‘She saw and felt things us ordinary mortals missed,’ her agent says of Booker prize-winning author who died on Thursday• Hilary Mantel remembered: ‘She was the queen of literature’• ‘The pen is in our hands. A happy ending is ours to write’: Hilary Mantel in her own wordsThe Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Dame Hilary Mantel, has died aged 70, her publisher HarperCollins has confirmed.Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest English-language novelists of this century, winning the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, which also won the 2012 Costa book of the year. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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ormerly with Terre di mezzo and Mondadori, Giulia Rizzo moves to Harper Italia's children's division, credited with a 'fresh look and open mind.' The post HarperCollins Italia Names Rizzo to Lead Children’s; Mondadori-Reworld Deal Closes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-01 21:05:58 UTC ]
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During one of my first open mics in New York City, the comic running the mic tapped me on the elbow after my set and said, “Hey, you’re funny!” She sounded surprised. I was, too. Being funny wasn’t my main goal. I was there to spy on comics, trying to experience the highs and lows […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-31 08:49:06 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will publish a part-memoir, part-polemic book about the state of public discourse in Britain by former Biteback m.d. Iain Dale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 23:23:27 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will publish two new titles by journalist and author Sophia Money-Coutts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 08:09:25 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate will publish Whitesnake musician Bernie Marsden's memoir in November 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 07:38:39 UTC ]
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The Center for Fiction announced its 2019 First Novel Prize Longlist yesterday. The award is given to the “best debut novel published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of the award year,” and the prize-winning author receives $10,000. Here is the 2019 longlist (featuring many titles from our 2019 Book... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2019-07-25 17:22:45 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books will republish a young fiction novel by Philippa Gregory about a princess called Florizella, this November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 14:49:10 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' is among 13 titles longlisted for this year's Booker Prize, despite being embargoed until September 10. It may even make the shortlist, announced on September 3, before it is even published. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books has bought two books by the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize-winning author Jenny Erpenbeck. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:32:17 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday has been named as this year’s winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award—a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding. The... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-22 16:21:37 UTC ]
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Though books have been supplying the movie and tv industries with storylines since the dawn of the talkie, the rise of streaming content over the last five years has created a desperate need for more (MORE we scream as we toggle endlessly after binge-worthy distraction from the hell of the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 14:53:33 UTC ]
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In what it's dubbing an "unprecedented partnership," HarperCollins and Sony Pictures Entertainment are investing in the former team at Fox 2000 to find and produce content based on (but not restricted to) literary material. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Gabler, the executive behind hit movies like “The Devil Wears Prada,” will run a venture financed by Sony Pictures and HarperCollins Publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-15 22:19:51 UTC ]
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HarperCollins' Brian Murray says the new deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment responds to today's changes in 'the business of storytelling.' The post HarperCollins and Sony Pictures Entertainment in Major Elizabeth Gabler Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-15 20:00:26 UTC ]
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The Spanish philosopher and poet George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” As a genre, historical fiction allows us to shuttle back in time to stand in the shoes, clogs, chopines, and go-go boots of people—real and imagined—to consider the... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-15 11:00:13 UTC ]
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As publishers vie to persuade us to pack their titles for the holidays, we chart the evolution of the ’beach read’Summer reads, beach reads, holiday reads … at this time of year, the publishing world works itself into a sweat trying to force its novels into our carry-on luggage, or over the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-14 07:00:23 UTC ]
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Businesses and public policy makers are tapping novelists to imagine the path forward. But how much stock should we put in the predictions of storytellers? Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-07-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has signed a deal with Marcus Wareing for Marcus Everyday, the publisher’s third book with the celebrity chef and restaurateur. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-12 07:06:27 UTC ]
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Cultural Cross Sections Margaret Randall Children’s choir at the 2014 La Matanza Book Fair / Photo by Mauro Rico / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación / Flickr When good engineers or scientists emigrate, they are able to continue their work. Novelists... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-07-10 21:07:28 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has signed a new four-book deal with David Baddiel, securing the middle-grade children's author until 2023. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 07:40:32 UTC ]
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