The Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme, boasting a line-up including Ian Rankin, Zadie Smith and Roxane Gay. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2017 bestseller list was dominated by women, with Margaret Atwood at the top, but the Booker still favours menOn the face of it, the revelation that female writers dominated the UK literary bestseller lists in 2017 might seem cause for celebration, a long-overdue correction that seems... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recent books by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, and Evan Narcisse have had great character-driven stories. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith is publishing two new books with Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton, including her first historical novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roxane Gay, Eddie Izzard, and Sherman Alexie release memoirs that explore issues of personal and cultural identity. Plus Newt Gingrich and Naomi Klein land on our list with books that take opposing views of Donald Trump’s presidency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OPINION: Roxane Gay's latest book is out today, and while the celebrated feminist author admits she expected the publicity for Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body to be a bit of a minefield, I doubt she expected it to go so wrong, so quickly. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme, boasting a line-up including Ian Rankin, Zadie Smith and Roxane Gay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A rare public appearance from John le Carre, and events by Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith, are among events to feature in Southbank Centre's summer/autumn 2017 programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The adaptation of Zadie Smith's NW (Hamish Hamilton) has been nominated for two BAFTAs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Roth, Zadie Smith, J M Coetzee and Anne Tyler are among 65 leading writers joining with PEN America in an open letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to reconsider his travel ban against visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For many at Winter Institute, Roxane Gay’s opening keynote, which called on booksellers to step up their role in providing sanctuary, set the tone for one of the most political and energizing bookseller gatherings in recent memory. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the opening keynote of Winter Institute, 'Bad Feminist' author Roxane Gay gave an impassioned speech that made ample use of the F-bomb, which called on booksellers to make their stores inclusive spaces that provide sanctuary for all. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Wednesday, Gay became the latest author to protest Threshold Editions's controversial book deal with Milo Yiannopoulos, by pulling her own book, 'How to Be Heard,' from the publisher's TED Books imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six decades after its initial publication, a novel Roxane Gay says "remains painfully relevant" gets a re-release and a refreshed cover for a new generation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thirty finalists, including the author of 'Swing Time,' Zadie Smith, 'LaRose' author Louise Erdrich, and 'Commonwealth' author Ann Patchett, are up for NBCC Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Renewed efforts to make room for minority authors are seeing exciting new names appear – but some BAME writers worry how deep the commitment goes Courttia Newland has been here before. In 1997, it seemed as if the British book industry might finally have recognised it was out of step with the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith's just-published novel Swing Time (Hamish Hamilton) has secured a TV deal with Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A paradox lurks in the heart of the novelist’s vocation. Human beings are what most novels are about, the stuff that fiction is made of. Yet writing books is a solitary activity, one that tends to attract introverts and loners. The work might be brilliant, but it will have a shard of ice in its... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From new titles by acclaimed authors Michael Chabon and Zadie Smith to a memoir by performance artist Marina Abramovic, the list of titles named as the "best of November" by Amazon's editors has something for just about every reader. Check out the full list, with comments from Amazon senior... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the opening keynote with Zadie Smith to the closing lunch with Douglas Preston, the energy at the 43rd annual NEIBA fall conference never failed. In part booksellers were buoyed by a strong year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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