Adam Kay is sending his exposé of life as a junior doctor during the leadership candidate’s time as health secretary to highlight how he ‘left the NHS in tatters’Adam Kay is sending a copy of his bestselling memoir about life as a junior doctor, This Is Going to Hurt, to all 330 Conservative MPs ahead of their vote on the new Tory leader, to remind them of how leading contender Jeremy Hunt “left the NHS in tatters” after his stint as health secretary.Hunt, who is now foreign secretary, has pitched himself as the “serious leader” the UK needs in the Conservative party leadership race, arguing that he is the best negotiator to deliver Brexit. Kay said he was sending his memoirs to MPs because he “wanted to remind those ‘honourable friends’ with any honour quite what those in the health service actually thought of those ‘negotiation skills’ Mr Hunt has been boasting about’. Related: Here are six ways to save the NHS, Mr Hunt. Trust me I’m a doctor | Adam Kay Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-12 11:40:05 UTC ]
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Independent publishing and arts PR agency Midas PR has appointed Tory Lyne Pirkis as a director following 10 years at the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Members of the book trade braved the hottest London Marathon in history yesterday in the name of charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While working on a recent story about hate speech spread by telephone in the ’60s and ’70s, I came across an interesting book that had been digitized by Google Books. Unfortunately, while it was a transcript of a Congressional hearing, and therefore should be in the public domain and not subject... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A few months ago Facebook implemented a big change in its algorithm that impacted what kind of content it would surface to users. In a move that sent shivers down the spines of media professionals, Facebook said it would de-prioritize publisher content in favor of posts between connections. For... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad 2018 keeps getting worse. As people have begun downloading their Facebook data, they've found something unsettling: videos they recorded, but never published on the site. Recently, a Select/All... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is in retreat mode these days as it continues to battle fake news. The social media juggernaut has decided to move away from digital publishers as a way of distancing itself from the internal problems it has been having for years. Facebook made a bold move by making a significant... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biteback is to publish the memoirs of Jeremy Robson, whose publishing career spans five decades. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) now has its largest membership since records began with over 5,000 members. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saraband publisher Sara Hunt talks about the impact of Graeme Macrae Burnet's Man Booker Prize shortlisting on the company and its recent move to Manchester. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I B Tauris has inked a second book deal from Labour MP Rachel Reeves, about the 100-year history of female MPs, to be published on International Women’s Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A year that found four of the 10 companies on the PW Stock Index seeing double-digit stock price increases also saw Barnes & Noble and other big names struggle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The appointment of this boorish polemicist to the Office for Students will only confirm how toxic the current Tory brand is to younger votersToby Young has never been shy of self-promotion. He admits to possessing a “gargantuan” ego, writes frequently about himself and was famously the author of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookshops in the UK and Ireland are being called upon to complete The Bookseller’s annual Christmas Trading Survey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A short story about an awkward, troubling sexual encounter has gone viral, drawing a "record-breaking" number of online views. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Male authors are always pronouncing their own brilliance – or boasting about not reading books by women. So, after a lifetime of writing and attending literary festivals, John Boyne would like to get something off his chest …Do you know what the literary tea towel is? It’s an Irish phenomenon... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The indie publisher, where all staff are paid the same salary and are co-directors of the company, has posted its best-ever figures as it enters a fifth decade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed biographer Jeremy Treglown, a former editor of the Times Literary Supplement, to be its new chair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times, Conde Nast and Time Inc. have hired talent from e-commerce and retail companies for their consumer marketing skills. The post In the hunt for consumer revenue, publishers are hiring e-commerce marketing veterans appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As sexual harassment accusations sweep through many industries, the selection of a new editor has become a prism through which to read a changing landscapeThe publishing industry guessing game over who will assume Vanity Fair’s leadership role from long-serving superstar editor Graydon Carter... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attendance was at an all-time high for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Fall Discovery Show, which took place in Denver earlier this month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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