With the SMH brand celebrating its 185th year, record readership figures and even a $27m profit, further cuts have provoked anger among Fairfax staff As the Sydney Morning Herald looks forward to its 185th birthday next month staff had been celebrating the fact that the masthead is the most widely read publication in the country, enjoying a 1.2m lead over its nearest competitor, Murdoch’s Daily Telegraph. And with the appointment of the popular veteran Judith Whelan as editor plus a $27m half-year profit, for once, there had been some reason to celebrate. It had been a tough couple of weeks with the paper’s proud staff having to wear the shame of the masthead publishing a false story of rape written by Paul Sheehan, who is now on indefinite leave after failing to check the veracity of the story. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#nearest competitor
#daily telegraph
#tough couple
#paul sheehan
#indefinite leave
‘How to Catch a Mole’ is a wondrous work that will show you a new way to look at nature — and life. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#life lessons
The next two panels announced at FutureBook Live 2019 will include speakers ranging from PFD boss Caroline Michel, to advertising guru Dave Buonaguidi, and from author Rose Cartwright to rapper Shauna O’Briain, a.k.a. MC Angel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 07:48:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Egmont has snapped up rights to a new middle-grade series by Annabelle Sami with illustrations by FAB Prize finalist, Allen Fatimaharan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 04:43:34 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#middle-grade series
#egmont
Bure’s new guided journal, Authentic Living: Jesus Every Day, embodies the spirit of her lifestyle brand, a line of faith-based products designed to help women live more meaningful and joyful lives. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#guided journal
#lifestyle brand
Transworld has announced promotions for Becks Short and Sally Wray and has hired Tabitha Pelly from Pushkin Press to join the publicity team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 22:12:21 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#announced promotions
#pushkin press
#publicity team
Katy Waldman writes on Saeed Jones’s new memoir, “How We Fight for Our Lives,” and its focus on Jones’s mother and his self-making. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2019-10-10 09:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#saeed jones
#memoir
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has snapped up a “glowing-hot” debut from Niamh Campbell in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 07:46:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#wn scoops
#weidenfeld nicolson
#niamh campbell
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam has signed a book deal with Chelsea Green Publishing from his cell at Wormwood Scrubs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 18:30:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prison cell
#book deal
Pearson’s chief strategy officer Jonathan Chocqueel-Mangan will give insights into the publisher’s new digital-first textbook policy at FutureBook Live 2019, The Bookseller’s publishing conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 10:26:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#futurebook live
#publishing conference
Canongate has landed a darkly funny memoir of loss and love by Jarred McGinnis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 07:50:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Whether you're looking to break a reading slump or prefer short form writing, we've got the deets on where you can find free short stories online. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-07 10:37:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#reading slump
#short stories
Shoppers appear unfazed by a potential recession, tariff uncertainty and an impeachment inquiry in Washington. The National Retail Federation, which released its annual holiday sales forecast Thursday, says retail sales will increase between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent during the last two months... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-03 19:49:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#cyber monday
#direct impact
#consumer confidence
#physical stores
#digital media
In this episode, novelist and editor Rakesh Satyal and Dead Rabbits Books founders Brian Birnbaum and M.K. Rainey talk to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about editing and being edited. Satyal discusses the ins and outs of big publishing houses, how... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-03 08:48:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#whitney terrell
#big publishing
Baroness Gail Rebuck is to address the issue of women in publishing at FutureBook Live 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 03:33:27 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#gail rebuck
Bloomsbury has acquired Irish writer Louise Kennedy’s debut collection of short stories and her first novel in a "fiercely contested" nine-way bidding war, ahead of this month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 22:07:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#debut collection
#bidding war
#short stories
#bloomsbury
Did you know that there’s an entire genre of books dedicated to white people going to Nepal to find themselves? I didn’t either! But it’s not so surprising since the release of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat, Pray, Love, and its 2010 film adaptation, which has caused an uptick in tourism to... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-02 11:00:13 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#white people
#elizabeth gilbert
#electric literature
#memoir
Welsh writer Jo Lloyd has unanimously won the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2019 for her story inspired by a real-life 18th century woman who claimed to be friends with an invisible family living in an invisible mansion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 18:57:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Orion m.d. Katie Espiner is the latest keynote speaker to be announced for FutureBook Live 2019; she will reflect on her four years at the Hachette-owned publishing business, as well as what it means to be one of the highest profile female leaders in the book sector. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-29 20:24:57 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#katie espiner
#book sector
The American Library Association is distancing itself from Melvil Dewey as the profession reflects upon his past. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-09-27 15:40:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library association
Chris Duffey, senior strategic development manager at Adobe, will deliver the Creative Keynote at FutureBook Live. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 16:19:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#futurebook live