Writers of licensed children’s books speak about the challenges and rewards of their slice of the industry. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The year 2020 has been humbling in the face of nature. The coronavirus pandemic rattled the earth and revealed just how unstable the ground beneath us was. For journalists, the avalanche of life-or-death news crashed into an industry already beset by acute financial strain, the warping effects... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-12-18 13:00:43 UTC ]
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His genius was that his re-imaginings of people and events have proved more memorable than the real things. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-14 10:02:24 UTC ]
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Last year, the tennis champion was shown with light skin in an instant noodle ad. Now, she’ll be portrayed as a manga character, and illustrators insisted on getting details right. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-12-04 05:44:46 UTC ]
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The Calibre Audio charity for readers who have print disabilities is hoping to add 48 new audiobooks to its library this holiday season. The post Calibre Audiobook Charity Joins the UK’s Big Give Holiday Challenge appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-02 20:32:53 UTC ]
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Nobody has a human right to a lucrative book contract without regard for whether their opinions are sound or valuableJordan Peterson, the Canadian psychology professor and lobster-loving life coach who came to public attention after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of transgender people,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-12-02 13:56:38 UTC ]
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The first Tuesday after Thanksgiving is a chance for such small presses as Archipelago and Haymarket to ask readers for the financial support that keeps their businesses alive and thriving. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Yu Miri won a National Book Award for “Tokyo Ueno Station,” a novel whose main character is the ghost of a homeless construction worker. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-11-27 10:00:27 UTC ]
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When Benjamin Dean began to pursue his dream of writing fiction, he did not expect his début to be a novel for children. “I never really anticipated writing for children at that time,” he tells me, speaking on the phone from his London home. His middle-grade novel Me, My Dad and the End of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 14:11:48 UTC ]
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Children’s Books Ireland is giving 6,000 books to children in the run-up to Christmas, supported by the Arts Council and KPMG. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-22 20:52:56 UTC ]
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An all-star cast came together, remotely and in socially distanced shoots, to turn Ta-Nehisi Coates’s memoir into a vivid amalgam of art, music and performance for HBO. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-11-18 15:34:00 UTC ]
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Whether they're looking for a fantastical read or a good book to inspire a trip outdoors, these are the best books to give as gifts in 2020. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-11-18 11:31:00 UTC ]
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Amazon may not be in it for the long term but its investment in Autumn Nations Cup is likely to prompt interest from othersThere has been little cheer for unions and clubs this year as restrictions imposed by the pandemic have reduced cash flow to a trickle, prompted wage cuts and led to a run... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-12 19:00:30 UTC ]
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In “Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls,” Lisa Robinson offers a behind-the-scenes look at the women of rock and pop. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-12 16:00:00 UTC ]
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In the last four years, there have been so many Trump books. Many have been massive bestsellers. Many have dominated the headlines, steered the conversation for days. So can you really blame any publishing house for jumping at the chance to publish the outgoing president’s memoir? Well . . .... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-11 14:59:09 UTC ]
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Sarah Hanson-Young secures inquiry after the popularity of Kevin Rudd’s petition for a royal commission into News CorpThe former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull will be called to give evidence at a Senate inquiry into media diversity that will examine the dominance of News Corp... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-11 08:24:08 UTC ]
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According to UK study, just 5% of children’s books have black, Asian or minority ethnic protagonists – a small improvement from 1% in 2017Two years after the stark revelation that only 1% of British children’s books featured a main character who was black, Asian or minority ethnic, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-11-11 00:01:23 UTC ]
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Yang’s debut novel owes a debt to Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth,” though Ivy Lin is no Lily Bart. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-05 16:42:29 UTC ]
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Miriam Margoyles is to narrate the audiobook of Catherine Bruton's latest middle-grade novel, Another Twist in the Tale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 15:31:19 UTC ]
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"The first time we have sex, we are both fully clothed, at our desks during working hours, bathed in blue computer light.” So begins Luster, the extraordinary début novel from American author Raven Leilani, which has caused a sensation in the US and deserves to do the same here. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-01 23:03:04 UTC ]
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One reader shares her thoughts on reading manga as an exercise in feeling by proxy and finding emotional catharsis in their character arcs. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-29 10:39:00 UTC ]
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