Finding Liberation in the Early Years of the Women’s Royal Naval Service

At the training college for the Women’s Royal Naval Service (also called the Wrens) in Greenwich, Madge Barnes joined a cohort of other young recruits to learn not only nautical terms and naval traditions, but also, in that nobly stifling British way, the rules of civility and decorum. In the Painted Hall, a room of […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Microsoft is shutting down its Docs.com file sharing service

Docs.com is a file sharing service from Microsoft that lets you publish and share content from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sway, and Minecraft world, as well as PDF documents. It was originally created as part of a collaboration with Facebook in 2010, and then revamped in 2015. However,... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alderman's The Power wins 2017 Baileys Women's Prize

Naomi Alderman has won the £30,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her feminist science fiction novel The Power (Viking). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audio Publishers Association: Annual Survey Cites a Third Year of Strong US Audiobook Sales Growth

APA estimates show 2016's audiobook sales growth expanding by almost 20 percent again. Sixty-seven million Americans say they finished an audiobook. The post Audio Publishers Association: Annual Survey Cites a Third Year of Strong US Audiobook Sales Growth appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Looks for Stability After Turbulent Year

Despite posting record revenues and a 35% increase in net earnings in the fiscal year ended February 28, Educational Development Corp. faced numerous challenges in 2017, including the inability to keep up with customer demand. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Delighting Fans for 15 Years

This year, Insight Editions celebrates 15 years of creating highly designed and very successful one-of-a-kind products. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kit de Waal wins £13k Irish Book of the Year

Kit de Waal has won the €15,000 (£13,100) Kerry Group Irish Book of the Year for her "heartfelt and far-sighted" fiction work My Name is Leon (Viking). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Ed Asner, Still Grumpy After All These Years

Ed Asner, the Emmy Award–winning actor and activist, aka Lou Grant, reclaims the Constitution from the right-wingers who think that they and only they know how to interpret it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Rethinking Royal Garb: Savannah Guthrie & Allison Oppenheim

Thanks to a fateful dinner, NBC’s "Today" show cohost Savannah Guthrie and Allison Oppenheim, a clinical psychologist who leads parent education classes, will make their picture book debut in September with"Princesses Wear Pants" (Abrams), illus. by Eva Byrne. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poisoned Pen Press Celebrates 20 Years

An operation that initially launched simply to bring out-of-print authors back into publication has grown into a tiny but powerhouse publisher of books likely to be overlooked by New York industry insiders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: Robert Kiyosaki Is Even Richer 20 Years Later

At age nine, after being taught how to play Monopoly, Robert Kiyosaki knew he was going to be wealthy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's Prize for Fiction reveals new sponsorship model

The Women's Prize for Fiction has announced it is adopting a new, collective sponsorship model instead of a single headline sponsor going forward. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Surgery Sessions for this year's Marketing & Publicity Conference

Delegates attending The Bookseller’s Marketing & Publicity Conference on 13th June can sign up now for a marketing or publicity quick-fix.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joey Barton wins Cross Sports' Autobiography of the Year award

Footballer Joey Barton has won the Cross Sports Book Award for autobiography of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Haughton wins CBI Book of the Year Award

Picturebook maker Chris Haughton has won the 27th Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Award for his "captivating" book Goodnight Everyone (Walker Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Banned Books Week coming to the UK this year

Freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship has joined the Banned Books Week Coalition as the first international member of the US-based alliance. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival marks 30 years with book of conversations

The Hay Festival, which opens later this week for its 30th year, is to release a book of Hay Festival Conversations: Thirty Conversations for Thirty Years to mark the anniversary.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McDermid, Herron and Durrant compete for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

The shortlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year pits "Queen of Crime" Val McDermid's 30th novel against an espionage thriller by Mick Herron, as well as Chris Brookmyre's "celtic Gone Girl".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'What is vital is for women not to pull the ladder up behind them'

Katie Espiner reacts to the Guardian's article on whether things are getting worse women in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Media bidder TPG says it would resell media company within five years

TPG Capital tells Senate inquiry it would expand the business but concedes it has no experience running newspapersOne of the bidders for Fairfax Media, TPG Capital, has told a Senate inquiry that if the $2.7bn bid were successful the consortium would grow the media business and sell it off again... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Children's Ronnie Fairweather to retire after 30 years

Ronnie Fairweather, creative director at Penguin Random House Children’s, is retiring after nearly 30 years with the publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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