The climate activists release their first print publication this week. But does a crisis-hit planet make for winning journalism?In a move that feels more than slightly ironic, the climate activists Extinction Rebellion have decided to go into a media on the brink of extinction, having released their first newspaper this week. It is called the Hourglass, because time is running out – and because the XR logo kind of looks like one, in the right light – and comes with the strapline: “Rigorous journalism for fragile times”. More than 110,000 copies will be distributed, printed on paper made from freshly felled Amazonian trees … No, of course not, it’s recycled, most probably from litter picked up from events that didn’t even have anything to do with Extinction Rebellion, but which they attended to pick up litter because they’re better people than the rest of us.According to a press release, readers can expect stories similar to those of “a mainstream newspaper like the Metro while at times hitting the tone of Take a Break”. “I never knew I had a twin sister until we chained ourselves to the same pink boat in Oxford Circus,” perhaps? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-25 16:31:16 UTC ]
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The comic novelist takes aim at the industry’s elitism, but his story of a farcical literary festival is dated – and overly focused on Will SelfFunny ha-ha is tricky. For every reader who cackles with laughter at an author writing “this person was making plans to micturate upon one’s pommes... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-11-12 09:00:32 UTC ]
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Damon Galgut's The Promise (Chatto & Windus) has thundered to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20, the week of its Booker Prize win. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 19:53:38 UTC ]
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Leonard Rubenstein describes how commanders ignore humanitarian protections for medical personnel and the wounded. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The TV news star's memoir, 'Going There,' is fearlessly, wildly entertaining, often emotional and sure to upend the idea that she wants your love. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-26 13:00:12 UTC ]
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Under new leadership experienced in TV and film, Condé Nast’s entertainment arm is working more closely with its publications to develop articles and short stories into shows and movies. The post How Agnes Chu and Helen Estabrook are breaking Condé Nast Entertainment further into Hollywood... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2021-10-26 04:01:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times Book Review first appeared on Oct. 10, 1896, but its roots can be traced back to its very first issue of The Times on Sept. 18, 1851. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-22 11:33:55 UTC ]
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This classic story of a single mother’s struggle against poverty, published in 1946, would become the first novel by a Black woman to sell a million copies. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-22 04:28:52 UTC ]
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This fictional portrait of Henry VIII’s scheming aide Thomas Cromwell — the first volume in a trilogy — won the Man Booker Prize in 2009. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:24:11 UTC ]
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The novel’s headline-making candor and explicitness led the Book Review to assure its readers, “It is a book one can very well get along without reading.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:21:29 UTC ]
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A memoir and a history of Iran’s turbulent 20th-century politics, one comic strip frame at a time. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:21:11 UTC ]
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What did the Book Review look like in 1896, in 1916, in 1962? Scroll down to see what it looked like — and how it changed — through the decades. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 15:11:48 UTC ]
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The Times would later call this 1995 memoir of a hardscrabble Texas childhood “one of the best books ever written about growing up in America.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:16 UTC ]
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In 1925, the Book Review raved about the “sensitive” love poems and “piercing” satire from a young star of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:15 UTC ]
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This tale of Gilded Age New York City became, in 1921, the first novel by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:14 UTC ]
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This brilliant 1976 memoir evokes the author’s Chinese immigrant family and summons the ghosts who haunt it. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:13 UTC ]
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The best-seller lists as we know them today have their roots in the Aug. 9, 1942, issue — but the Book Review has been tracking sales for much longer than that. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-21 14:55:10 UTC ]
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Social media firm announces deal after long-running battle with national and regional newspapers France has hailed a victory in its long-running quest for fairer action from tech companies after Facebook reached an agreement with a group of national and regional newspapers to pay for content... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-10-21 14:21:02 UTC ]
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Australian dramatist David Williamson’s new book is a mash up of memoir and autobiography, which casts himself as a former ‘plunderer’ of other’s lives. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-10-20 03:57:12 UTC ]
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Roy of the Rovers publisher Rebellion and the National Literacy Trust have teamed up to give away 5,000 copies of Roy of the Rovers: Foul Play and run an online football quiz for 15,000 children. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-19 21:49:34 UTC ]
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Schiff’s “Midnight in Washington” is that rare memoir by a politician that actually has something to say. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-19 18:00:03 UTC ]
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