Florence Welch is nervous. "I get very anxious in interviews," she says, her pale cheeks flushed, her dark eyes shining. "I've always felt overwhelmed by my emotions. Even sitting here now I want to cry and I don't know why." We are sitting side-by-side on a yellow striped sofa in the front room of the Florence and the Machine singer's south London home, a small Georgian cottage fitted out in racing greens and walnut browns, patterned rugs and antique fittings. Gilt framed artworks crowd the walls, vintage bric-a-brac covers every surface, and countless books are densely packed on to shelves or stacked in perilous ziggurats around the floor. Volumes by American writers like Lorrie Moore, John Berryman and Patti Smith rub spines with the poetry of TS Eliot and a handsome edition of Mary Beard's history of Pompeii. Welch catches me admiring this distinctly esoteric library and laughs. "I hid the self-help books before you got here," she says. Dressed in a delicate floral shirt, her (dyed) red hair tied up in braids, she is pale, slender, strikingly beautiful – and evidently anxious. "I find it easier to explain myself in music than in person," she says. "Songs are like protective talismans. In daily life, I'm much more unsure and shy." READ MORE: * Florence Welch's beautiful bedside duet with sick teen fan * Florence and life beyond the machine In person, she is unrecognisable as the superstar performer who had the Glastonbury crowds eating out of her hands in... Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peepal Tree Press has commissioned a speculative fiction anthology authored by Black British writers and edited by author Leone Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 06:54:29 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has landed the official book of Channel 4’s hit show "The Great British Dig". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 00:01:29 UTC ]
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Transworld has scooped an "extraordinary and deeply moving" story of a British soldier who suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:32:47 UTC ]
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The British Academy has awarded the President’s Medal for 2021 to broadcaster and historian David Olusoga. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Yomi Sode, Raymond Antrobus and Victoria Adukwei Bulley are among 17 contemporary Black British poets recording their poems for a new collection by the Poetry Archive and Obsidian Foundation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 19:40:50 UTC ]
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A picture book and two middle grade books introduce young people to art mediums and their messages. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-11-12 21:41:23 UTC ]
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Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of heated discourse surrounding a trend in book covers in which many new releases opt for variations of the same colorful abstractions: The Blob. Somehow deemed appropriate for everything from dystopian debuts to literary fiction bestsellers, these... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Amberley Publishing has landed a "comprehensive history" of the British Indian Army by Ravindra Rathee. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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'The perspective of Indigenous peoples in the Indian and Pacific oceans' give 'Waves Across the South' distinction, say British Academy jurors. The post Sujit Sivasundaram Wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-27 11:40:47 UTC ]
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The independent publisher was reinstated on YouTube following a backlash, but questions remain. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-10-26 15:58:53 UTC ]
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Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram's "truly powerful" book Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins) has won the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Granta Magazine has opened submissions for the fifth edition of its Best of Young British Novelists list, to be released in spring 2023. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-13 08:19:00 UTC ]
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The National Centre for Writing (NCW) and British Council has announced they will award more than £50,000 to collaborative projects from UK and international literature organisations and practitioners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-12 00:28:03 UTC ]
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The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Assocation's annual trade show, its first in-person gathering since 2019 was a celebration of a community's resilience, as new booksellers were welcomed to the gathering. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hannah Chukwu, assistant editor at PRH imprint Hamish Hamilton, has won the Arts & Media Rising Star award at this year's Black British Business Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-07 21:27:46 UTC ]
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A number of the larger publishers have set up internal networks to improve access to the industry for minority communities; here are six essential steps to ensure their success Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-26 12:53:06 UTC ]
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Yes! I do. You probably do, too. Well, starting today, as part of the International Literature Festival Utrecht, you can indeed stream video of the utterly delightful Olivia Colman reading a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante (as translated by Ann Goldstein; the lecture will also be available... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-24 13:20:11 UTC ]
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The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021 awardAlex Clark explores how the Booker shortlist tunes in to the worries of our ageJust one British author has made the shortlist for this year’s Booker prize: Nadifa... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-09-14 15:25:06 UTC ]
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Every primary school in England is to receive a free copy of Happy Here (Knights Of), a new anthology by 20 Black British writers and illustrators, as part of an initiative to improve teaching practices and improve representation in children's literature and publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-08 17:52:35 UTC ]
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With the Al-Rodhan partnership funding having run its course, the British Academy now carries this nonfiction prize forward. The post British Academy Book Prize Announces Its 2021 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-07 08:41:21 UTC ]
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