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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Simon & Schuster's dominance over the Trump exposé category is likely to be reaffirmed this September 15, when the publisher will release 'Rage,' the latest title by the Pulitzer Prize–winning 'Washington Post' reporter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Yesterday, shortly after Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for president, picked Kamala Harris, the senator for California, as his running mate, Peter Doocy, a Fox News correspondent, tweeted, “But… you told me on Saturday…” That day, Doocy asked Biden—who was zipping past on a bicycle,... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-12 12:12:59 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has signed three picture books from illustrator Adam Beer in a "significant" deal, incuding two titles which will be published in partnership with author Anna Kemp. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 08:37:53 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired Fallen Idols, an "enlightening and witty" tour through the modern history of statues from historian and commentator Alex von Tunzelmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 21:08:42 UTC ]
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Ben Fogle's Inspire: Life Lessons from the Wilderness has been acquired by publisher William Collins, to be published this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 16:39:53 UTC ]
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Podcast and video business with more than 100,000 subscribers sold to All3Media-owned firmBroadcaster Dan Snow has sold his Netflix-style streaming service and popular podcast business to Little Dot Studios, the digital content firm owned by Fleabag and 1917 producer All3Media.Snow, a favourite... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-11 11:47:47 UTC ]
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Hodder Children's Books will publish Brittney Morris's YA title The Cost of Knowing in March 2021, the second title in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 09:13:29 UTC ]
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Bookouture has signed crime writer Anna-Lou Weatherley, author of Kindle success The Stranger’s Wife, for three new psychological thrillers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 19:20:36 UTC ]
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Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired an "ambitious" work centred on conflict in the Middle East by historian and author James Barr in a "heated" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 09:36:16 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has signed an Open Access partnership with Hindawi Limited for five of its journals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 08:52:07 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has won a five-publisher auction for the “dazzling” debut novel from PRH assistant editor Kasim Ali, in a six-figure two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 21:45:48 UTC ]
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Another day, another announcement of a memoir from a former Trump collaborator. This time, it’s Fiona Hill, an ex-advisor who testified in Trump’s impeachment inquiry, whose “views about the future of a polarized America” will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2021. I have nothing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-06 19:59:16 UTC ]
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A new collection introduces English-speaking audiences to an overlooked Japanese cartoonist who smashed both gender and genre norms during her short life. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2020-08-05 18:19:54 UTC ]
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More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter expressing concern about “brutal” plans to make up to 400 people redundant at the Southbank Centre. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 16:31:29 UTC ]
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Swift Press, the newly founded publisher of Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo, is gearing up for its autumn launch with The Upswing by Robert Putnam. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 15:33:01 UTC ]
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Piatkus has acquired You Got This by Louise Redknapp, an "empowering and uplifting guide to embracing life and whatever it throws at you", to publish in March next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 21:01:59 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has signed activist and author Caroline Criado Perez's follow-up to the award-winning bestseller Invisible Women (also Chatto). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-03 04:14:52 UTC ]
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Viking has signed an “epic” biography of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne, drawing on three decades of author interviews to rewrite much of the known narrative. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-02 21:06:02 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish Funny You Should Ask: Your Questions Answered by the team of researchers and writers behind BBC Two's panel show, "QI". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 07:26:57 UTC ]
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