J.K. Rowling stays positive in her Twitter discussion with a fan

When a fan questioned Rowling's statement that she envisioned 'Harry Potter' character Dumbledore as gay, the author replied that 'gay people just look like ... people.' 'Amazing answer,' the fan replied. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

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For Christmas 1972, I was given a present that changed the way I viewed the world. It was a folder of facsimile documents called Tutankhamun & the Discovery of the Tomb. My family didn’t manage to visit the ‘Treasures of Tutankhamun’ exhibition at the British Museum that year, so my Jackdaw... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-27 01:02:55 UTC ]
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Chrissy Teigen leaves Twitter, citing abuse and hate on the platform

TV personality, cookbook author and former model posted final tweets to 13.7m followers before shutting down account Chrissy Teigen said goodbye to her 13.7 million Twitter followers on Wednesday night in a series of posts acknowledging the abuse and hatred on the platform.“Hey. For over 10... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-03-25 12:40:11 UTC ]
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Glennon Doyle doesn’t work alone: The ‘Untamed’ author and agent Margaret Riley King discuss their creative process

“Our collaboration is like a river,” Doyle says of working with her agent. “We’re in it all the time together.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookstore owners look back at a year spent trying to stay afloat. Not all of them succeeded.

Bouncers, hand deliveries and debt became the new reality for shop owners across the country. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Watch Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss 'The Committed' at the L.A. Times Book Club

Watch author Viet Thanh Nguyen talk about "The Committed" at the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-11 00:19:23 UTC ]
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Review: Why do women stay with toxic men? A debut novel has some uncomfortable answers

Megan Nolan's "Acts of Desperation," about a woman in thrall to an older man, stands out from similar tales with an uncannily self-aware narrator. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-03 15:00:19 UTC ]
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2021 WonderCon, San Diego Comic-Con Stay Virtual; CCI Plans November In-Person Event

Comic-Con International announced that it will once again replace WonderCon, its annual spring convention in Anaheim, and the San Diego Comic-Con in the summer, with free virtual events in 2021. In addition, CCI plans to launch a new and as yet unnamed in-person pop culture event in November 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Kirsty Capes | 'It’s important to have stories about the care experience that are positive'

Half way through my interview with Kirsty Capes, she mentions the fact that most people can’t name books about children in care. I rack my brains before feebly coming out with: “Tracy Beaker ?”, which makes Capes, whose new adult novel Careless is about a teenage girl in foster care, laugh.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-26 07:46:19 UTC ]
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International pandemic book trends discussed at ReBoot workshop

The resilience of the print market, digital library borrowing and the appetite for backlist titles during the pandemic were among topics discussed at the ReBoot Books Business and Reading workshop held on Thursday (25th February).  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-25 18:25:30 UTC ]
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Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions

Anahid Nersessian’s “Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” is a book that moves in personal and unexpected directions. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-25 17:19:41 UTC ]
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'Positive results' in 2020 for Bonnier Books UK

Bonnier Books–owner of Bonnier Books UK and part of Sweden's Bonnier Group–has said the UK arm achieved "positive results" in 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-15 01:49:45 UTC ]
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She’s Ready to Discuss Just About Anything

Patricia Lockwood followed up on her memoir “Priestdaddy” with “No One Is Talking About This,” a novel that explores the chaotic feel of the internet and the pain of personal loss. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-02-10 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Big Publishing Pushes Out Trump’s Last Fan

Top editors at Hachette have told employees that they’ve learned the lessons of the Capitol siege of Jan. 6: no hate speech, no incitement to violence, no false narratives. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-02-07 22:15:06 UTC ]
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Hodder acquires Gannon's manifesto for staying human on the internet

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired (Dis)Connected: How to Stay Human in an Online World by podcaster and author Emma Gannon.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-01 17:49:30 UTC ]
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Citi sticks with Justin Thomas and Twitter asks users to flag misinformation: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters.  'Party in the U.S.A. '  Good morning! Remember last week when we reported... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2021-01-26 11:00:00 UTC ]
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For ‘Gatsby’ fans, 2021 will be the start of remakes. First up: ‘Nick’

Michael Farris Smith’s prequel capitalizes on the copyright expiration of Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The story behind ‘And the People Stayed Home,’ the little poem that became so much more

With one Facebook post, Kitty O’Meara set off a wave of hope — and a creative windfall. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
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A gift guide for the fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror books in your life

Anthologies like “The Big Book of Modern Fantasy” cover a lot of ground. Illustrated books like “Flyway” offer something special. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-07 14:00:00 UTC ]
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