We caught up with the whimsical illustrator about productivity, creativity, and why her spirit animal is a "tiny, delusional bird."You've probably seen illustrator Maira Kalman's whimsical, wryly funny work, whether you know it or not. Her supersaturated gouache paintings have graced countless New Yorker covers (remember New Yorkistan?), as well as the New York Times' illustrated blogs. She has authored beloved children's books like Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman and chronicled the adventures of poet-dog Max Stravinsky. With her late husband Tibor Kalman, she ran the design studio M&Co, making clever wall clocks, watches, and accessory collections in collaboration with the likes of Kate Spade, as well as fabric designs for Isaac Mizrahi and sets for Mark Morris Dance Group.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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Publicist and debut children's author Liz Hyder calls on publishers to be more vocal about the negative impacts of creative writing being sidelined by the current education system. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir “I Was Their American Dream,” shares her tips. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Headline will publish a special edition of Neil Gaiman’s iconic bestseller The Ocean at the End of the Lane later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 12:54:12 UTC ]
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Three Cambridge School of Art Children’s Book Illustration graduates Maria Coco, Paula White and Sally Walker are shortlisted for the second Templar Illustration Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Rupert Murdoch’s Australian mastheads and Foxtel suffer drop in revenue although global profits increase after huge loss in 2018Revenue at the Australian mastheads run by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp fell by 6% last year, and the company’s pay TV operation, Foxtel, has also been hit by falling... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The National Creative Writing Industry Day returns for the fifth year in November, with author Sharlene Teo as the keynote speaker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 16:03:30 UTC ]
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Artist and "Press Here" author Hervé Tullet launches an interactive art-making project, Ideal Exhibition, at ICA LA in downtown L.A. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Color in the “subsidy pie” while you learn about how we can fund more solar and wind power! Most people recognize the urgent need for climate action—in a recent poll, around 70% of Americans said that they wanted the U.S. to take “aggressive” action—but fewer clearly understand what needs to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-07-25 15:30:09 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson has been urged to support a second EU referendum rather than a no-deal Brexit in order to support the UK's creative industries and protect the sector's public investment, just hours after he was elected leader of the Conservative Party. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Tami Simon, who grew a personal collection of audio recordings into Sounds True Publishing, discusses her career, humanity’s endless search for answers, and the changing needs of readers looking for spiritual wisdom. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Simon & Schuster Children’s UK have signed a two-book deal with debut author and illustrator Alice McKinley, including Nine Lives Newton, which was the subject of a US pre-empt at the Bologna Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 03:50:48 UTC ]
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Charter Communications Inc., the largest cable provider in New York, will be allowed to continue operating in New York after reaching an agreement with regulators. The state Public Service Commission approved a settlement with Charter today, reversing a decision it made a year earlier to kick... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Charter Communications Inc., the largest cable provider in New York state, will be allowed to continue operating in New York after reaching an agreement with regulators. The state Public Service Commission approved a settlement with Charter today, reversing a decision it made a year earlier to... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Novelist Alys Conran has been awarded this year’s Hay Festival Creative Wales International Fellowship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 02:15:04 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors has launched a £5,000 book prize for ‘quirky’ illustrated books for children aged 0-7. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The company that recently bought has found someone to run it: a small media company called Maven. Authentic Brands Group bought Sports Illustrated from publishing giant But in a filing Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-06-18 15:21:07 UTC ]
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Close to 70 children’s book creators will be in Pittsburgh to meet with booksellers at educational sessions, signings, and receptions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian research shows that the top 100 illustrated children’s books last year showed growing marginalisation of female and minority ethnic charactersThe most popular picture books published in 2018 collectively present a white and male-dominated world to children, feature very few BAME (black,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-13 05:00:18 UTC ]
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“We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other,” explains Samantha Heather Mackey, the narrator of Mona Awad’s new novel, “Bunny.” “Seriously. Bunny. … Bunny, I love you. I love you, Bunny.” Awad does so many things right in “Bunny,” her follow-up to her 2016 debut novel,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Regulators are coming after Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, and it could get ugly. The companies would benefit by acting pre-emptively. Continue reading at Wired
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