IBW 'has taken on creative life of its own'

The co-ordinator of Independent Bookshop Week has said this year's IBW is what the Booksellers Association has "always envisioned", with the event taking on a "creative life of its own." Meanwhile booksellers said their events had been "well attended" this year and that IBW 2015 was "the biggest yet".  Meryl Halls, head of membership services for the BA, responsible for coordinating the week, said the 9th year of the event, which encourages the public to shop at independent booksellers through events and media coverage, had been a been a "wonderful spectacle". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #booksellers association #independent booksellers #meryl halls #media coverage

Other Publishing stories related to: 'IBW 'has taken on creative life of its own''


Marsham Named IDW Publisher; Brooks Promoted to V-p of Creative Affairs

IDW Publishing has named Nachie Marsham its new publisher, while Veronica Brooks, formerly senior director to the v-p of creative affairs, has been promoted to v-p of creative affairs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #idw publishing #senior director


Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’

In her first novel in five years, the author of “My Brilliant Friend” revisits old themes. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-09-01 09:00:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lying life #first novel


PA and Pearson join Creative Industries Trade Advisory Group

The Publishers Association and Pearson are to sit in on the Creative Industries Advisory Group, to assist in steering "ongoing and upcoming trade negotiations" in the UK.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 06:08:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pearson


Elena Ferrante returns with ‘The Lying Life of Adults,’ and fans of the Neopolitan novels will be thrilled

As in “My Brilliant Friend,” Ferrante’s new novel follows a girl who measures her worth against another complicated character. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lying life #brilliant friend


In Ros Anderson’s ‘The Hierarchies,’ a robotic heroine longs for a better life

Ros Anderson’s debut novel may not break new ground, but the depth of its first-person presentation is a quiet triumph. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-30 06:19:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #debut novel


Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers, on Chinese Life, Law, and Literature

Hosts Kate, Eric, and Medaya are joined by renowned Chinese writer Yan Lianke, whose latest book is the memoir Three Brothers, about his childhood growing up during the Cultural Revolution. Calling in from Beijing, Yan discusses his life as a writer, being banned and censored in his own country... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-08-28 20:55:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #literature appeared #yan lianke #childhood growing #cultural revolution #memoir


Praising the life of John Lewis, and skipping the complexities

Jon Meacham highlights the late civil rights leader’s determination and decency. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #john lewis


Faber will publish audiobook of Sir Paul Nurse's What is Life?

Sir Paul Nurse will narrate the audio edition of his book What is Life?, to be published by Faber in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-27 14:56:38 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #audio edition #audiobook


Ninety writers offer their thoughts on life during a pandemic

“Alone Together,” edited by Jennifer Haupt, is a timely gift for the quarantined reader. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-20 12:09:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Unbound launches Secret Life of LEGO Bricks crowdfunder

Unbound has put together a deal with LEGO Group publishing partner Ameet for a direct-to-consumer book, The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-17 14:10:10 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #secret life


Poets and novelists have been writing about life under COVID-19 for more than a century

From 'islands of pain' to the 'peril of exposure,' writers have captured the fear, emptiness and despair that characterize life during the current pandemic, writes a poet and English scholar. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2020-08-17 12:24:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #current pandemic #novelists


‘Love After Love’ reminds readers why we go to books in search of answers to life’s great questions

Ingrid Persaud’s Trinidad-set debut is a memorable, moving account of wounded people who come together to create an alternative family. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-12 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ingrid persaud


Tina Turner writes 'guide to life' for HarperCollins

Singer Tina Turner has written a guide to life using Buddhist principles, to be published by HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 23:03:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Derren Brown to share life lessons in bite-size for Transworld

Derren Brown is condensing the lessons from his bestseller Happy to handbook size in A Little Happier: Notes for Reassurance with Transworld this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:12:39 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


In ‘Memorial Drive,’ Natasha Trethewey reclaims her mother’s life from the man who took it

Trethewey’s memoir is a tribute to a life snuffed out by a brutal man, a fractured judicial system and a patriarchy as old as Methuselah. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memorial drive #memoir


Century to publish Mind Geek's 'practical guide to a fulfilled life'

Century will publish Five Minute Therapy by Sarah Crosby, a.k.a. Instagrammer @TheMindGeek, in December 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 06:12:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #practical guide


Matthew McConaughey pens 'playbook' on life lessons for Headline

Headline has scooped the first book by Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, billed as guide to success and satisfaction “through life’s lessons learned the hard way”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 04:07:47 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #life lessons #lessons learned


In R.L. Maizes’s ‘Other People’s Pets,’ an aspiring veterinarian turns to a life of crime

La La has it all together. But when her career-thief father needs her help, she might just leave her stable life behind. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-29 08:37:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


MJ brings Pavesi's debut to life with Zoom murder mystery

Michael Joseph is building anticipation for Alex Pavesi's debut Eight Detectives with a series of innovative Zoom-hosted murder mysteries for retailers, literary festivals, journalists and bloggers.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 00:05:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #michael joseph #literary festivals


Creative Future names 2020 Writers' Award winners

Grief, male sexuality and the plight of pets in Covid-stricken Wuhan are some of the subjects of the 12 winning entries in the Creative Future Writers’ Award, chosen by judges including author Kerry Hudson and poet Anthony Anaxagorou. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 13:08:30 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #award winners