and Apple announce interactive Game of Thrones books collaboration

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Pokémon Book of Joy snapped up by Century

Century has acquired The Pokémon Book of Joy in the wake of the global Pokémon Go phenomenon.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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