Wolf Hall trilogy author remembered at memorial service at Southwark cathedral on ThursdayHilary Mantel, the celebrated author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, was working on a “mashup” of Jane Austen novels when she died suddenly, her literary agent told a packed memorial service at Southwark cathedral on Thursday.“She was having the greatest fun dissecting a literary icon,” said Bill Hamilton before a “fragment” of the unfinished novel, Provocation, was read by the actor Aurora Dawson-Hunte. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-20 17:46:20 UTC ]
Madeleine Millburn, a literary agent from London, offers her view on which international markets offer the most opportunities and how digital publishing has impacted the rights business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his long history in Christian publishing, Steve Laube has played many roles--bookseller, editor, literary agent. Now he adds publisher to that resume, joining what seems to be an emerging trend among agents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taryn Fagerness, a literary agent in Washington, talks about her recent success with author Matthew Dicks and how she's optimistic about the digital future of publishing. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Marly Rusoff is re-releasing, through her publishing imprint Maiden Lane Press, a debut novel by Jonathan Odell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sedef Ilgiç, a literary agent at the Kalem Agency in Turkey, on selling Turkish books to publishers abroad and representing international authors in Turkey. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memorial service will be held for Abrams's Erica Kochman Warshal on May 8 at 5 p.m. at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid from across the trade to literary agent Deborah Rogers, who died suddenly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memorial service for Consortium Book Sales & Distribution publishers' services coordinator Tom Oaks, 60, was held in suburban St. Paul, Minn. on Sunday, with 300 friends, family, and colleagues present. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former literary agent and book packager Bill Adler died on February 28. He was 84. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memorial service for Doris Lessing will be held at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bell Lomax Moreton Agency has appointed Helen Mackenzie Smith as a literary agent to find new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Influential agent Addison Cresswell has died suddenly at the age of 53. Cresswell... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow.Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memorial service for Constable & Robinson chairman Nick Robinson will be held in December... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laetitia Rutherford has joined Watson, Little as a literary agent. Rutherford will bring her... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Less than two days after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin, juror B37, one of the six members of the anonymous panel, signed with a literary agent to shop her book about the trial. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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