Fêted for her auspicious debut, ‘Conversations With Friends,’ Dubliner Sally Rooney at 26 is tied with Zadie Smith (2001, ‘White Teeth’) for youngest winner of the Sunday Times/PFD prize for emerging authors from the UK and Ireland. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Book That ‘Glitters With Talk’ n a ceremony this evening (December 7) at the London Library, ... The post Irish Author Sally Rooney Wins the UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An online and collaborative authoring and publishing services platform, AuthorCafe, a TNQ start-up, has been in public beta since January 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regulator’s reports conclude Murdochs are ‘fit and proper’ but allegations of harassment at Fox are ‘extremely serious and disturbing’Ofcom has published two in-depth reports on 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky which demonstrate why it has concerns about the Murdochs’ influence on UK... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A print recovery in the past two years has somewhat slowed in 2017, with the Irish market sporting a bestseller-shaped hole. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Al Franken's humor is back at full strength in his new book, which is a memoir of the former 'Saturday Night Live' writer's journey to the NBC institution and his more recent time in politics. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital solutions industry is very much a product of its time. Its end consumers—especially those who tote mobile devices and demand information on the go—are the ones whose changing preferences have created such disruptive companies as Airbnb, GoFundMe, Snapchat, and Uber. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Publisher Services is expanding its long-standing 10-year sales and distribution agreement with DC Entertainment to include the United Kingdom and Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zoella has re-launched her book club with W H Smith, this time enlisting the help of fellow authors to select the titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman has confirmed he will name a character in his Book of Dust series Nur Huda el-Wahabi, after a young Grenfell Tower victim. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s and the Andlyn Agency celebrated the winners of the inaugural FAB Prize for BAME writers and illustrators last night (26th June) and revealed it will run again next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s not uncommon these days to see people complaining about how complex JavaScript development seems to have become. If you’re learning JS, it won’t take long for you to be exposed to the enormity of the ecosystem and the sheer number of moving pieces you need to understand (at least... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age "Media Guy" columnist Simon Dumenco's media roundup for the morning of Wednesday, June 28:Today's accidental theme is ... print media. Seriously. Though faithful readers of this daily media scan know that it's not unusual for me to offer a glimpse of a newspaper front page or magazine... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian Koppelman sits down with Don Winslow, author of books including The Death and Life of Bobby Z, The Cartel, and most recently The Force. They discuss The Force, honor and loyalty, crooked cops, and Don’s writing process. Don also explains how he wrote his first novel, the war on drugs, and... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned BuzzFeed writer Hannah Jewell to author 100 Nasty Women of History, a book profiling women united by the fact they were all "too scandalous, too difficult, and too unladylike for their time". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's nothing quite like having a book literally come to life in the palm of your hands. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the St. Louis Business Journal’s inaugural Technology Executives of the Year Awards, we showcased the innovation that’s taking place in our region by honoring five technology executives. Those executives were honored at an awards event Thursday at the Planetarium at the Saint Louis Science... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has signed a "timely" political guide for young people written by journalist Sue Turton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Twitter storm has erupted over the lack of people of colour speaking at the Chalke Valley History Festival, with historian Rebecca Rideal pulling out just four days before it is due to begin, on Monday (26th June), in protest over the issue. However, the festival director, historian James... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has won two books by Shahroo Izadi following a "hotly contested" five-publisher auction, with the first title, The Kindness Method, set to be the imprint's lead title in May 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Quill & Quire: A part of this discussion among food book authors has to do with Canada’s deep multiculturalism and ‘What am I actually entitled to write about?’ By Dennis Abrams | @DennisAbrams2 How Canadian Is It, Really? t Quill and Quire, Sue Carter hosts a discussion with authors on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On my various travels around the world, I find myself dwelling repeatedly in these troubled times about the social and economic value of books and how we as an industry could be doing more to promote this collectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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