First Lines from BookLife Authors

This month, we’ve got a giant eagle, good wine, and more. To submit a first line, email [email protected]. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Little Tiger buys speculative fiction by debut author Penfold

Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, has acquired a work of speculative fiction, set after the outbreak of a deadly tick-borne disease, by debut author Nicola Penfold.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 00:17:13 UTC ]
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New trilogy from Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton

YA author Alwyn Hamilton has sold a new series to Faber Children’s in the UK and Viking at Penguin Random House in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:23:40 UTC ]
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Thriller author Dean Koontz signs five-book deal with Amazon

Amazon announced today that it inked best-selling author Dean Koontz to a five-book deal. The agreement will also include a short story collection called Nameless that will be available for free to Amazon Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers on Novem... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-07-22 15:24:00 UTC ]
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David Higham Associates launches third open day under-represented authors

David Higham Associates has announced it will host its third open day for under-represented writers in January 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 10:29:08 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s signs debut author and illustrator Alice McKinley

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK have signed a two-book deal with debut author and illustrator Alice McKinley, including Nine Lives Newton, which was the subject of a US pre-empt at the Bologna Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 03:50:48 UTC ]
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Powell’s employees protested a reading by the author of The Red Pill.

Powell’s employees were among a group on Monday night that protested a reading at the bookstore by Blake Nelson, a Portland author whose recent work and public statements have drawn on extremist right-wing rhetoric. Nelson’s newest book, The Red Pill—published by Bombardier Books in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 18:00:11 UTC ]
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HuffPost UK falls in line with 'premium' Verizon Media strategy after axing blogs

News publisher has departed from beginnings as a 'blogging-for-all' platform under Arianna Huffington. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2019-07-17 08:32:08 UTC ]
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Montalbano author Camilleri dies, aged 93

Andrea Camilleri, author of the Inspector Montalbano series, has died at the age of 93. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 02:58:54 UTC ]
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Rory Stewart and James Acaster join Edinburgh line-up

Tory MP Rory Stewart and comedian James Acaster will join the line-up for the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 06:01:59 UTC ]
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US Publishers Association and Authors Guild Renew Support for CASE Act

The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary has a markup session scheduled for the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act on Thursday (July 18). The post US Publishers Association and Authors Guild Renew Support for CASE Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-16 02:09:29 UTC ]
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Author Sophie Cameron Talks Her YA Novel LAST BUS TO EVERLAND

Sophie Cameron chats about LAST BUS TO EVERLAND, her new YA novel featuring magical realism and LGBTQ heroes, set in Scotland. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-07-15 10:31:25 UTC ]
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Dystopian authors reflect on our dystopian border

“We write dystopian stories to be cautionary tales, not instruction manuals,” says Neal Shusterman. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-14 18:14:39 UTC ]
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Nicholls and Day join line-up for Waterstones podcast

Waterstones is launching a podcast series with six themed fortnightly episodes, featuring authors such as David Nicholls and Elizabeth Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-14 04:54:16 UTC ]
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Libraries Must Draw the Line on E-books

Recent developments suggest a grim future for digital content in libraries, writes Sari Feldman, unless library supporters find a way to fight back. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Bouton, Author of Tell-All Baseball Memoir ‘Ball Four,’ Dies at 80

A pitcher who had modest success with the Yankees in the 1960s, Bouton revealed the seamier side of baseball in a book that was a best seller. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-07-11 02:47:37 UTC ]
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Cleeves and Fuller join Killer Women line-up

Ann Cleeves and Michael Fuller are among the writers on this year's Killer Women Festival of Crime Writing and Drama line-up, as the event moves to a new date.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 04:18:54 UTC ]
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Pullman and Brandreth join Gardners Trade Show line-up

Philip Pullman will open this year's Gardners Trade Show ahead of the launch of The Secret Commonwealth, with Gyles Brandreth also joining the line-up.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 09:53:34 UTC ]
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Tochi Onyebuchi Recommends African Visions of the Future by Women and Nonbinary Authors

Tochi Onyebuchi’s young adult books, the duology Beasts Made of Night and Crown of Thunder, are fantasy novels with a Nigeria-influenced setting. His upcoming War Girls is set in a post-nuclear, post-climate change Nigeria of 2172. Riot Baby, his first novel for adults (also forthcoming), is a... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-04 11:00:10 UTC ]
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Nicholls, Smith and McEwan join Cheltenham Literature Festival line-up

David Nicholls, Ali Smith and Ian McEwan are among the line-up for this year’s the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 05:28:19 UTC ]
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New sponsor for Seven Stories’ ‘Authors into Schools’ programme

Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books, will reach 12,000 children via its Authors into Schools programme this year thanks to a new sponsor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 02:41:22 UTC ]
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