Hold on to your cat in the hat! Long lost Dr. Seuss book to be released

More than twenty years after his death a new Dr. Seuss book, "What Pet Should I Get?" will be published this summer.   Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

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Jonty Claypole on the BBC's year-long celebration of books

Later today, an expert panel of leading British writers, curators and critics enlisted by the BBC are revealing 100 genre-busting reads as part of an ambitious Novels That Shaped Our World season... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 20:59:29 UTC ]
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New Nonfiction Book Releases You Should Add to Your Nightstand

Creative nonfiction is having a moment, and I am here for all the new nonfiction book releases I can stack onto my nightstand. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-03 10:39:29 UTC ]
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BBC, Please let people hold actual books on telly

Illustrator Sarah McIntyre calls on the BBC to allow physical copies of children's books on its programmes. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 12:36:28 UTC ]
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In 1980s politics and movies, a longing for lost innocence

Reagan and Hollywood mixed feel-good nostalgia and Cold War fear, writes J. Hoberman. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-27 02:16:05 UTC ]
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German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Shortlist: ‘Generational Shift’

Jury chair Jörg Magenau says that issues of family relationships and contemporary male identity are at play in the German Book Prize 2019 shortlist. The post German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Shortlist: ‘Generational Shift’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-24 04:36:36 UTC ]
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‘What’s taking so long?’: children’s books still neglect BAME readers, finds study

Although picture has improved since 2017, research shows that last year only 4% of books for the youngest readers featured a minority ethnic heroIn most children’s books, according to one London primary school pupil, “people are peach”. Another feels there are “no black people” in the stories... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-09-19 11:15:59 UTC ]
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Get Lost In The Book Loft

Take a tour of The Book Loft, a cozy independent bookstore and beacon for book lovers in the middle of Columbus, Ohio's German Village. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-09-16 10:39:55 UTC ]
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Nathalia Holt Animates a Lost History In Her New Book

In 'The Queens of Animation,' Holt explores the untold stories of the women who worked at Walt Disney Studios in the 1930s and ’40s Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Longlist: A ‘Stimulating Discussion’

Citing 'so many successful debuts to discover' among its list of 20 titles, the jury of the German Book Prize has released its 2019 longlist. The post German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Longlist: A ‘Stimulating Discussion’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-20 09:46:31 UTC ]
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In no man’s land: anger as publisher puts book criticising army on hold

Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the GuardAfter beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-18 06:59:05 UTC ]
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How Long Beach became a book club superhub, with 130 and counting

The Long Beach Book Club Project unexpectedly discovered groups in every corner of the city. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-15 22:44:34 UTC ]
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‘Catcher in the Rye’ is finally going to be an e-book. Here’s why it took so long

All of J.D. Salinger’s works will be available as e-books starting this week. Disaffected youth can finally read Catcher in the Rye on their Kindle Paperwhites, just like J.D. Salinger intended.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-08-12 10:34:36 UTC ]
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J.D. Salinger novels will finally be released as e-books

It's not just musicians giving in to demand to go digital. J.D. Salinger's son Matt has agreed to publish e-book versions of the famed author's novels, including The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey, later this week. Salinger had generally be... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-08-12 00:41:00 UTC ]
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Puffin snaps up previously unpublished Dr Seuss title

Puffin Books has snapped up the UK and Commonwealth rights to a previously unpublished Dr Suess book about art history. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 20:05:57 UTC ]
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Books and movies to wed! HarperCollins and Sony Pictures are committing to a long-term relationship.

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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Ready to rock out at bedtime? Metallica is releasing a children’s book

Surely the book missing from every child’s bedtime routine is an alphabetical retrospective of Metallica. No? Well, we’re getting one, anyway. The heavy-metal band is filling that presumed void by releasing an illustrated children’s book titled “The ABCs of Metallica” this fall — introducing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-11 17:25:00 UTC ]
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Frank Zappa coloring book to be released by L.A. publisher this fall

Legendary oddball musician Frank Zappa, known for his jazz-rock fusion and bizarre sensibilities, will be the subject of a new coloring book. Los Angeles animation studio and book publisher Fantoons will release “The Frank Zappa Coloring Book” this fall, giving fans of Zappa a chance to add... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-27 22:40:00 UTC ]
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Wolf book postponed in US as Virago holds firm

Publication of Naomi Wolf’s latest book has been postponed in the US following “new questions” about its contents but UK publisher Virago is standing by its publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-15 00:26:46 UTC ]
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This Southern murder trial inspired Harper Lee's 'lost' book. 'Furious Hours' reexamines it

It was one of the publishing events of the millennium so far: the publication of Harper Lee’s second book in 2015, more than half a century after “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Actually, though it was set two decades after “Mockingbird,” “Go Set a Watchman” had been written before — it was the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-14 19:05:00 UTC ]
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How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America

I-Huei Go on Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, and how his children’s classics—such as “The Cat in the Hat,” “The Lorax,” and “Horton Hears a Who!”—were part of a revolution in children’s education. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-06-05 09:00:00 UTC ]
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