This has been an exciting month for Kaveh Akbar. Earlier this month, the author of Calling a Wolf a Wolf was named poetry editor of The Nation, a glittering position once held by writers like Langston Hughes, Anne Sexton, and William B. Yeats. There’s much to look forward to from Akbar, including an anthology, The Penguin Book of […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Lisa Bickmore has won the Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize for her poem on separation, love and grief, “Eidolon”. Her win of the €10,000 (£7,152) award for a single unpublished poem was announced at a special event at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. The prize is sponsored by Darina... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' director of buying Kate Skipper will take maternity leave at the end of the month. In her absence, Melissa Cox, head of range and children's, will assume responsibility for the new titles and publisher liaison teams, while Caroline McNulty, category manager for related products,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese writer Haruki Murakami makes the shortlist for 2015's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, alongside newly-translated authors from Equatorial Guinea and Colombia. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cover for Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel is “striking”, and will stand out on shelves, booksellers have said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee's book 'Watchman' reportedly centers on an adult version of the 'Mockingbird' character Scout and will be released this July. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “scratch and sniff” front cover for The Twits and more details about Jacqueline Wilson’s reworking of What Katy Did Next were some of the highlights of a Penguin Random House Children’s showcase, held yesterday (25th March) at Foyles Charing Cross. The event was the first media... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone has released the jacket of the forthcoming Harper Lee novel Go Set a Watchman. A set of dedicated online channels have also been launched for the novel, set for release in the UK on 14th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten authors have been named as finalists for the Man Booker International Prize 2015, representing countries including Hungary, Guadeloupe, and the Republic of Congo. Each writer is now in the running to win a £60,000 prize, with the winner announced in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking has pre-empted the new book by economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Belknap Press and Harvard University Press). Chronicles will give Piketty’s views on a variety of contemporary subjects and individuals, including the financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury and the National Literacy Trust have shortlisted six writers for a competition to find unpublished children’s authors. Bloomsbury received 400 entries to this year’s New Children’s Author Prize, launched last year, which asks aspiring authors to pay £30 to enter in order to raise... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Leadership for Libraries task force is backed by £250,000 funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, will look for more funding from trusts and foundations, and hopes to appoint a "brilliant" chief executive in addition to chair Paul Blantern, William Sieghart has revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nine out of ten French read books last year and on average people read 16 books a year: 14 in print, 2 digital. Still, the French see room for improvement. The post Study Reveals the Relationship Between the French and Reading appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shortlists will be released on April 15, and the winners will be announced on May 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has pulled a recipe book by health blogger and author Belle Gibson after she failed to give sufficient information in response to a series of claims levelled at her. Gibson’s The Whole Pantry, based on an app she created following a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, was due to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A collection of stories from Stephen King and the autobiography of footballer Didier Drogba will be among the new releases from Hodder & Stoughton this year. The Hachette UK division last night (12th March) held its annual showcase event, unveiling its highlights for the year ahead, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin says it published The Whole Pantry ‘in good faith’ and never checked Gibson’s claims she cured her brain cancer through diet and lifestyle aloneThe publisher of a recipe book has admitted to never fact-checking claims made by the author that she survived terminal brain cancer through... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Super Bowl Sunday is to ESPN, today is to the tech publishing world. For today, Apple will unveil (for the second time) its Internet-enabled “smartwatch,” appropriately dubbed the Apple Watch. Which means that every tech publ ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 20-strong longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction features five debut novels, alongside an author nominated for her 20th book. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Super Bowl Sunday is to ESPN, today is to the tech publishing world. For today, Apple will unveil (for the second time) its Internet-enabled “smartwatch,” appropriately dubbed the Apple Watch. Which means that every tech publication of note is live-blogging what is, despite the oversized... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown's digital-first list Blackfriars has acquired a memoir by performance poet Hollie Poetry. In her first acquisition for the list, Rhiannon Smith bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Nobody Told Me by Poetry, also known as Hollie McNish, from Becky Thomas at Fox Mason. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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