Novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz brings 'The Terraformers' to the L.A. Times Book Club March 28. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Elif Shafak has revealed her selection of ten of the most exciting women writers working in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grime artist Stormzy’s #Merky Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House's William Heinemann division, has announced a prize for new writers to “promote the stories that aren’t being heard”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even as the UK Parliament was compounding the UK's confusion on Brexit at Westminster Tuesday evening, the London Book Fair International Book Awards audience cheered internationalism and cross-cultural solidarity in the largest yet round of honors for the program. The post London Book Fair’s... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rapper develops his #Merky Books publishing imprint with the New writers’ prize for unpublished authors under 30 Less than a year after taking his first step into publishing with the launch of #Merky Books, the grime artist Stormzy has unveiled the New writers’ prize for authors under 30, to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Speaking at LBF just hours before the U.K. House of Commons voted on Tuesday night on the newest Brexit proposal, writer Ian McEwan described leaving the EU as “a national tragedy.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recipient of the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award, Dorotea Bromberg, reveals how she and her father built their eponymous list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Candy Gourlay will explore how books can be both mirrors and windows to the world in her new role as BookTrust’s writer in residence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The illustrator who attended art school merely to avoid getting a job, and whose inimitable patchwork creation came about by conflating his Paul Klee tendencies with his love of elephants, will be celebrated by London Book Fair at Olympia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 2019 London Book Fair's Quantum Conference, Faber & Faber CEO Stephen Page rallied publishers to focus not just on their own bottom lines, but on the unique, and vital role publishers play in our cultural ecosystem. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has snapped up the debut novel from “future star” Katherine Slee, revolving around a coded dedication in a children’s book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acclaimed writer and vice-president of PEN International Moris Farhi has died aged 84, his publisher has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing doyenne tells of success tinged by heartache in film ‘to be seen after my death’“I am Diana Athill, and if you are watching this I am no longer alive. This is my final say.”With a flourish of self-conscious drama, Athill, the writer, literary editor and doyenne of British publishing,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robots have appeared in popular culture since the early 20th century. And, most of the time, those appearances have led to the fear and mystification of technology. In reality, robots are nothing more than machines following a set of instructions. And now virtually anyone can get acquainted with... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The second Children’s Books Salon in New York City brought together 26 international and nearly 70 American children’s book publishers for meetings and discussions. The post Children’s Books Salon: Building a ‘Global Community’ of Publishers in New York City appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerry Hudson explains how the Breakthrough Festival came about, and how it is different to traditional literary festivals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You can’t take control of your digital life if you aren’t intentional about how you spend your time, argues Cal Newport. In his Nicomachean Ethics, compiled in the fourth century BC, Aristotle tackles a question as urgent then as it is today: How does one live a good life? The Ethics divides its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arduino boards and the Raspberry Pi have taken the DIY computing world by storm, allowing users to create wildly inventive projects while learning programming and electronic building skills. If you’re just looking to get into the world of microcontroller boards, though, it can be a little... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There shouldn’t be some grand, exalted vision of the library's future, writes University of Washington iSchool professor Joe Janes—there should be lots of them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian Hallie Rubenhold’s story of Jack The Ripper’s victims, The Five (Doubleday), is to be turned into a drama series by Mainstreet Pictures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David D. Kirkpatrick was Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times between 2011 and 2015, and is the author of a recent book on the country. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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