In 2008, after 13 years together, my literary agent and I parted ways. (To preserve her anonymity, let’s call her Michael Ovitz.) Between 1995 and 2002, Michael Ovitz sold two of my novels, including my debut, Hunger Point. By any measure, our partnership was a terrific success. Michael Ovitz and I were more than just […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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The Feminist Library is only £5,000 short of its crowdfunding target for its move to Peckham with just days left to go. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amelia Hodgson has been promoted to rights agent, a year after joining The Bent Agency (TBA). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it had left “hundreds of millions” of users’ passwords exposed in plain text, potentially visible to the company’s employees, marking another major privacy and security headache for a tech giant already under fire for mishandling people’s personal... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-21 20:35:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Inc. said Thursday that it had left “hundreds of millions” of users’ passwords exposed in plain text, potentially visible to the company’s employees, marking another major privacy and security headache for a tech giant already under fire for mishandling people’s personal... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-03-21 20:35:00 UTC ]
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The MIT Press will sponsor the American Literature and Culture program at the 2019 Oxford Literary Festival, marking the first time a university press sponsor has partnered with the festival in this way. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight writers, including California residents Rebecca Solnit and Young Jean Lee, were named winners of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, some of the richest and most prestigious literary awards in the world. The announcement was made Wednesday in London, at an event hosted by Damian Barr, the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Negotiation of European distribution rights will become “a horror show”, agents have warned, with American publishers emboldened to grab European English-language rights from British firms after Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his new book, 'Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?', the pioneering science writer and environmental activist offers a thoughtful, sobering look at the future of humanity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When her first book came out, Lulah Ellender became obsessed with an author whose book launched the same week. She reflects on past feuds and how resentment now festers onlineWhen my first book was published last year I wasn’t prepared for how unhinged I would become. I’d expected review-induced... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hayley Steed has been promoted to literary agent less than three years after joining the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency as an assistant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former publishing director at Transworld Doug Young is joining PEW Literary as an associate agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aditi Gupta created a comic book to help girls in India better understand their periods. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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True crime, “professional confessional” memoirs and titles that look into “sealed worlds” are the hottest non-fiction trends, according to agents who spoke to The Bookseller ahead of next week’s London Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 100 years after his death in 1910, Samuel Clemens—better known as Mark Twain—still intrigues literary scholars. That's why a new three-book collection reconstructing Twain’s personal library is on its way. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren published a post on Medium in which she detailed why she wants to break up large Internet companies such as Facebook, Amazon and Google. In her post, she accuses these companies of using their v... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage imprint Chatto & Windus has triumphed in a five-way UK auction to snap up “ground-breaking” non-fiction title The Quartet, based on the lives of philosophers Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley and Elizabeth Anscombe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nonprofit organization PEN America announced the winners of its annual literary awards Tuesday night, with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah taking home the prestigious PEN/Jean Stein Award for book of the year for his debut short story collection, "Friday Black." Adjei-Brenyah’s competition for the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lindsay Literary Agency is sponsoring a place at the Winchester Writers’ Festival for a children’s author from an “under-represented” background for the second year running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The best literature, says PEN America president Jennifer Egan at the organization's 2019 awards in New York City 'embodies hard truths, contradictions, and discoveries.' The post PEN America Names Its 2019 Literary Award Laureates: $370,000 in Winnings appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's ceremony, held at New York University's Skirball Center and conferred for the first time to a sold-out house, saw debut and women writers have a particularly strong year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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