Galley Beggar presses into non-fiction

Galley Beggar Press (GBP) will launch a non-fiction list in early 2016 with a memoir by novelist Toby Litt and a title from début writer Megan Dunn. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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MacLehose Press signs Stead and Bail

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman takes the NBCC fiction prize

Other National Book Critics Circle honorees include writer John Lewis Gaddis for 'George F. Kennan: An American Life' and Maya Jasanoff for 'Liberty's Exiles.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman wins National Book Critics Circle fiction prize

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Capra Press Revived

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Banned novel makes Indie Foreign Fiction Prize longlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press to serve Dinner for Dogs

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Critic's Notebook: What is fact, what is fiction?

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New indie presses plan bold bespoke lists

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paravion Press: Hand-making Books from a Cave in Greece

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld sees double, takes fiction chart top spots

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jarvis presses Vaizey on library closures

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction, Nonfiction Mix it Up: International Bestsellers January 2012

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