Literature funding has been cut brutally in recent years and writers' incomes are disastrously low. Yet books shape our national identity, forming an often invisible bedrock for the wider economy. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'
[ The Conversation | 2020-11-08 19:05:31 UTC ]
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The unnamed protagonist in Jack London's 'To Build a Fire' gets into trouble while hiking in the frozen Yukon with his dog. Widely considered to be London’s best short story, 'To Build a Fire' captures the cold with painful accuracy. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Kate DiCamillo has taken on the role US ambassador of young people’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An outstanding Irish writer of fiction will be chosen to promote Irish literature around the worldAs Ireland becomes the first country to exit the eurozone bailout programme, one of its writers can look forward to a period of prosperity with the creation of a laureateship award worth €150,000... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has been prising open the wallets of Australian consumers for years – but what will its local push on Kindle mean for readers, writers and publishers?Ben Eltham Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series of childrens' books has died, her publisher Random House announced. Park, 66, had ovarian cancer.Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series of childrens' books has died, her publisher Random House announced. Park, 66, had ovarian cancer. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is nominated for the best popular fiction prize at the National Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Metropolitan Books publisher Sara Bershtel will receive the 2014 Friedrich Ulfers Prize for her contributions to German literature in the USA. The prize is part of NYC's Festival Neue Literatur. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We offer a survey of publishing in the Slovak Republicm, which has struggled to gain recognition in the international market in spite of a lively literary scene and book market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A week round up of our top book reviews, with authors Helen Fielding, Tim Winton and Susan Wyndham falling under the reading light. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviewers label latest book sad, desperate and irrelevant - but readers beg to differ. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviewers label latest book sad, desperate and irrelevant - but readers beg to differ. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Fielding's new Bridget Jones novel, Mad About the Boy (Jonathan Cape), has become one... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First day sales in the UK for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding topped 46,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Merit trumped politics this year when modest, retiring, universally admired Canadian author Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for being "master of the short story" by Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.Alice Munro is the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian author was lauded for... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romanian literature is having a moment on the world stage, as exemplified by its frequent focus at global book fairs, including last week's in Göteborg. We survey the scene. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired a debut novel set in medieval England from Australian author Robyn Cadwallader... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday.The National Book Awards launched its first long-list with the 10 books in the running for the 2013 award for Young People's Literature on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the U.K. newspaper the Sunday Times outed J.K. Rowling as the author of detective novel The Cuckoo's Calling earlier this year, computer scientists were among the first people called in. Although the novel was published under the pen name Robert Galbraith, two computational... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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