How to make it rich as a bad art friend

Andrew Lipstein's "Last Resort" captures our tenuous ownership of life experiences and the vampiric practice of fiction writing. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Rankin and McDermid urge halt to Scottish arts cuts

Leading Scottish writers including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina have called on the Scottish government to halt potentially "devastating" cuts to arts and literature for "the good of everyone in Scotland". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oh Snap! Brands Are Getting Kicked out of the 'Friend Zone'

Snap announced recently that it planned to separate feeds from real-life friends from those of publishers and influencers. For brands, this is a rude awakening.It's clear social media has changed the roles of friends, just like it's changed the role of brands. The average person on Facebook has... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bollen wins Bad Sex in Fiction award

Christopher Bollen has won the 25th annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award for The Destroyers (Harper). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greystone makes editorial changes

Canadian independent publisher Greystone Books has made a raft of "key" editorial changes in its head office in Vancouver and internationally. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bad Dad steals away with the number one for a fourth week running

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has skidded into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a fourth consecutive week, selling 78,127 copies for £443,681. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Point Blank buys fine art murder mystery

Oneworld's literary crime and suspense imprint Point Blank has acquired a new murder mystery series by fine artist and pet portraitist Ali Carter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Vince Cable 'too good' for Bad Sex book award

The Liberal Democrat leader's novel Open Arms isn't shortlisted for the prize, despite "many" nominations. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dunmore, McGregor and Shamsie make Costa shortlists

The late author Helen Dunmore is shortlisted for a Costa Award along with Jon McGregor, Kamila Shamsie and Sarah Winman with almost half of the titles coming from independent publishers in a strong year for women writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Author-Friendly Policies’: Toasting Hachette’s Tim Hely Hutchinson

In part for seeing publishers, authors as 'partners in the publishing process,' Tim Hely Hutchinson is praised as he retires from the helm of Hachette UK. The post ‘Author-Friendly Policies’: Toasting Hachette’s Tim Hely Hutchinson appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Make the Perfect Apple Pie

Linda Lomelino, author of 'Lomelino’s Pies,' offers tips on how to craft the ultimate pie this holiday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bad Dad' sales go mad at top of bestseller chart

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has accelerated by 21% in volume week-on-week for its second week in the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, selling 112,672 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017 Relocates to Pratt Campus

Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017, an indie and self-published comics festival, relocated this year to a spacious new venue on the Pratt Institute, allowing the show to dramatically increase the number of participating publishers and artists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017

Comic Arts Brooklyn, the annual Brookyn indie and self-published comics and graphic novel festival, drew big crowds of fans to the Pratt Institute, a new venue this year on the campus of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'My Democratic friends are mad at me': Donna Brazile explains herself in deep-left San Francisco

After publishing an unfettered memoir critiquing Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid, former Democratic Party leader Donna Brazile on Thursday doubled down on her criticism of the nominee before a receptive audience in deepest-left California. Brazile’s tell-all book has revived sour... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bad Dad motors into number one spot as Walliams' fastest seller

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins Children's) has screeched into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 92,667 copies for £559,227. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Make Our Book: An Internationally Available School-Publishing Program

A new program for classrooms: The UK's Make Our Book is free to schools and is 'properly magical' for students, says its creator Emma Barnes. The post The UK’s Make Our Book: An Internationally Available School-Publishing Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bissell makes first buy for Borough

HarperFiction publicity director Ann Bissell has made her first acquisition in her newly expanded role commissioning for Borough Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AASL 2017: Making the Most of AASL

We asked librarians and exhibitors heading to this year's American Association of School Librarians National Conference, which runs November 9–11 in Phoenix, what they plan to accomplish at the show and why they find it valuable. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investigating Drones, Bad Data and Civilian Deaths In ‘Verax’

In this complex work of graphic nonfiction writer Pratap Chatterjee and artist Khalil Bendib, delve deeply into the global market for espionage technology, revealing the disturbing reasons behind growing civilian casualties from U.S. drone warfare in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library's new system makes checking books out a breeze

New Plymouth libraries have gone ultra high tech with a new $385,000 system to automate the borrowing and returning of books. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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