In ‘The Reckless Oath We Made,’ an unlikely fairy tale unfolds in Kansas

Bryn Greenwood’s novel follows a drug dealer and a man who believes he’s a knight. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-03 16:27:54 UTC ]

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Lockdown made our library better

My name is Marion Tessier and I work at Kingston Libraries.  This year has been really stressful but also very exciting. I had the opportunity to use skills I developed before but never got to use for concrete projects, as well as learning new skills and discovering new tools and resources.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 17:21:01 UTC ]
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10 Queer Comics and Manga That Made 2020 Bearable

Get through the rest of the year with some sweet, queer comics and manga, including I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-12-23 11:34:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham review – a literary celebration

Latham, a bookseller for 35 years, has put together a heady mix of history, philosophy, anecdotes and entertaining factsWhat most people know about the American librarian Melvil Dewey is his phenomenal classification technique, the Dewey decimal system, which is still used in 135 countries. Less... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-12-19 09:00:45 UTC ]
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The perfect science fiction, fantasy and genre-bending tales for the chilly days ahead

Winter takes center stage in books by George R.R. Martin, Peter Hoeg, Tove Jannson, Tanya Tagaq and more Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-18 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Where the headlines are made: inside newsrooms around the world - in pictures

Noel Bowler photographed some of the largest newsrooms across the world, exploring the physical spaces that house our modern press. With declining readership, reduced advertising and persistent questions about ‘truth’ and relevance of newspapers in the 21st century, the structures of print media... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-11-30 06:00:50 UTC ]
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Haratischvili's epic family tale wins Women in Translation Prize

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation has been won by The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili, translated from German by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin (Scribe). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 04:31:57 UTC ]
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‘The Woman Who Stole Vermeer’ revisits the strange tale of a British heiress who became a notorious art thief

Anthony M. Amore’s book follows the early life of IRA sympathizer Bridget Rose Dugdale. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-20 17:05:08 UTC ]
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Mairi Kidd made Seven Stories c.e.o.

Mairi Kidd, previously m.d. at Barrington Stoke and Head of Literature at Creative Scotland, has been appointed c.e.o. of the Newcastle-based National Centre for Children's Books, Seven Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-12 02:55:02 UTC ]
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HCG buys 'funny, feminist' YA tale from Tuffs

Hachette Children's Group is to publish two books in a "funny, feminist, witchy" YA series from debut author Julia Tuffs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-30 01:58:02 UTC ]
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Dialogue pre-empts Paterson Joseph's 'dazzling' debut telling tale of Sancho

Dialogue Books has pre-empted actor Paterson Joseph's debut novel, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, an "illuminating and original" novel about the black writer and composer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 09:06:03 UTC ]
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Faber to publish Callender's transgender coming-of-age tale

Faber has triumphed in a four-way auction for Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender's "voice-driven" YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 08:59:47 UTC ]
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Dispatches from an Overheated World: On “Tales of Two Planets”

THE DEVELOPERS OF Beirut’s Eden Bay needed to clean up the raw sewage on the beach of their luxury development, so they rerouted it into a storm pipe. “And then the rains came,” writes Lina Mounzer in her darkly comedic account from the new anthology Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-25 12:30:52 UTC ]
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Faber's Page made visiting professor at City

Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page has been made an honorary visiting professor of publishing at City, University of London.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 15:00:53 UTC ]
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Hough made deputy m.d. at S&S Children's

Laura Hough has been promoted to deputy m.d. at Simon & Schuster Children's UK.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 20:19:26 UTC ]
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Cassava Republic acquires Omotoso's 'bold, unflinching' tale

Cassava Republic Press has acquired An Unusual Grief, Yewande Omotoso's third novel.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 08:59:05 UTC ]
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A Tale of “Peashes un Sheeken”

Professor and author Susannah Rodríguez Drissi offers advice on how to cope during uncertain times. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut tale of a 'hidden' Cornwall to Two Roads

Two Roads has acquired debut novel The Lip by Charlie Carroll, depicting "a hidden Cornwall" while exploring themes of childhood, isolation and mental health with a heroine at its heart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 05:42:21 UTC ]
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Fisher joins Corsair for Wivenhoe tale

Bookseller and publisher Samuel Fisher is to join Corsair for his second novel, Wivenhoe.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 04:31:27 UTC ]
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Tale of Chinese takeaway in Wales scoops Richard and Judy's Search for a Bestseller competition

Julie Ma, a Chinese takeaway owner from west Wales, has won Richard and Judy's Search for a Bestseller competition for her novel, Happy Families. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 03:26:12 UTC ]
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HQ wins Stovell's small-town tale

HQ has landed Other Parents, an “astonishing” novel on small-town British life from Sarah Stovell, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 02:18:58 UTC ]
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