Gorman claims Westwood biography plagiarism

Author and journalist Paul Gorman has said he is pursuing a legal claim against Picador, Vivienne Westwood and Ian Kelly, following what he claims is "substantial" inadequately attributed usage of material from his book The Look: Adventures in Pop and Rock Fashion (Sanctuary). Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood and Ian Kelly was released by Picador in September, and is described as a “unique personal memoir and authorised biography”. Co-author Kelly has previously written biographies of figures including Casanova. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Super Thursday release for final volume of Moore's Thatcher biography

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 10:44:22 UTC ]
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Amazon’s Testaments error calls use of embargoes into question, trade figures claim

Shockwaves rippled across the book industry last Wednesday after Amazon sent customers a copy of The Testaments almost a week early, which it later apologised for and attributed to "technical error". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 13:11:07 UTC ]
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Granta Books scores 'exuberant' Mozart biography

Granta Books has snapped up rights to biography Mozart in Motion by poet Patrick Mackie. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-10 10:21:21 UTC ]
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Catholic School Bans Harry Potter Books, Claiming Its Spells And Curses Are Real

The Rev. Dan Reehil warned that reading the spells in the J.K. Rowling novels could conjure up actual evil spirits. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2019-09-02 19:47:12 UTC ]
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Biteback lands John Bercow biography

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 06:38:29 UTC ]
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W&N snares Cowen's biography of business pioneer Mildred Ransom

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 13:39:26 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s to publish Greta Thunberg biography

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-08 04:38:10 UTC ]
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Hodder tight-lipped as Boris Johnson hints at further delay for Shakespeare biography

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-07 22:09:54 UTC ]
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Blink bags Eminem biography from Bozza

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 15:25:22 UTC ]
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Penguin stops printing Pedro Baños book after antisemitism claims

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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-27 13:01:37 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-17 12:44:17 UTC ]
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[ Fast Company | 2019-05-31 08:15:10 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 09:52:48 UTC ]
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George R R Martin dismisses claims he's finished writing Game of Thrones

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith Claims Improved Ad Results, Strong Circ Business in Q3

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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-14 16:48:23 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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