'Fleishman Is In Trouble' Investigates The Gender Sympathy Gap

Taffy Brodesser-Akner's debut novel is a divorce novel wrapped around a mystery: What are women really up to? Continue reading at 'The Huffington Post'

[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-16 12:00:06 UTC ]
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Lebanon: Calls for Investigation Follow Publisher Lokman Slim’s Murder

Leaders of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Börsenverein, supported by the Independent Publishers Association, condemn the killing. The post Lebanon: Calls for Investigation Follow Publisher Lokman Slim’s Murder appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-08 05:43:34 UTC ]
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The Troubled Task of Defining Southern Literature in 2021

In 2016, while touring in support of my debut novel, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, I appeared on a panel at the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. Despite (or perhaps because of) its troubled history, Mississippi is the Ground Zero of Southern literature, chiefly because of the towering... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-22 09:49:24 UTC ]
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First PRH ethnicity pay report shows gap of 16% for BAME employees

Penguin Random House has published its first ever ethnicity pay report, which found that BAME staff are paid 16% less than their white colleagues, on average. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-29 12:21:20 UTC ]
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Pearson launches guidelines to tackle gender stereotypes in its education materials

Pearson has committed to tackling gender bias and stereotyping in education, unrolling "first of its kind" gender equality guidelines for the resources it produces.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 00:36:36 UTC ]
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NLT launches attainment gap scheme with Arts Council funding

The National Literacy Trust is to launch an initiative to address the attainment gap and support the wellbeing of children in 14 target areas across the UK, funded by Arts Council England. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-19 08:00:06 UTC ]
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Measurement startup looks to fill gaps left by Nielsen and Comscore

HyphaMetrics, which enters the marketplace with $2 million investment, says it can measure down to the individual level and across linear, streaming and gaming devices. Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2020-11-02 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Faber scoops Burnett's 'brilliantly witty' mental health investigation

Guardian Faber is to publish Psycho-Logical by Dean Burnett, a "unique insight" into understanding mental health.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 11:51:49 UTC ]
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Faber publishers appeal to Women's Prize to 'revisit' new gender criteria rules

Faber associate publisher Louisa Joyner and publisher Alex Bowler have appealed to the Women's Prize to "revisit" its new rules around eligibility "to consider the lived experience of now excluded writers".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 14:48:15 UTC ]
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Troubled Blood strikes twice atop the bestseller charts

Robert Galbraith's Troubled Blood (Sphere) has spent a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 25,428 copies in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 22:57:56 UTC ]
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Natalie Portman’s upcoming children’s book is a collection of “gender-safe” fairy tales.

Natalie Portman knows a thing or two about fairy tales. Portman’s turn as a dancer whose life goes awry in Black Swan (2010) was, famously, a brooding take on Pyotr Tchaikovksy’s most famous ballet. Swan Lake itself was likely inspired by Russian and German folktales like Johann Karl August... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 16:54:30 UTC ]
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Troubled Blood strikes the charts top spot

Robert Galbraith's fifth Cormoran Strike title, Troubled Blood (Sphere), has gone straight to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 64,633 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 21:59:56 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: Troubled Blood surges to number one spot

Robert Galbraith's Troubled Blood (Sphere) and Brian Masters' Dennis Nielsen biography Killing for Company (Cornerstone) have rocketed to the top of the Amazon Charts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 15:55:56 UTC ]
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A searing look at the Mueller investigation — from the inside

Andrew Weissmann targets Barr, Trump and his own Justice Department colleagues for criticism. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-22 05:53:09 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling’s ‘Troubled Blood’ is her most ambitious Robert Galbraith novel yet — and likely the most divisive

The thriller once again features Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, but also a cross-dressing serial killer who has irked some critics. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-17 05:40:45 UTC ]
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A chilling memoir of troubled parents

Even when the ice recedes, writes Vicki Laveau-Harvie, it still shapes the landscape Continue reading at The Economist

[ The Economist | 2020-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are You Ready to Stand in the Gap?

PW columnist Nicole A. Cooke on ways to turn antiracist knowledge and education into action. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A chilling memoir of troubled parents

Even when the ice recedes, writes Vicki Laveau-Harvie, it still shapes the landscape Continue reading at The Economist

[ The Economist | 2020-09-10 14:56:44 UTC ]
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He investigated Clinton and Trump. Then the Justice Department turned on him.

Review of ‘Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump’ by former FBI agent Peter Strzok Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-05 13:00:27 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins five-publisher auction for refugee investigation

Fourth Estate has won a five-publisher auction for My Fourth Time, We Drowned, a “powerful and ground-breaking” investigation into the plight of refugees from journalist Sally Hayden. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 05:19:45 UTC ]
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In the Gendered Economy, Women Are Perpetual Debtors

Nora Caplan-Bricker writes about “Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women,” the latest book by the philosopher Kate Manne, which explores what male entitlement costs women and non-binary people. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2020-08-10 21:10:38 UTC ]
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