Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel When We Were Birds begins in the time before time and follows the uneasy truce between the living and the dead. Cigarettes are offered, liquor is poured, prayers are said, all in the hope that the buried stay buried. This is the story of Yejide, a young woman who becomes […] The post Falling in Love Is Hard When You’re the Guardian of the Dead appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
[ Electric Literature | 2022-04-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Katharine Viner congratulates ‘wonderful’ arts writer who is already a vital contributor to the paperArifa Akbar has been appointed as the Guardian’s chief theatre critic. Akbar, who will take up the role in the new year, said she was “honoured, utterly thrilled and immensely excited” by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-08 10:52:21 UTC ]
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Two digital media veterans say the industry isn’t dying, just taking a different shape. Bleak headlines about the demise of the media world seem to appear almost daily. Is it possible for digital media to even survive?Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-11-07 16:45:58 UTC ]
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Just a few days from the 2019 Love Your Bookstore Challenge, Brooklyn's Books Are Magic crew weigh in with staff picks and must-read titles. The post Love Your Bookstore: Books Are Magic appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2019-11-06 11:00:45 UTC ]
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Film director Richard Curtis has signed a deal with Locksmith Animation to create an animated feature based on his festive children's books, in a project described as "Love Actually for kids". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 05:51:00 UTC ]
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Set in 1946 in Little, Rock, Ark., 'Two Dead' by Van Jensen and Nate Powell is the fictional story of Gideon Kemp, a returning WWII veteran and trained law enforcement officer, secretly recruited to the police force by the city’s mayor in an effort to put an end to the sadistic, violent tenure... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Shannon Pufahl’s “On Swift Horses” weaves an entanglement of attractions in postwar California. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-11-05 10:00:10 UTC ]
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August 29th. French cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles is throwing its traditional end of summer party, also known as “le cocktail de rentrée littéraire.” On the intimate patio of the Musée Bourdelle, on the Left Bank, the big shots of France’s literary world exchange anecdotes about their... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-04 09:49:09 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has scooped a YA lesbian love story set in the afterlife by Tanya Byrne in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 11:13:30 UTC ]
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Kids don’t feel burdened by carrying physical books; they feel girded with the tools of their own entertainment. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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In his memoir, says Medal of Honor winner Kyle Carpenter, he wants to offer hope. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-31 21:42:22 UTC ]
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Looking for your next favorite book? Check out these new historical fiction books, full of beautiful prose, dynamic characters, and captivating settings. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-25 10:39:52 UTC ]
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The former defense secretary on what guided his decision-making over four decades in the military. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-24 12:19:31 UTC ]
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Are you interested in checking out some manga that inspired shows from the 2019 fall anime season? We've gathered them in one convenient list! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-24 10:42:41 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed a book from Yale professor Eckhart Frahm for the first comprehensive non-fiction account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world’s very first empire: Assyria. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 07:38:23 UTC ]
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Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press, has teamed with Marvel Comics to produce 'Atlas at War,' a hardcover collection of classic combat comics stories created by a group of now-acclaimed artists, among them Jack Kirby, Bernie Krigstein, and John Severin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Mini Grey and 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize winner Jessica Love will join the judging panel for the 2020 award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 03:40:36 UTC ]
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One of them, Jason Reynolds’s middle-grade novel “Look Both Ways,” is a National Book Award finalist. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-18 21:16:26 UTC ]
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Oneworld children’s imprint Rock the Boat has signed Scottish débutant Damien Love, acquiring UK and Commonwealth rights to Monstrous Devices, and a second title, from Philippa Milnes-Smith at The Soho Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 10:46:22 UTC ]
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WH Smith has announced it is to buy US indie travel retailer Marshall Retail Group (MRG) for $400m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:24:24 UTC ]
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The audiobook version of “Catch and Kill” features first-rate reporting and some wince-worthy character work. (You do NOT want to hear him do Trump’s voice.) What: The least necessary vocal inflection in recent memory.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-16 14:20:58 UTC ]
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