Interviews Randy Ribay was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwest. He’s the author of After the Shot Drops and An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes. His latest book, Patron Saints of Nothing, is a powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin’s murder. It has received five-starred reviews and was selected as a National Book Award finalist. Randy earned his BA in English literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his master’s degree in language and literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and teaches high school English. In addition to serving as a juror for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, Ribay will participate in the Readings and Book Giveaways by the 2021 NSK Prize Jury event. Q: What was your first favorite book, the book that made you a reader? A: Hmm, probably the Encylopedia Brown series. I remember devouring those books, with the added bonus of learning to spell “encyclopedia” correctly. Q: What is the best book-receiving experience you’ve had? A: I received the box set of the Chronicles of Narnia for Christmas one year, and I remember absolutely loving that. It’s on my shelf just a few feet away from me right now! Though, it turns out I didn’t like Turkish Delight as much as I thought I would. Q: From... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2020-09-29 13:14:12 UTC ]
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Edinburgh's international book festival is getting Stripped and ready with a strand devoted to comic books. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Edinburgh Book Festival, which is celebrating 30 years, is the "largest and best respected literary festival in the world", according to its director. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So this is the Bloomberg Way! Bloomberg LP fired an editor yesterday after he published an incorrect headline on the company’s terminals worldwide — saying a jury had found ex-Goldman Sachs banker Fabrice Tourre not liable for ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House and the Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire are to run a cookery book festival for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Monday it was announced that one juror who had found George Zimmerman not guilty had landed literary agent, Sharlene Martin. By 10 p.m., Martin announced she was dropping Juror B37 as a client.Maybe a book by a juror in the Trayvon Martin murder trial isn't such a good idea after all. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Hilt, managing director of Barnes & Noble's European ebook business, said the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SpinMedia has named Jem Aswad the new editor-in-chief of Spin, succeeding Caryn Ganz, who was ousted last week.Mr. Aswad was most recently the editor of Billboard.biz and previously held editing jobs at MTV News and Time Out New York. "This is probably the job I dreamed about most when I first... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony De Rosa, social media editor for Reuters, is joining quick-hit mobile news curator Circa as Editor-in-Chief. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its sixth year, the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is expanding beyond Gaza and taking a roadshow across all of historic Palestine. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Years of quiet sacrifice boil dry as a father in his late 50s fears he's losing everying, including his beloved daughter."Parental love is the sacrifice made in silence," says Jorgen Hofmeester, the protagonist of "Tirza," Arnon Grunberg's latest translated novel. In "Tirza," the quiet martyrdom... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress Joanna Lumley is among the names lined up for the 10th Borders Book Festival in Melrose later this year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Paris Cookbook Fair took place February 22–24 in the Carrousel du Louvre, below the French museum’s famous pyramid. The fair brought in nearly 3,000 attendees to visit 102 booths of publishers, writers, and agents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Paris Cookbook Fair that took place in the Carrousel du Louvre, February 22-24 brought in nearly 3,000 attendees to visit 102 booths of publishers, writers, and agents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arianna's right hand is out at The Huffington Post. Huffington announced today via company memo that Tim O'Brien, executive editor of the online publisher, will be leaving the site to work on the second of his five-part book deal. Per the memo, Huffington noted, "In the next few days, Tim's... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following strife in Bamako, Mali, France's Etonnants Voyageurs has launched a new book and film festival in Brazzaville, Congo—one for all of Africa. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chorleywood Bookshop in Hertfordshire, which already runs the Chorleywood Literary Festival, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. has named Martha Nelson as editor-in-chief of the media company. The company said Tuesday that Ms. Nelson is the first woman in the company's 90-year history to hold the role. She has worked for Time Inc. for 20 years and has been editorial director since 2010. She will assume the top... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A bumper final Christmas sales weekend for 22nd/23rd December is being predicted, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cry has gone out that publishers need to engage more with readers. Who is the right person for the job? Editors? Marketers? Or should it be the authors? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Design wunderkind Scott Dadich, whose low-budget side project for Wired’s digital edition ended up becoming the template for all of Condé Nast’s tablet strategy, is returning to the magazine as its editor in chief, the company announced today. Dadich served as creative director of Wired from... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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