Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo take book of the year and author of the year categories, as publishers face criticism for treatment of black authorsCandice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo have become the first black authors to win the top prizes at the British Book awards, landing the book of the year and author of the year gongs respectively.Carty-Williams took the book of the year accolade on Monday night for Queenie, her debut novel about a young black woman navigating life and love in London. She beat titles including Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite to the award, which is judged on quality of writing, innovation of publishing, and sales. Related: Candice Carty-Williams: ‘When I was growing up, humour was a deflection’ Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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New research from Booklist shows page counts have grown 173% over 40 years, and suggests that JK Rowling’s boy hero may be responsible for large increase in early 2000sChildren’s novels have almost doubled in length over the last 40 years, according to research from US review journal Booklist,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is set to publish Freedom: My Book of Firsts, a memoir by Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped in the US aged 11 and held prisoner for 18 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Catholic school in Australia has cancelled a speaking visit from an award-winning gay author of young adult books because his new book - which includes a gay character - has been deemed "not appropriate". Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The running theme of the 88th Academy Awards was #OscarsSoWhite, but black viewership of the ABC telecast held up compared with last year. Data from Nielsen showed that 3.22 million African Americans tuned in, just 2% under last year’s total. African American viewers made up 9.4% of the total... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith is launching an exclusive book club with author and YouTube vlogger Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over a book-writing career of more than three decades I have produced a number of well received books with very modest sales mainly on European and international political themes. But never have I had a book - Brexit: How Britain Will Leave Europe (I.B.Tauris) - go through two editions in just... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sacks was recognized for his work and writings that emphasize a respect for all faiths and defend the compatibility of religion and science. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo America has named the books that will be championed during its three buzz panels at this year's BEA convention in Chicago. In the past two years, nine of their selections have been NYT bestsellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The consumer, not the print magazine, now resides at the hub of the business model. The post The Untold Story of How Magazine Media is Winning appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Submissions now are open for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize, for debut books that explore the LGBT experience in poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. The post Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. has had a string of acquisitions and launches aimed at young women over the past year, from HelloGiggles to homegrown startups Mimi and Motto. Like the publishing giant itself, the Gen Y strategy reflects the awareness that young people aren’t all alike. So each site targets audiences... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'It is astonishing what you can do to women's bodies on a page," says author LS Hilton, cutting an imposing figure with her steely blue eyes, thick cream McQueen jumper and tight blonde ponytail. "You can torture them and flay them - but you can't let a woman actually enjoy her own body. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Financial Times is focussing on long-form documentary style video content, and short-form platform specific clips, according to Kayode Josiah, head of commercial development, video and audio. The FT has most recently hired a platform-specific video content creator, and since its Facebook... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What are Ivy League students reading that the rest of us aren't? More British literature and more philosophy. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes officially bails on his attempt to right the ship after putting the magazine up for sale in January. The post The New Republic Sold to Tin House’s Win McCormack appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing outfit author solutions was sold by Penguin Random House in January 2016, and it is now ready to expand, its c.e.o. Andrew Phillips says. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.K. self-publishing platform Reedsy launched the Reedsy Book Editor, an online editing and typesetting tool, and the site reports growing membership and new partnerships with Ingram and Kobo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A photographic study of Soviet bus stops and a craft manual for flexible children go head to head with a cultural history of the anus on the shortlist for the 38th Diagram prizeDiagram prize: oddest book title shortlist gets behind cultural history of the anus Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Title of the Year was originally conceived in 1978 by Trevor Bounford and Bruce Robertson of The Diagram Group as a way to avoid boredom at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It was first awarded to Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"The strange, almost magical thing about these books is that in examining loneliness they also serve as an antidote to it." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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