Today, employees at the Little, Brown and Company imprint of the Hachette Book Group have organized a walkout in protest of the company’s announcement that it will be moving forward with the publication of Woody Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing. Allen’s memoir was purchased by Hachette’s imprint Grand Central Publishing one year ago, but it […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-05 21:02:55 UTC ]
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The Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College held a virtual event for the inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award on March 9. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Data from the IMLS show gate counts and circulation have been falling for more than a decade. U.K.-based library advocate Tim Coates says print books hold the key to reversing the trend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Canada's largest bookstore chain says it won't pay ransom to the online group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack that stole at least some personal data of current and former employees of Indigo Books & Music, and which likely caused... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-03-02 02:09:18 UTC ]
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A ransomware attack compromised the data of current and former employees at Canada's biggest bookstore chain, Indigo Books & Music Inc. says. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-02-24 19:32:50 UTC ]
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The SMH and the Age’s Peter Falconio story made headlines around the world but quickly fell apart, while the Weekend Australian stuck to safer ground with a flattering profile of its own starFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-24 14:00:26 UTC ]
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Blur guitarist Graham Coxon had fame and fortune, but hated the attention. His sharp memoir 'Verse, Chorus, Monster!' documents his struggles and recovery Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-24 14:00:20 UTC ]
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The return, after an agreement that brought a raise in pay for the lowest earners at the publisher, represented a victory to many of the more than 250 workers involved. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-02-21 19:43:29 UTC ]
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The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interestPublishers will be clamouring to buy a memoir by Nicola Sturgeon, with any deal expected to involve a six-figure advance, literary agents have... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-18 08:00:35 UTC ]
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A celebration of community libraries and their expanding role, and a look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Paul Harding. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-02-17 17:56:54 UTC ]
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The complaint claims that the company’s negligence exposed employees’ sensitive personal information to hackers in the wake of a widely reported cyberattack in June, 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Luckily for us, the celebrity memoir genre is rife with tantalizingly tales from stars past and present. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2023-02-09 10:45:21 UTC ]
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'My Name Is Barbra,' the memoir that superstar Barbra Streisand said she's been working on for more than a decade, will be published this fall. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-08 20:02:43 UTC ]
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Nothing prepared me for revisiting the most painful times of my life – then being criticised for it. We need industry-wide guidelines to helpI called her Terri The World Gets. She was the outward-facing me, the woman I’d spent decades curating. And Terri The World Gets was about to be rocketed... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-08 08:00:10 UTC ]
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Barbra Streisand announced that her long-awaited memoir My Name Is Barbra will be coming out November 7, 2023 with Viking Books. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-02-07 16:37:49 UTC ]
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In ‘one of the greatest tales of the creative life ever told’, the singer, actor and director recounts her life and 60-year career, in which she won scores of awards, many times as the first woman to do soBarbra Streisand will publish her first memoir later this year, her publisher has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-07 16:11:50 UTC ]
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Marisa Crane’s debut novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is set outside of our reality: in an America where a cruel form of public shaming has taken the place of prisons. In Exoskeletons we meet Kris, a new mother struggling to see a future for herself and her kid in the wake of her partner’s... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-02-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Viola Davis won a Grammy Award Sunday for the recording of her memoir, Finding Me. She has previously won an Emmy, Oscar and two Tony awards. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-02-05 22:33:19 UTC ]
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A Kenyan nonprofit is restoring iconic public libraries, leaving behind a segregated past and turning them into inclusive spaces. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-02-04 10:00:30 UTC ]
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The former 'Baywatch' star opens up in a new memoir, 'Love, Pamela' — to an extent. Here are five excerpts that left us with more questions than answers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-30 14:00:21 UTC ]
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The Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education has announced the two books that are the first recipients of the Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for excellence in literature for young children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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