Katie Espiner will begin her role as m.d. of Orion next month, it has been confirmed. Espiner, who is currently at HarperCollins’ imprint The Borough Press, was announced as the new m.d. of Orion earlier this year as part of a shake-up of senior management at the Hachette UK company. She will begin at Orion on 21st September. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Spring has acquired a debut non-fiction book from television presenter and broadcaster Laura Whitmore: No One Can Change Your Life Except For You. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 15:36:58 UTC ]
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Rachel Neely, commissioning editor at Trapeze, has made her first acquisition for the company with debut novel Wet Paint by Chloë Ashby. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 15:42:11 UTC ]
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To celebrate His Holiness' 85th birthday, Shambhala offers discounts on many of his books and reissues classic titles, while Interlink unveils an upcoming illustrated biography. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With most all bookstores closed in the month, total sales fell only 3.5% at the 1,361 publishers that report figures to StatShot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has announced The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (Atlantic) as its Fiction Book of the Month for July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:12:42 UTC ]
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The Diddle That Dummed (Hodder Children's) by Kes Gray and Fred Blunt has been selected as the Booksellers Association's Children's Book of the Month for July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 02:25:08 UTC ]
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Victoria Oundjian, commissioning editor at Orion Fiction, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to a romantic debut, Uncoupling by Lorraine Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 13:28:09 UTC ]
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Reni Eddo-Lodge's chart-topping Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race has been named as Waterstones Book of the Month for July, with 20% of sales set to be donated to charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 20:19:30 UTC ]
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One week after the National Book Critics Circle released an anti-racism pledge following the publication, on Twitter, of an email critical of certain phrases in that pledge, a now-gutted NBCC board of directors has released a statement addressing how it intends to move forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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When San Diego magazine abruptly ceased operations and laid off nearly all of its employees in late March, mere days after a statewide shelter-in-place order took effect in California, CEO and publisher Jim Fitzpatrick stressed that it was only a temporary pause and that he hoped the magazine... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-15 18:27:52 UTC ]
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Booksellers across the country are welcoming the public back into their shops for the first time since the lockdown began with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 00:52:36 UTC ]
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Observers in recent years have argued that if public libraries didn’t already exist in America, we wouldn’t be able to invent them. In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the question now is: Can we reinvent them? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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If your local bookstore is all sold out of its books on anti-racism, good. Finally. Backorder them for yourself. But in the meantime, the audiobook version of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the 2016 National Book Award... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-04 14:34:08 UTC ]
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The audiobook of STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING by Ibram X. Kendi is currently available for free on Spotify. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-04 12:58:03 UTC ]
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For over 30 years, Lambda Literary has been celebrating LGBTQ literature. This vital organization has been an advocate and support system for LGBTQ writers, their communities, and their stories. In lieu of an in-person ceremony, Lambda Literary will be hosting a series of virtual happy hours all... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-01 14:48:51 UTC ]
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The 1,361 publishers who report to the AAP’s StatShot program saw a 8.4% decline in sales in March compared to a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Erica James is leaving Orion after 25 years to join HQ in a three-book deal, reuniting the author with her former editor Kate Mills. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 03:31:59 UTC ]
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The Harry Potter author said her new fairy tale would go online in installments, starting Tuesday, and published as a book in November. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-05-26 14:47:26 UTC ]
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Italy, the first Western country to be ravaged by coronavirus, has further eased its two-month-long lockdown, allowing everything from museums and libraries to sit-down dining and hairdressers to reopen leaving businesses to grapple with radical... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-05-25 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Maura Wilding has urged publicists and marketing teams to think about "mirroring the real world" when organising online events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 01:03:37 UTC ]
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