I B Tauris has commissioned a book which explores the medieval world that inspired George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series and the television programme based on the books. Carolyne Larrington, a tutor in medieval English literature at St John’s College Oxford, will look at how Martin and HBO screenwriters D B Weiss and David Benioff constructed the world of Essos and Westeros from the mythologies, cultures and histories of the Middle Ages. Executive editor Alex Wright commissioned Larrington to write the book, called Winter is Coming. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Amanda Craig has been dropped as a competition judge by women’s writing magazine Mslexia over her signing of a letter to the Times in defence of J K Rowling. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 08:48:57 UTC ]
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Hachette UK’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employee network THRIVE is partnering with its authors to host a series of free panels in celebration of Black History Month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 03:00:06 UTC ]
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William Collins has pre-empted a “ground-breaking” history of urban rebellion in America by Elizabeth Hinton, professor of history and law at Yale University. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 03:02:58 UTC ]
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Hodder has acquired audio rights in Professor Olivette Otele’s history of Africans in Europe, African Europeans. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 01:56:39 UTC ]
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Trigger Publishing will publish The Smart Girl’s Handbook, a "no-nonsense self-empowerment handbook" for women from founder and c.e.o. of Smart Girl Tribe Scarlett V Clark. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 02:23:28 UTC ]
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Former national security adviser avoids criticism of his former boss and undermines the credibility he is trying to assert. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children's is to publish Nadia Shireen's first middle-grade series, Grimwood, after winning a heated six-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 07:15:06 UTC ]
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Basic Books UK, John Murray Press' new imprint, has acquired Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo to publish as its first title in 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 20:18:01 UTC ]
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Books from Penguin, Bloomsbury, Wildfire, Profile Books and Head of Zeus, on subjects including the Israel-Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective and the "lost" decade of Oliver Cromwell's rule, have made the Cundill History Prize's 10-strong shortlist spotlighting "history that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Former editor Leonard Downie Jr. offers a behind-the-scenes account of his 44 years at the newspaper. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the 20th National Book Festival, Laura Bush, Scott Turow, Michael Beschloss and others look back at the event’s storied beginning. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has won a middle-grade trilogy from Rob Biddulph in a "fierce" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 20:58:11 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group has signed a two-book middle-grade series from children's presenters Luke Franks and Sean Thorne, who are both debut authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 21:00:51 UTC ]
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Honford Star will delay the publication of two titles until next year because of "Covid circumstances", the publisher has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 19:10:05 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group's non-fiction imprint Wren & Rook will publish Rashmi Sirdeshpande Good News: Why the World is Not as Bad as You Think, the first in a new two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 02:37:33 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Hodder Studio has acquired Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, the first book from Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 17:57:22 UTC ]
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Transworld has pre-empted The Playdate from Irish author Andrea Mara, as well as a second title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 16:51:45 UTC ]
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Howard argues that decluttering is not just a personally liberating ritual, but also a moral imperative. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-10 05:43:11 UTC ]
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Teenage author Dara McAnulty has become what is reckoned to be the youngest ever winner of a major literary award after scooping the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing with Diary of a Young Naturalist (Little Toller). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 07:56:58 UTC ]
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The former first daughter, a force in publishing because of her Read With Jenna book club, is the author of a new essay collection, “Everything Beautiful in Its Time.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-09-06 09:00:16 UTC ]
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