As 'Tablet' magazine’s leading columnist, Ingall draws on historical examples to disprove stereotypes about Jewish mothers and makes a case for why Jewish parenting methods can lead to raising creative, kind, and intelligent children. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nathan Connolly gives a publisher's perspective following the results of our class survey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus will publish Observer art critic Laura Cumming’s “astonishing” memoir uncovering the mystery of her mother’s disappearance as a child, entitled On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bart van Es wrote about a Jewish girl who was sheltered by his grandparents during World War Two. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his new book, philosopher Andrew Pessin takes a close look at Jewish thought through the ages, and discovers ‘exhilarating’ disagreement about God. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will publish The Gynae Geek by NHS doctor Dr Anita Mitra, which opens conversations about gynaecological health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Jack Wertheimer examined how American Jews practice their religion and is heartened by how quickly mainstream congregations are adapting to new ways of worship. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These days, most writers cannot afford to live secluded from their public. But when a very private author like Thomas Harris announces a new novel, there’s always special excitementAuthors – at least as far as their relationship with the public goes – fall into several distinct categories. There... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has won the rights to publish Stephanie Land's memoir Maid next January following a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laura Ingalls Wilder was on the brink of having an award named in her honour, from America's Association for Library Service to Children, when in 1952 a reader complained to the publisher of Little House on the Prairie about what the reader found to be a deeply offensive statement about Native... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a significant achievement award in children’s literature presented by a division of the American Library Assn., will be renamed because of the author’s "stereotypical attitudes" toward Native Americans and African Americans. The Assn. for Library Service to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, voted on Saturday to rename the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, in response to the long-running discussion around prejudice in the author’s work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Her Little House on the Prairie series has been criticised for racist stereotypes of Native Americans. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson is to publish We Need New Stories, a "vital" book about dangerous myths that are maintaining the status quo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Fiction has acquired a psychological suspense debut at auction with "the mother of all high-concept twists". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This spring, publishers with Mother's Day in mind, are offering titles with daughters celebrating the faith, love, and wisdom their mothers taught them and moms encouraging each other in the fray of parenting and married life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Wilson has written a new Tracy Beaker novel, this time showing Beaker as a mother with a child of her own. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With soaring sales, viral hits like Cat Person and a cameo by Tom Hanks, the form seems to be staging a comeback. But did it ever go away?In 2017, almost 50% more short story collections were sold than in the previous year. It was the best year for short stories since 2010. Booksellers are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books about alcohol, romance and cooking are among those winning the consumers’ buck for Mother’s Day gifts in the run up to the event on Sunday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September Publishing has signed mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie’s fictional collection of literary reworkings of myth and fairy tales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Frank’s “dazzlingly vivid” family memoir The Mighty Franks (4th Estate) has won the £4,000 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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