This week on The Literary Life, live audio of Mitchell Kaplan sitting down with Eve Ensler, Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, and author of The Vagina Monologues, at the 2019 Miami Book Fair to discuss her new autobiography The Apology. “There’s no justification for what my father did or any perpetrator does. But understanding is critical […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-03 09:47:23 UTC ]
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As sales from textbooks continued to decline in Barnes & Noble Education's second quarter ended October 28, 2017 compared to a year ago, two purchases made in the calendar year boosted sales and earnings. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish the first novel in a new historical crime series by Ambrose Parry, set in the medical world of Edinburgh in the 1840s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Mexico’s Guadalajara International Book Fair, which runs through Sunday, Paul Auster has talked of turning to novels after ‘hitting a wall’ with poetry. And Amazon Publishing introduces a new imprint for short-form work. By Adam Critchley And Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief |... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An 86-year-old former Town Hall clerk and an organiser of the Milton Keynes Festival are among those shortlisted in the Manchester Writing Competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following its annual PubU conference, the ECPA launched a new Art of Writing conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 8, attracting over 100 authors ahead of its 18th annual Christy Awards gala. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has acquired an "unflinching" account of war through women’s eyes by journalist Christina Lamb, exploring "how rape became a weapon of mass destruction". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 1% higher in the week ended Nov. 5, 2017, than in the comparable week in 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is to publish Dadventures, a "truly practical book" aimed at busy dads who want to spend quality time with their kids, by Olympian Alex Gregory. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hello! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor of the L.A. Times. Let’s get to this week’s newsletter. THE BIG STORY Matthew Weiner concluded “Mad Men,” the show he created, with a shelf of Emmys and the ability to do anything he wanted. It’s not as easy as it sounds, he told Meredith Blake, explaining... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University has confirmed it is reviewing how it teaches postcolonial literature following a petition from one of its students calling for the curriculum to include “post-colonial” or “BME authors”, to avoid “perpetuating institutional racism”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With three of the four major book segments posting double-digit gains, unit sales of print books were 8% higher in the week ended Oct. 15, 2017, than in the similar week in 2016 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pamela Butchart will write two novels about Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven for Hodder Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The government wants firms such as Facebook and Twitter to publish annual reports on abuse. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch has stepped up his attack on tech companies such as Google and Facebook over their increasingly dominant market position, which is eating into the revenues of traditional publishers such as News Corp. and undermining their business model. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Harlan Coben shares his five writing tips, including "Write like there is a knife against your throat." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers from across the Christian fiction spectrum attended workshops, lectures, and meetings over three days during the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference (ACFW) in Grapevine, Tex., from Sept. 21-24. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate has acquired What We Are Teaching Our Sons by journalist and copywriter Owen Booth, and another untitled novel, from Julia Silk at MBA. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Lagercrantz will not be continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series beyond 2019, the Swedish author and journalist has told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan has written an essay, The Writer's Paradox, from his prison cell where he has been imprisoned with his brother Mehmet for a year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icelandic authors Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ragnar Jonasson are set to sponsor a new crime writing award to encourage more people to write in their first language. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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