Cartoonist and comedian Luke Healy (The Con Artists, Americana) and actor Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes) spoke to one another as part of D+Q Live, a spring event series by the graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly. The conversation revolved around Healy’s new book, The Con Artists, which follows two aspiring comedian friends who are struggling […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Penguin Press is to rush-release YouTube psychologist Jordan Peterson's book out in January. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Few contemporary writers have portrayed black Southern life with as much wit and heart-pounding drama as Attica Locke, whose latest book is the mystery “Bluebird, Bluebird.” Formerly a writer and producer on the television show “Empire,” Locke took the publishing world by storm with her debut... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writer and editor promoted Joseph Conrad and DH Lawrence and deserves recognition as a great literary tastemakerThe first question worth asking of Helen Smith’s A-grade biography of Edward Garnett (1868‑1937) is just how many manuscripts passed across the desk of this publishers’ reader in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is to publish Rage Becomes Her, a book urging 21st-century women to "understand their anger, embrace its power, and use it as a tool for positive change". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Juska, whose chronicle of searching for sex as a woman in her 60s became a best-selling memoir and later a stage show, has died. She was 84. Juska died Tuesday at a Chico care facility after a long illness, her son, Andy Juska, told the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday. She was a retired... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a Publishing Perspectives Talk at Frankfurt Book Fair, the chiefs of Gallimard Jeunesse, Bloomsbury Publishing, and the Quarto Group join Kalimat’s Bodour to discuss their translation-exchange partnerships. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Kalimat: ‘Proud of These... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's authors played a pivotal role at the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association's Fall Discovery Show in San Francisco, sparking discussions on current events and diverse representation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acting children's editor and Harry Potter fan Caroline Carpenter gives her verdict on the British Library's new Harry Potter exhibition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Life is publishing pregnancy guru Rebecca Shiller’s "empowering" guide, Your No-Guilt Pregnancy Plan, in March 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theater-goers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse on memory, writing and nature, has died. Wilbur died Saturday night in Belmont, Mass., with his family by... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The last monthly print edition of the UK magazine will be in December as it takes a new direction. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The life of Penny Hoare, former deputy publishing director at Chatto & Windus, who died in May this year, will be celebrated at a memorial on Thursday 26th October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some publishers show more pop-ups, autoplay ads and content recommendation ads to flyby readers. The post Some publishers give Facebook and Google visitors a worse user experience appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruby Wax, author, comedian and mental health campaigner, is publishing a new book with Penguin Life, How to Be Human: The Manual. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Friends from across the trade came together on Friday (29th September) to celebrate the life of Mo Siewcharran, head of marketing at Nielsen Book, who died in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On or about this day in 1902, Beatrix Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the children’s book about an anthropomorphic bunny who outruns a homicidal farmer. You may use the comment thread on this page to celebrate Peter’s escape, or to pursue other points of off topic, freewheeling discourse. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week’s Rundown has reports from the Digiday Publishing Summit and the trenches of Advertising Week. The post The Rundown: Publishers confront a user-experience crisis appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big YA book deals have become commonplace but middle-grade fantasy series Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend looks set to stand out from the crowd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books about conscious living aim to awaken readers to greater spiritual and self-awareness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Copyright has come to be seen by many outside our industry as an inhibitor to creativity,' writes Michael Healy ahead of a session at Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Ahead of Frankfurt: Michael Healy on World Copyright Issues Publishers Need to Watch appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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