With Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity, Nick Hornby created a niche penning romantic comedies from the male perspective and launching the crush-worthy careers of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and John Cusack on both sides of the pond. Then he went on to prove that he can deftly embody a female lens with the box-office hits Wild and Brooklyn and the critically acclaimed An Education. Now, Hornby has teamed up with Stephen Frears to tackle marriage from both male and female perspectives in their new TV series, State of the Union, which stars Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd. In the interview, Hornby discusses the new project, whether philanthropy is harder to pull off in the U.S. than in England, and how Brexit will be the end of everything. He also talks about what he gets out of doing philanthropy and why it is easier to get honest feedback in the film industry than in book publishing. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2019-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut novelist Adebayo Ayobami reveals how sickle cell disease inspired her book. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new rights deal between Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House and Nepal Modern Publishing House was celebrated with a special signing ceremony at the 2018 Bologna Book Fair. The post Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House Sells Nepalese Rights to Art Book Series appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish author Claire McFall’s Ferryman trilogy has sold in 14 territories since the film rights were bought by Legendary Entertainment in January, says Ben Illis, founder of the Ben Illis Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year American agents will be carrying bags filled with literary debuts as well as works by bestselling authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Book Awards shortlist for the 2018 Books of the Year include top-selling titles and reader favorites across seven categories. Sales, literary merit, and publishing strategy will determine the final winners. The post Rewarding Top-Selling Titles: 42 Titles on the ‘Nibbies’ Books of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has signed a seven-book deal with author and illustrator Nick East. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Struggling to keep up with the increasing digitization of academia, libraries are purging older volumes to make way for study spaces and coffee shops. The act is a radical shift from when the value of a library was measured by the scope of its books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books have exceeded 500 million worldwide, according to Bloomsbury. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers hail strong sales for Donald Trump exposé, but Tom Kerridge’s diet book sets the most British tills ringingAlmost 60,000 print copies of Michael Wolff’s Donald Trump exposé Fire and Fury were sold in the UK last week, but the British public’s New Year’s resolutions meant the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nikesh Shukla and Julia Kingsford's new literary agency, The Good Agency, dedicated to championing under-represented voices in publishing, is receiving a grant for over half a million pounds from Arts Council England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What do The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, Rupi Kaur’s stories of survival, and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck have in common? They are all some of 2017’s best-selling books, according to Barnes & Noble. The bookseller has just released its top-selling fiction and nonfiction titles, and the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has named its Book of the Year as the "inspirational" Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Particular Books) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will chair the judging panel for the 2018 Russian Book Prize run by Pushkin House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Liberal Democrat leader's novel Open Arms isn't shortlisted for the prize, despite "many" nominations. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who inspired a nationwide protest movement against racism, has a million-dollar book deal from Random House imprint One World, according to the New York Post's Page Six. Random House did not immediately respond to a request for comment... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to publish Great British Bake Off judge’s A Baker’s Life, accompanied by new four-part TV series, in NovemberBloomsbury, the publisher of Paul Hollywood’s new book, A Baker’s Life, is predicting it will be one of the bestsellers this Christmas, thanks in part to the successful... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The drawing for Asterix and the Banquet, signed by its creators, was only expected to sell for between €180,000 and €200,000An original illustration for the cover of one of the early Asterix comic books has sold for a record €1.4m (£1.25m) at auction , more than seven times its expected price,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK cover of a new collection of letters is only the latest to show the acclaimed poet as blond, beaming and in a skimpy outfit. But presenting female writers as mere sex symbols diminishes their literary achievementsOn the US cover of Sylvia Plath’s Collected Letters, a volume out this week... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the big titles American agents will be talking up in the rights center at Frankfurt are a memoir by David Lynch, an update on Cinderella, and a short story collection from Lionel Shriver. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Comey, the embattled former FBI director fired earlier this year by President Trump, has found a home for the book he was rumored to be shopping: Flatiron Books. Comey's book, which is currently untitled, is slated for spring 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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