Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman is not a book that should be read in a vacuum. It becomes fairly transparent, fairly early on, that this can only be taken as a first draft of what would become To Kill a Mockingbird. This perspective allows it to be an unprecedented insight onto a seminal novel, and renders complaints about it being inferior to To Kill a Mockingbird unhelpful if not irrelevant. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEW YORK—Magazine and digital media professionals from all over the country gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate honorees for excellence in editorial and design. B2B, consumer and regional brands competed for Folio:’s 2019 Eddie and Ozzie Awards, the largest and most comprehensive such... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-01 14:44:10 UTC ]
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Katy Waldman reviews Carmen Maria Machado’s ”In the Dream House,“ a formally inventive memoir that recounts the author’s experience with an abusive relationship. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2019-10-31 17:04:01 UTC ]
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Viking will release Homegoing author Yaa Gyasi’s “dazzling” new novel Transcendent Kingdom in August 2020, following a family living through the “most urgent of times” in contemporary America. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 13:33:13 UTC ]
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Pushkin Children’s Books has announced Ele Fountain's second novel, Lost, will hit shelves on 5th March 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 12:48:24 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has sent a manifesto to all political parties ahead of the General Election setting out five key priorities for the industry, including committing to the UK’s copyright regime. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 06:27:43 UTC ]
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BookLife, Publishers Weekly's website and monthly supplement dedicated to self-publishing, has launched BookLife Reviews, a paid reviews service open exclusively to self-published authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-28 10:22:02 UTC ]
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The former United States Secretary of Homeland Security is attending the event in Washington D.C. and a number of people are not pleased. Power is an intangible commodity with a fluid definition. Among the participants in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington DC this week are CEO’s... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-22 14:45:41 UTC ]
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Toby Mundy is to head up the new British arm of the US-based Aevitas Creative Management (ACM), with industry veterans Trevor Dolby and Natalie Jerome among the agents joining him. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 19:42:59 UTC ]
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Indie rocker Liz Phair's "Horror Stories" is an explosive, unconventional memoir with a jumble of memories that play out like life. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-12 14:00:45 UTC ]
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The combative broadcaster’s memoir mixes engaging snapshots of his early career with some score-settling and a robust defence of his interviewing styleJohn Humphrys is the first to admit he doesn’t deal well with authority. He inherited it from his father, who refused to use the service entrance... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-10 06:30:10 UTC ]
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Headline Review has pre-empted world rights to the debut novel from Ruth Druart, with 11 international rights deals following for the "remarkable read". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 05:26:17 UTC ]
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The Oscar-winning actress, whose new children’s book is “Sulwe,” enjoyed “Fifty Shades of Grey” during filming: “I needed something light and inconsequential to take me out of the harshness of the world.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-03 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Man Booker-winning author Anne Enright’s next novel, Actress, about sexual power and celebrity, will be published by Jonathan Cape in February 2020. Jonathan Cape publisher Robin Robertson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada from Peter Straus of Rogers, Coleridge & White... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-27 08:38:57 UTC ]
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Bounce trade marketing manager Graeme Williams is leaving the company to set up his own venture. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-26 22:16:56 UTC ]
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In a third quarter trading update, Pearson has reported "weaker than expected" performance in its US higher education courseware business, with revenue down around 10%, but it still expects revenues to stabilise for the whole group this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-26 09:00:05 UTC ]
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The climate activists release their first print publication this week. But does a crisis-hit planet make for winning journalism?In a move that feels more than slightly ironic, the climate activists Extinction Rebellion have decided to go into a media on the brink of extinction, having released... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-25 16:31:16 UTC ]
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The very name of Amazon's “All-new Kindle Oasis” would seem to herald a radical overhaul. Thankfully, the changes to Amazon’s top-shelf e-reader are far less dramatic. Beyond the introduction of a new color-adjustable front light that can warm or cool the screen’s illumination, the All-new... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-09-25 10:30:00 UTC ]
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If this particular model of the Acer Aspire 5 looks familiar, it's probably because it's been sitting atop Amazon’s laptop bestseller list for months. It’s easy to understand why. With a list price of $350 but usually selling for closer to $310, this AMD Ryzen 3-powered Aspire 5 packs some... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-09-25 10:00:00 UTC ]
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This searing new comics anthology edited by Diane Noomin shows us stories of sexual violence, harassment and – most critically – survival. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2019-09-24 06:56:54 UTC ]
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