HC reveals Tom Jones biography

HarperCollins non-fiction will publish a biography of Sir Tom Jones ahead of his 75th birthday this year. Natalie Jerome signed rights to the biography and a further book from Sean Smith in October, but did not reveal the subject of the book. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Margaret Walker Biographer Maryemma Graham Reveals the Woman Behind the Words

In an authorized biography of the poet and writer, Graham reveals Walker’s work to unite writers and stand up for her beliefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Science Fiction Tried to Warn Us about AI. Or Did It?, by Tom Gammarino

Science Fiction Tried to Warn Us about AI. Or Did It?, by Tom Gammarino Essay [email protected] Wed, 03/01/2023 - 03:46 Photo by NASA / Unsplash “All our AI Frankenstein stories,” the author writes, “warn us that AI will destroy us, but far... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2023-03-01 09:46:57 UTC ]
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Exclusive cover reveal: See the cover for Athena Dixon’s The Loneliness Files.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Athena Dixon’s memoir in essays The Loneliness Files, forthcoming from Tin House this fall. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: In Spring 2020, the world as we knew it ground to a halt at the start of the COVID pandemic—streets emptied,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Exclusive cover reveal: See the cover for Ed Park’s Same Bed Different Dreams.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Ed Park’s long awaited second novel Same Bed Different Dreams, which will be published by Random House this fall. Here’s a bit about the novel from the publisher: March, 1919. Far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Cover reveal: See the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s Promise.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Rachel Eliza Griffiths’s novel Promise, which Danielle Evans calls “a stunning exploration of the weight and triumph of legacy” and which will be published by Random House in July. Here’s some more about the book from the publisher: The Kindred... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Isle McElroy’s “People Collide”

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for acclaimed writer Isle McElroy’s sophomore novel, People Collide, which will be published by HarperCollins this September. When Eli wakes up alone in the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-02-22 15:10:28 UTC ]
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Rocketship Entertainment's Tom Akel Talks Bringing Webcomics to Print

Distributed globally through Simon & Schuster, the publisher has 24 projects lined up for 2023 to turn more mobile webcomics into print books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Union Ratifies New Contract

After a three months on strike, unionized HarperCollins employees voted 194 to 10 in favor of the new contract and will return to work on February 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond Rosa and Harriet: Black History Picture Book Biographies

There is more to Black history than trauma, and these picture book biographies celebrate Black joy, ingenuity, talent, and magnificence — like Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed and Stasia Burrington. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-02-15 11:36:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive cover reveal: See the cover for Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree and Center for Fiction and VCU Cabell First Novel prize finalist Lydia Kiesling’s second novel, Mobility, which this August will be the first book to be published on the new imprint from Crooked Media,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-13 16:01:46 UTC ]
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Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer

Every bookstore has regulars, but no bookstore has such a wide and eccentric cast of recurring characters as New York’s Strand. To work there, as I did for one memorable year, is to know them: the sellers, the hagglers, the unyielding optimists checking in at the information desk for the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Review: ‘Essex Dogs,’ by Dan Jones

“Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Netflix reveals first poster for live-action 'One Piece' coming this year

Netflix's 'One Piece' is based on the popular manga series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda, who is also an executive producer of the show. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Cover Reveal: 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.' by Judy Blume

Since the 1970 publication of 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,' Judy Blume refused all offers for a film adaptation, until Kelly Fremon Craig wrote Blume an email that changed her mind. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Nothing is Real: Craig Brown on the Slippery Art of Biography

This talk was delivered at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival. One of the longest biographies of recent years, the ill-fated Philip Roth by Blake Bailey, runs to 800 pages. It takes a total of 31 hours and 46 minutes to listen to on audiobook. Roth was 85 when he died, so his real... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Cover reveal: Safiya Sinclair’s summer memoir How to Say Babylon

Lit Hub is pleased to share the cover for Safiya Sinclair’s forthcoming memoir, How to Say Babylon, which Simon and Schuster will publish this summer. Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Audiobook Review: ‘The Number Ones,’ by Tom Breihan; ‘How Far the Light Reaches,’ by Sabrina Imbler; ‘Young Bloomsbury,’ by Nino Strachey

From Bloomsbury to the Billboard Hot 100, these audiobooks will hook you based on story alone. Continue reading at The New York Times

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HC Union Update: Authors Co-Host Rally at Harper Headquarters; Agents 'Overwhelmingly' Support Strike

Authors including Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, R. F. Kuang, and Molly McGhee rally with HarperCollins union workers outside the company's headquarters on December 16. Meanwhile, nearly 80% of literary agents responding to a recent poll said they support the ongoing strike. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive cover reveal: Here’s the cover for Edan Lepucki’s Time’s Mouth

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Edan Lepucki’s Time’s Mouth forthcoming from Counterpoint in August 2023. From the  bestselling author of California, comes this “enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Here’s the cover for Elysha Chang’s A Quitter’s Paradise

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Elysha Chang’s A Quitter’s Paradise, the first book on Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint at Zando, forthcoming in June 2023. This debut novel examines the grief of a young woman desperate to detach from the reality of her mother’s death and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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