How does an ordinary man become a genocidal leader?

Jessica Stern aims to find out by talking to Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-14 13:00:15 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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Cartoonist Randall Munroe Will Be Your Answer Man

In 'How To,' Munroe uses his distinct style of explaining the world to solve common problems. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Longlist

The Man Booker Prize announced its 2019 longlist. The post Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Longlist appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2019-07-24 15:19:33 UTC ]
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Richard Charkin: In Praise Of a Quiet Publishing Leader

The late George Richardson was 'a quiet man, aware of his own shortcomings but with that instinctive knack of being a good leader.' The post Richard Charkin: In Praise Of a Quiet Publishing Leader appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-22 05:30:23 UTC ]
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Panorama Project Pivots, Taps New Project Leader

As library e-book issues gain urgency, the OverDrive funded effort to measure the impact of libraries on authors and publishers taps industry vet Guy LeCharles Gonzalez to take the project to the next level. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Supports New ‘Dog Man’ With International Pilkey Tour

Urging young readers to contribute to their communities, Dav Pilkey's 'Do Good Tour' will open in August with stops in the States, Asia and India. The post Scholastic Supports New ‘Dog Man’ With International Pilkey Tour appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-15 05:30:53 UTC ]
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David Nicholls | 'I didn’t want to do another 50-something man fretting and worrying again'

David Nicholls’ latest recalls the life-changing events of one summer as a man looks back on his first love. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 00:44:23 UTC ]
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Industry leaders and Ad Age editors predict the big winners at Cannes

It’s a parlor game as old as the Cannes International Festival of Creativity itself—guessing which campaigns will nab the gold at the industry’s highest-profile and most important creative showcase. So we decided to ... just do it. Ad Age surveyed top creatives for their predictions on which... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-11 07:00:00 UTC ]
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Jokha Alharthi awarded Man Booker International Prize, the first Arabic-language author to win

Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth have won the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies," a coming-of-age novel written by Alharthi and translated from Arabic by Booth. Organizers of the literary prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English, made the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-21 22:50:00 UTC ]
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Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize

The Man Booker International has its first Arabic-language winner. Oman's Jokha Alharthi and Boston-born translator Marilyn Booth split the £50,000 award. The post Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-21 20:45:10 UTC ]
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One man’s crusade to help humans and bears coexist

In “Down From the Mountain,” Bryce Andrews delivers a first-hand account of the dilemmas facing farmers in bear country. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-17 12:11:53 UTC ]
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Chelsea Manning signs book deal for memoir that will tell her life story

Activist and former soldier Chelsea Manning will tell her life story in a memoir set for release next year. Manning, who spent seven years in prison for leaking thousands of documents related to the Iraq war to the website WikiLeaks, is writing the book for publisher Farrar, Straus and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-14 18:35:00 UTC ]
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FSG Nabs Chelsea Manning's Memoir

Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish Chelsea Manning's memoir in winter 2020. Acquiring editor Colin Dickerman said the memoir “will, for the first time, allow readers to experience the full depth, breadth, and weight of her journey." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A new look at Gatsby — as an Oxford man

In “Gatsby’s Oxford,” Christopher A. Snyder explores another side of Fitzgerald’s hero. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-08 15:49:14 UTC ]
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Green shoots: Bath Spa MA leader muses on graduate success after Bologna spree

Julia Green, the woman who founded Bath Spa’s Masters in Writing for Young People, says teaching students humility and perserverence is the key to the course’s recent success. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeffers returns with lithographic fable telling of one man’s greed

Oliver Jeffers ended up learning a "whole other language" to create Fausto, his upcoming fable about a man who wants to own everything he sees, which he made using traditional lithographic printmaking techniques at Idem, a fine-art printing studio in Paris. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPA Leaders Tour Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival Ahead of World Book Day

On the eve of Sharjah's year as UNESCO's World Book Capital, the International Publishers Association brass sees the 11-year-old children's reading fair. The post IPA Leaders Tour Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival Ahead of World Book Day appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Young explores How To Be a Gay Man for Virgin Books

Will Young is "calling for an end to society’s legacy of gay shame" in a "taboo-breaking" manifesto-memoir, How to Be A Gay Man (Virgin Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators on Man Booker International Shortlist

Independent publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Sandstone Press, Serpent's Tail, and And Other Stories are represented in this year's Man Booker International Prize shortlist for work in translation. The post Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators on Man Booker International Shortlist appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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