Head of Zeus lands Meehan's novel on Oscar and Constance Wilde

Head of Zeus has landed Andrew Meehan’s second novel, a “unique and moving take” on Oscar Wilde's relationship with his wife Constance. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Bolton's Memoir Lands, Receives Mixed Reception from Bookstores

After months of delays due to the Trump administration's attempts to prevent its publication, John Bolton's White House memoir finally lands today—and while some booksellers are eager to sell it, others refuse to do so. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and Profile to publish two new Alan Bennett Talking Heads monologues

Faber and Profile Books are to publish two new Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" monologues, to be published together under the title Two Besides.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 11:52:59 UTC ]
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Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea lands £40,000 Wolfson History Prize

David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea (Allen Lane), a global history of humankind told through our relationship with the world’s oceans, has won the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 10:43:11 UTC ]
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Hickey wins £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for The Narrow Land

Irish author Christine Dwyer Hickey has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for her “masterpiece” The Narrow Land (Atlantic), exploring the marriage of artists Edward and Jo Hopper. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 12:10:56 UTC ]
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'XIII' remake heads to modern consoles on November 10th

The modern remake of XIII, the early 2000’s first-person shooter based on the Belgian graphic novel of the same name, will finally be available for PC and the latest consoles this holiday season after a year-long delay. A remake of the game is headin... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2020-06-13 18:44:28 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s staff have lost our shops - but we leave with heads held high

On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I imagined... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 02:42:56 UTC ]
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Former winner Rothschild heads strong Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse shortlist

Hannah Rothschild has a chance to become the second two-time winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-27 21:51:33 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan lands Hannah novel in six-figure deal

Pan Macmillan has landed Kristin Hannah's new novel in a six-figure deal ahead of the Netflix series of her book Firefly Lane (Pan). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 08:06:35 UTC ]
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HarperCollins lands 'remarkable' stories of RNLI rescues

HarperCollins has landed a book by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution recounting some of its most dramatic rescues. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-22 01:34:27 UTC ]
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Schrank Named to Head Astra Publishing House

Backed by Thinkingdom Media Group, Astra Publishing House has launched a new adult division, which will join children's publishing divisions Boyds Mills & Kane and minedition in the new company. Former Holt head Ben Schrank is publisher and COO of APH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Virtual events should 'mirror the real world', says Orion's Wilding

Maura Wilding has urged publicists and marketing teams to think about "mirroring the real world" when organising online events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 01:03:37 UTC ]
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Greater Washington lands another company on the Fortune 500

Fortune has unveiled its 2020 list of the 500 largest publicly traded American companies, and just like it did in 2019, Fairfax County has a new entrant. Reston’s Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) enters the Fortune 500 at No. 466 with $6.38 billion in 2019 revenue, up 37%... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-05-18 22:02:41 UTC ]
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Stanley Johnson lands book deal to republish virus thriller

The Virus, first published in 1982, will be reissued this summer after the PM’s father shrugged off accusations of cashing in on the coronavirus crisisA long out-of-print novel about a deadly virus by Stanley Johnson, the father of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, is to be reissued this summer,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-05-11 14:45:10 UTC ]
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Hana Tooke | 'I woke up with most of the plot in my head'

Hana Tooke was in the final stretch of her MA at Bath Spa University, deep into a steampunk fantasy adventure manuscript, when she embarked on a completely new and unexpected middle-grade story. She was “in a tangle” with the work-in-progress, she tells me when we talk over coffee in a Bath... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 03:07:29 UTC ]
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Val Kilmer’s ‘I’m Your Huckleberry’ offers a scatterbrained journey into his idiosyncratic head space

For Hollywood fanatics, Kilmer drops plenty of names and behind-the-scenes tidbits. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head signs Lady Hale memoir in two-book deal

The Bodley Head has signed the memoir of former Supreme Court president Lady Hale in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 15:33:30 UTC ]
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HMH's Bruce Nichols Tapped to Head Little, Brown

Bruce Nichols has been named publisher of Little, Brown, filling a void that has been open since Reagan Arthur was hired as Sonny Mehta's replacement at Knopf. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rekindled: Oscar Villalon in Conversation With Lisa Brown

On this episode of Rekindled, Oscar Villalon, editor in chief of ZYZZYVA, speaks with author and illustrator Lisa Brown. Brown’s latest book is called Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels, in which she distills long classics (Proust, Madame Bovary, Jonathan Franzen, etc) into one... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-10 20:00:17 UTC ]
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SA company lands large partner to provide professional certifications

San Antonio-based TrueAbility, a skills assessment software company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Minneapolis-based Pearson VUE, enhancing the global testing company's ability to administer certification exams for clients that can accurately demonstrate a test taker's competencies and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-04-04 13:27:17 UTC ]
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Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir 'All I Ever Wanted' recounts the Go-Go's wild ride

Kathy Valentine's hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go's ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-02 19:09:22 UTC ]
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