Four Questions for...PubWest’s Kent Watson

PW talks to the executive director of PubWest about expansion and the group's new summer program, the Pub501 summer sessions. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Questions for Texas Library Association Executive Director Shirley Robinson

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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5 Questions for Kristen O’Hara, Chief Business Officer of Hearst Magazines

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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The Best Book Club Questions to Jump Start Conversation: Critical Linking, March 1, 2020

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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The £10bn question

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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Transworld reveals new S J Watson thriller

S J Watson is publishing a new novel with Transworld in August, Final Cut, about a documentary film-maker who starts to uncover a run-down seaside town's "dark and extraordinary secret" .  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 04:10:02 UTC ]
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She Had a Preemie — and Then She Started to Ask Important Questions

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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Five questions for... Lucie Whitehouse

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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Five questions for... Ross Welford

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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Five questions for... Brigid Kemmerer

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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Somali Authorities Shut Down Radio Station City FM, Seek to Question Owner

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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10 BAD BLOOD Book Club Questions: Your Reading Guide

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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Is J.K. Rowling transphobic? Who is Maya Forstater? Your questions about the U.K. scandal answered

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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Emma Watson hides copies of Little Women across London

Actress Emma Watson has hidden copies of Little Women across London as part of The Book Fairies’ biggest campaign to date, with 2,000 copies of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel hidden in cities across the world for potential readers to find. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 03:38:14 UTC ]
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“I prefer toilet paper to your empty and ignorant questions.” The Peter Handke drama rolls on.

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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Five questions for... Alex Michaelides

Ahead of the paperback publication of The Silent Patient, its author Alex Michaelides talks to us about the inspirations behind his bestselling debut novel.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 09:47:49 UTC ]
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Pavilion buys interiors follow-up from Watson-Smyth

Pavilion has bought a companion book to Mad About the House by Kate Watson-Smyth, the author behind the UK’s number one interiors blog. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 00:37:55 UTC ]
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10 CIRCE Book Club Questions: A Reading Guide for Madeline Miller’s Novel

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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Five questions for... Tomi Adeyemi, plus an exclusive extract

American YA author Tomi Adeyemi talks to us about the follow-up to her bestselling fantasy début, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, and shares an exclusive extract from the book.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-22 14:36:14 UTC ]
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THE HATE U GIVE Book Club Questions and Reading Guide

Read on for our suggestions for THE HATE U GIVE book club questions and a reading guide for book club or class discussions.  Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-11-21 11:39:27 UTC ]
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