His literary forays received questionable reviews but there’s no doubt about the great restaurant critic’s journalistic statureThere’s one thing to add to the tidal wave of tributes last week after AA Gill died. They saluted a journalist, a constant scribbler, an acidulous wordsmith who specialised in counterintuitive destruction. Yet, it turned out, even his victims seemed to love him: for his turn of phrase and twist of mind.“Journalism is success, writing books is achievement,” he once told the Observer (after his two novels had crashed and burned in the same critical fire he stoked week by week). Wrong again. Adrian Gill was a success because his presence, his personality, his pen, arrived Sunday after Sunday. Who cares about a couple of entries in the Amazon back catalogue? He did what he did; and, in the great English tradition of skewering pretension, his quotes will live on. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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His literary forays received questionable reviews but there’s no doubt about the great restaurant critic’s journalistic statureThere’s one thing to add to the tidal wave of tributes last week after AA Gill died. They saluted a journalist, a constant scribbler, an acidulous wordsmith who... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Gill family has taken full ownership of the Irish publisher Gill & Macmillan Science and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller mixes glamour, betrayal, self-invention and murder. What’s not to love? Continue reading at The New York Times
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In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-07-02 09:03:17 UTC ]
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Barbara Kingsolver and others are no longer oppressed – they dominate book salesThere is a point at which all special treatment becomes patronising. And we have reached that point, I think, when it comes to giving women a leg-up in the business of writing fiction.Genghis Khan sacked and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-06-18 06:31:35 UTC ]
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Flaws used to feed their sales but now writers are expected to be saints‘As you get older you realise that all these things – prizes, reviews, advances, readers – it’s all showbiz, and the real action starts with your obituary.”Martin Amis first started spinning in favour of his future... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-27 17:31:09 UTC ]
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The Pearson family saga has been comfort TV at its cosiest, full of twists, cheesy lines and fabulous characters – and it even bowed out with its own ‘Sopranos fade-to-black’ momentWarning: this article contains spoilers.It’s over. After 106 episodes of emotional evisceration, This Is Us (Amazon... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-05-26 12:40:10 UTC ]
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A. J. Baime recounts the extraordinary life of the NAACP's Walter White who wrote late in life: “I am a Negro. My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond. The traits of my race are nowhere visible upon me.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-26 14:14:55 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Statue of renowned Kurdish historian, author, and poet Mastoureh Ardalan (1805–1848) in Erbil / Photo by Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash Even though they appear to have a lot to say about the historical, political, cultural, and literary... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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As he releases the latest fruits of his new megabucks deal with Netflix – an interactive cartoon about a cat – the Black Mirror creator discusses gaming, nuclear war, and why his generation has wrecked the UKCharlie Brooker is sitting at a desk, a big cardboard box in the background, miscellany... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-02-21 06:00:24 UTC ]
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Mr. Men Little Miss, the children’s book series created by Roger Hargreaves, turns 50 this year. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-12-08 10:00:15 UTC ]
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Bookseller Nic Bottomley's publishing outfit Fox, Finch & Tepper has signed and published its first original book, an account of an impromptu biking adventure by award-winning travel-writer Julian Sayarer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 08:31:26 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has landed a "stunning, vibrant" illustrated gift book of ancient Indian fables, retold by poet Nikita Gill in her debut book for younger children, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 22:50:19 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired Here Are the Words, the first YA and crossover poetry collection from bestselling poet and social media star Nikita Gill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-23 04:50:57 UTC ]
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In his final book, published two years after his death, Andrea Camilleri inserts himself into the narrative Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago Modern Classics has acquired world English language rights in The Amazing Mr Blunden by Antonia Barber, ahead of a Sky Original Christmas film this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-15 06:44:43 UTC ]
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Filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia brings his memoir about his father, Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, and mother, Mercedes Barcha, to the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-07-29 20:18:15 UTC ]
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