Abbie Greaves studied at Cambridge University before going on to work for a literary agency. She now lives in Edinburgh and is writing her second novel. Her debut The Silent Treatment, was inspired by a newspaper article about a boy in Japan who had never seen his parents speak to one another before. She talks to us about it here. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 11:39:05 UTC ]
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Check out our THE NICKEL BOYS book club questions and discussion summary to help you prepare for your next book club discussion. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-05-11 10:35:51 UTC ]
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The independent bookstore e-commerce site Bookshop.org has seen a 2,000% increase in sales in the last month and has become a lifeline for many stores that have been temporarily closed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet despite its apparent success, the site has skeptics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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When Protocol, a new site focusing on technology coverage, launched in February, expectations were high. After all, the man behind the site—Robert Allbritton, who owns it through his holding company, Capital News—also helped create Politico, one of the most successful digital media companies of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-04-23 11:45:31 UTC ]
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Oliver Jeffers, children's author and illustrator answered readers questions, submitted via Twitter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 05:52:41 UTC ]
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Read Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid and want to share with your book club? Use these Such A Fun Age book club questions to get the conversation going. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-13 10:41:42 UTC ]
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As professional membership organizations of all kinds face challenges, PW caught up with the TLA's new executive director to talk about what's next for nation's largest state library association. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This January, former Snap Inc. exec Kristen O'Hara joined Hearst Magazines as senior vice president and chief business officer. We caught up with O'Hara to learn about her top priorities in the newly created role. Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2020-03-03 20:09:05 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-01 11:30:56 UTC ]
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Recent figures released from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport may look promising—but the underlying numbers tell a different story... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 19:37:26 UTC ]
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Sarah DiGregorio’s new book combines memoir and reporting to explore changing treatments for babies born early. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-01-28 10:00:06 UTC ]
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Author Lucie Whitehouse talks to us about regeneration, homecoming and the Midlands ahead of the paperback publication of Critical Incidents, the first book in her new crime thriller series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-11 08:27:11 UTC ]
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Author Peter May talks to us about the inspiration behind his new crime thriller, A Silent Death. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-07 03:02:58 UTC ]
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Children's author Ross Welford answers our questions about his new middle grade novel, The Kid Who Came From Space. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-02 11:14:24 UTC ]
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YA author Brigid Kemmerer talks to us about her new novel A Heart So Fierce and Broken—which is a follow-up to her Beauty and the Beast retelling A Curse so Dark and Lonely—here. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-28 04:43:39 UTC ]
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On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-23 23:00:13 UTC ]
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Ready to dig into this fascinating nonfiction read? Here's your reading guide and BAD BLOOD book club questions to get the conversation going. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-23 11:35:34 UTC ]
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Gender policy is splitting the U.K. in two this week. Across the pond, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is being crucified online, blasted as “transphobic” and a “TERF,” after she tweeted the hashtag #IStandWithMaya. Who is Maya? What’s a TERF? We have answers.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-12-19 15:21:28 UTC ]
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Today saw two new developments in the ongoing Peter Handke controversy, which has set the literary world ablaze since October 10 when the Swedish Academy announced the Austrian writer/Slobodan Miloševic eulogist as the joint winner (with Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk) of the 2019 Prize. The first... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-12-06 20:05:06 UTC ]
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Circe by Madeline Miller is really. freaking. good. In this reading guide, you'll find 10 Circe book club questions covering all the most important topics. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-11-24 11:31:48 UTC ]
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