Emma Adams and Malika Booker join The Writing Squad team

Two writers, playwright Emma Adams and poet Malika Booker, are joining the core team of The Writing Squad, a development programme for writers aged 16-21 in the north of England. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible joins partners for Cheltenham Festival

Audible is among four new partners joining with the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival to deliver the charity's "hybrid" event this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-18 11:28:31 UTC ]
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Absolute snack Stanley Tucci is writing a memoir about his life as a foodie.

There are very few celebrities whose meals interest me. (Yes, I do hate Instagram, thank you.) But here’s one: Stanley Tucci, who announced today that he’s working on a memoir called Taste: My Life Through Food. Publisher Gallery Books described it as “intimate and charming reflection of Tucci’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 18:45:33 UTC ]
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Walliams teams up with Stower for monstrous new picture book

David Walliams has announced his “monstrously funny” next picture book for HarperCollins Children's Books, Little Monsters, with new illustrator Adam Stower. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 05:46:06 UTC ]
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Faber releases Dangarembga's Booker Prize shortlisted novel in paperback

Faber has released Tsitsi Dangarembga's This Mournable Body as a paperback edition this week, after it was announced the novel has made the Booker Prize shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 01:29:28 UTC ]
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Most diverse Booker prize shortlist ever is also almost all American

With no room for Hilary Mantel’s conclusion to her Wolf Hall trilogy, the six finalists also include four debutsHilary Mantel will not win a third Booker prize with the final novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, after American writers made a near clean sweep of this year’s shortlist.With four... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-15 12:21:07 UTC ]
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Indies dominate Booker Prize shortlist as Mantel misses out

Diane Cook, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Avni Doshi, Maaza Mengiste, Douglas Stuart and Brandon Taylor have been shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize, in a selection packed with independent presses but featuring the notable absence of two-time winner Hilary Mantel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 08:26:08 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize announcement

Even for a prize that thrives on controversy, the omission of Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light from the Booker shortlist today is a big shock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:24:12 UTC ]
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Booker Prize Shortlist Highlights Debuts, Women, Indies

Six titles made the shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, of which four are debuts. The list is also notably diverse, with four female finalists and four titles coming from independent publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In ‘Here We Are,’ Booker Prize winner Graham Swift casts a spell

Swift’s novel is about young love and the little acts of chance and villainy that realign lives. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-14 10:34:15 UTC ]
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Leah Woodburn joins Daniela Schlingmann

Leah Woodburn has joined Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting as publishing consultant, the organisation has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 22:24:43 UTC ]
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Daniel Howell writes mental health guide for HQ

YouTube star Daniel Howell is releasing a guide to mental health, You Will Get Through This Night, with HarperCollins imprint HQ. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 20:48:44 UTC ]
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Jacob P Avila wins Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

Jacob P Avila has won this year's Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript, for his contemporary thriller Cave Diver. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 12:39:04 UTC ]
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Walker and Kids in Museums team up for Where's Wally? Hallowe'en partnership

Walker Books has launched a Where's Wally? title as part of a Halloween event to be run in UK museums, in partnership with charity Kids in Museums. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 04:03:16 UTC ]
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Gebremedhin Joins Doubleday; Puopolo Promoted

Doubleday has announced several editorial promotions, in addition to a new executive hire. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Osman to write two more Thursday Murder Club books for Viking

Richard Osman, whose first novel The Thursday Murder Club this week becomes the fastest selling adult crime debut since records began, has signed a deal with Viking for two more books in the series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 19:31:57 UTC ]
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PA teams up with Northern Fiction Alliance for autumn workshop series

The Northern Fiction Alliance and Publishers Association have joined forces to launch a series of online workshops, designed to "upskill and inspire" small publishers this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 21:09:07 UTC ]
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International Booker Prize reveals 2021 judges

The International Booker Prize has revealed its judging panel for next year's award, to be chaired by cultural historian and novelist Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-06 15:40:24 UTC ]
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