Wilde, a sixth-generation funeral director and the author of 'All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak' (Broadleaf, May 24), explains his experiences with grief, ghosts, why he's now going forward by looking back. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
If a bookstore takes the name of the city in which it resides, it had better reflect the values and character of its hometown. Boulder Book Store, PW’s 2018 Bookstore of the Year, does just that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Michael Chabon on fatherhood, plus Michael Pollan on how to change your mind. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consortium Book Sales & Distribution trade sales manager Ruth Berger describes John Mesjak, PW’s 2018 Rep of the Year, as a “book-reading teddy bear who never sleeps." It's high praise—and uncontested at that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Politics and Prose and Harvard Book Store both have newly minted sections for romance books, signs of growing interest in a genre that indie booksellers have traditionally paid little attention to. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Assistant may have debuted as a bonus feature in the company’s ho-hum Allo messaging app, but it’s been on a roll ever since. The AI helper is now embedded in more than 500 million devices worldwide, Google revealed Tuesday during its annual I/O developer conference keynote. The company... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke to novelist Gwendoline Riley, following her shortlisting for the 2018 Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: new books from Michael Ondaatje, Zora Neale Hurston, and Rachel Kushner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: inside the epic first mission to Pluto, plus Sheila Heti's meditation on motherhood. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exeter's branch of Blackwell’s is preparing a "19th-century love inn" with the city's Southernhay House Hotel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PBS kicked off 'The Great American Read,' its forthcoming eight-episode documentary on reading in American Culture, by revealing the show’s list of America’s 100 best loved books in front of a lively crowd at the Morgan Library in Midtown Manhattan Friday morning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Publishers Weekly' and Frankfurter Buchmesse have opened nominations for their fourth annual PW Star Watch program, which celebrates and recognizes up-and-coming members of the U.S. and Canadian publishing communities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Curtis Sittenfeld's story collection, plus the natural history heist of the century. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Malarkey is alleging that his father acted alone in writing the false account of his near-death experience in 2010’s bestseller, 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven.’ He has filed a defamation lawsuit against Tyndale House Publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rather than explaining or defending his faith, Islamic scholar Omid Safi translates a collection of Sufi mystics’ poems that extol the ‘transformative and redemptive’ love of God. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN International president Jennifer Clement's fourth novel, 'Gun Love,' is focused on the United States' firearm culture and is set in Florida. At London Book Fair, she focused on that and on challenges in women's equality. The post PEN’s Jennifer Clement on ‘Gun Love’ and Women’s Rights... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: the art of the wasted day, plus how to write an autobiographical novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish the memoir of Chris Frantz, one of the members of seminal post-punk band Talking Heads. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Friends, family and clients gathered at the Royal Over-Seas League in St James’s yesterday to pay tribute to agent Toby Eady, who died on 24th December aged 76. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The €20,000 European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Literature Prize has been claimed by Burhan Sönmez for Istanbul Istanbul (Telegram Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired a new novel by Man Booker prize-winning author Howard Jacobson about love in old age. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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