My friend George Richardson, who has died aged 94, spent most of his working life at Oxford University, including as chief executive of Oxford University Press (OUP) from the mid-1970s to the late 80s.He was born in Cricklewood, north London, to Christina, a homemaker, and George, a businessman. After Banff grammar and Aberdeen central schools he studied mathematics and physics at Aberdeen University before heading south to the Admiralty’s scientific research department in London, for which he worked during the second world war. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-26 16:53:02 UTC ]
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Miguel Aguilar remembers Claudio López de Lamadrid—"He radiated confidence. When you were with him you felt that things could only turn out well." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion's group publicity and communications director, Helen Richardson, has left the Orion Publishing Group "to pursue new opportunities" after almost 20 years with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Havell, who has died aged 65 of pancreatic cancer, was my business partner in the independent publishing house Maia Press.We planned the launch of the company over a kitchen table with a large glass of wine in 2002 and over the next six years, before it was bought by Arcadia, we published... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audrey Stone Geisel, philanthropist and widow of the late children’s book icon Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, died on December 19 at her home in La Jolla, Calif.; she was 97. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watson, Little Ltd has hired the literary agency’s first rights director, Rachel Richardson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook hired Definers Public Affairs to expose links between anti-Facebook groups and billionaire George Soros. Facebook’s head of PR Elliot Schrage defended his company’s decision to use a Washington, D.C., firm with GOP ties to dig for dirt on Facebook critics and opponents. Facebook’s use... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Price, who has died aged 89, was a publisher of rare imagination and conviction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook Inc., told employees to investigate the financial interests of billionaire George Soros in response to his January criticism of the social media giant. Sandberg wanted to know if Soros had a financial incentive to criticize Facebook, the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer, campaigner and passionate critic of austerity who found fame late in life with his bestselling book Harry’s Last StandIf proof were ever needed that it is never too late to make a major impact, Harry Leslie Smith, who has died aged 95, surely offers it. He was 91 when his bestselling... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longtime children's book marketing executive Kaylee N. Davis died on October 30 of complications from a recent surgery; she was 63. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling author of ‘The Message’ Bible translation and several other works died at age 85 on October 22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Translator best known for her witty English rendering of Asterix, the popular French comic book seriesIn 1970 Anthea Bell found herself with the tricky task of translating Asterix in Britain. The eighth adventure in the comic book series about everyone’s favourite Gaul rested on a French view of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary Kathleen "Kate" Dopirak, a rising children’s book author, died on October 10 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare degenerative brain disorder; she was 43. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor "Lee" Hochman, a translator of French literature and nonfiction and also a longtime copyediting chief at New American Library, died at home in New York City on October 6, of natural causes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Hohenadel, senior publicity manager at Riverhead, died September 24 as a result of a medical condition that arose suddenly a few months ago. She was 34. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russian-born children’s book illustrator Vladimir Radunsky died on September 11 in Rome, Italy, of leukemia. He was 64. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist with a chaotic, creative career in the underground press, who was in at the launch of New York’s Village VoiceIn 1954, soon after he arrived in New York City as a jobbing Yorkshire-born journalist, John Wilcock put up a notice in a Greenwich Village bookshop. It invited people... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thievesNever underestimate the power of one determined person. What Carole Cadwalladr has done to Facebook and big data, and Edward Snowden has done to the state security complex, Alexandra Elbakyan has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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