With 'Lynched: The Power of Memory in a Culture of Terror,' Sims wants to end the silence of African-American elders whose lives intersected with the brutality of lynching, and to bring their stories to wider attention. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Layla Saad, Dorothy Koomson, Kate Mosse, Laura Bates and Kerry Hudson are among 40 writers contributing to a "uniquely empowering" feminist charity book collection, spearheaded by the Feminist Book Society, in collaboration with not-for-profit publishers And Other Stories in the UK and The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 15:11:50 UTC ]
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It would be easy to summarize Being Lolita as a memoir about a toxic, exploitative relationship between a high school English teacher and his student, and it is about that—but it’s about that in the way Walden is about a pond. Continue reading at The Paris Review
[ The Paris Review | 2020-08-04 16:08:33 UTC ]
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Because the pandemic makes travel uncertain, Frankfurter Buchmesse names only a German Wildcard winner this year: Munich's &Töchter Verlag. The post Frankfurt Names Its Domestic Wildcard Winner; Forgoes an International Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-15 14:45:42 UTC ]
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Savvy readers know from the get-go that the title of Kim’s debut thriller must be ironic. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-15 05:17:42 UTC ]
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One of the lesser known prizes for short fiction in Spain names its winner as Australia's high-profile Miles Franklin Literary Award issues its 2020 shortlist. The post Publishing Awards Notes: Madrid’s Desperate Literature Prize Goes to Angela Finn appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-26 17:54:35 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired world all-language rights to two more books by Why Mummy Drinks author Gill Sims. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 11:16:00 UTC ]
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On June 7, 2019, I got off a plane to a frantic voice mail from my friend, Michelle. I was in the middle of the book tour for No Visible Bruises, with people spilling out their stories of domestic violence to me in book signing lines; I had come to both love and dread these […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-10 08:48:03 UTC ]
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Ron Charles tracks the Sasquatch legend that won't die in Max Brooks's "Devolution" Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-08 08:25:32 UTC ]
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Readers thought Stephanie Danler's debut novel, "Sweetbitter," was autobiography. The reality, in her memoir "Stray," is far more painfully dramatic. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-05-12 13:00:01 UTC ]
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The pioneering Black journalist is revered for her reporting that exposed lynching as a white tool of political terror against Black people. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2020-05-04 22:44:29 UTC ]
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Several publishers have begun announcing their pay cuts and furlough plans as ad revenue continues drying up. Seeing patterns from previous recessions, former media execs explain why these cost controls are only temporary fixes. The post ‘Everyone feels the pain’: Major digital publishers enact... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-03-31 04:01:00 UTC ]
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I SIT WITH María Lynch and Sandra Pareja in the sixth-story office of Casanovas & Lynch, a literary agency in the Gràcia neighborhood of Barcelona. Lynch is a partner at the agency, Pareja does foreign rights, and both of them are also literary agents. We talk about the many roles an agent... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-03-06 13:30:42 UTC ]
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A photo of an abused Native girl frames Byron Dorgan’s account of struggle and survival. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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THE CONTRETEMPS OVER Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt revolves around a narrative of a publishing industry eager for blockbusters, white authors who inhabit the stories of marginalized people, and embarrassment when the multiple flaws and tone-deaf passages of the hyped-up book are exposed.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-02-05 18:00:58 UTC ]
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In this delightful debut novel Katherine Kayne sweeps us back to a Hawaii still mourning its lost kingdom, where ladies—their ballgowns covered in yards of protective fabric—gallop across the mountains and down the city streets on their way to polo matches and parties, men dance the hula as well... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-17 09:46:07 UTC ]
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Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch will narrate Irish author Sam Blake's feminist thriller, Keep Your Eyes on Me (Bolinda), billed as "Strangers on a Train” meets “Dial M For Murder”. The deal for world English language audio rights was agreed between Ellis Moore, senior rights and content... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-07 12:05:13 UTC ]
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This week, Scott Simon reviews the poet Thomas Lynch’s collection of essays “The Depositions.” In 1997, Susan Jacoby wrote for the Book Review about “The Undertaking,” Lynch’s collection of essays about being a funeral director. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-12-27 10:00:04 UTC ]
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The CEO and COO of IBPA keep moving the cause of indie publishers and self-published authors forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is entering China’s domestic market in a joint venture with state-owned China Youth Publishing Group (CYPG) and its subsidiary Roaring Lion Media (RLM). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-01 13:35:55 UTC ]
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