Jack Fuller, Prizewinning Chicago Tribune Journalist, Dies at 69

Jack Fuller won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing at The Chicago Tribune and later became Tribune Publishing’s president. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Claire Fuller: book + debut = any age

Not everyone writing their first book is under 40. The prizewinning novelist has helped to form a group called Prime Writers, designed to change expectationsA few months before my first novel was published, it seemed that everywhere I looked people were writing about young debut authors. And... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Jack Reacher week' at The Sun

Transworld has partnered with the Sun to host the first Jack Reacher Week, promoting books featuring the character by Lee Child. The partnership will see coverage in the Sun newspaper and online on its website, with the editorial and promotional campaign running next week (6th to 11th July).... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fuller wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Claire Fuller has won the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015 for her novel Our Endless Numbered Days (Fig Tree). Our Endless Numbered Days was described by chair of the judges Louise Doughty as "both shocking and subtle, brilliant and beautiful, a poised and elegant work that recalls the early work of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Laurie Penny banned from Facebook for using pseudonym

New Statesman columnist tweets displeasure after being kicked off social media site, saying she used alias to avoid being trolledFacebook has been accused of putting users at risk “of rape and death threats” by a journalist who was banned from the social networking site for using a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google launches News Lab to help journalists, boost its own publishing cred

Google has launched News Lab, a one-stop website that shows journalists how its tools can help them research, report and promote their stories. The intent is to "collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media." Google is joining a crowded field of websites... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Salter dies

Pan Macmillan has paid tribute to the American writer James Salter, who died on Friday (19th June) at the age of 90. Salter's last book, All That Is,  was published to  acclaim by Picador last year. Baggaley described publishing the book "one of the greatest privileges I've had at Picador."  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Salter dies at 90; novelist wrote 'A Sport and a Pastime'

James Salter, the prize-winning author acclaimed for his sophisticated, granular prose and sobering insights in "Light Years," "A Sport and a Pastime" and other fiction, died Friday in Sag Harbor, N.Y. He was 90. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Bacon dies at 91; he revolutionized the design of book covers

Paul Bacon's name may be unfamiliar, but anyone who has browsed the bestseller racks over the last 60 years knows his work. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marguerite Patten dies

Food writer and broadcaster Marguerite Patten CBE has died at the age of 99. Her family has revealed that she died last week “from an illness stoically borne”, reports the Telegraph.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Atlantic Hires Veteran Journalist to Run Its Branded Content Department

"Journalism is the new marketing degree" is the slightly sarcastic motto among New York Times staffers, many of them former journalists, who create articles and videos for brands. It appears the same could be said at The Atlantic, which just hired former Time magazine Managing Editor James... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tanith Lee dies

British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer Tanith Lee has died at the age of 67. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Healey, Bray and Fuller on Desmond Elliott shortlist

Three female authors will compete for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2015. All three authors shortlisted for this year’s £10,000 award, which is for debut novels, are published by Penguin Random House. Emma Healey is shortlisted for Elizabeth is Missing (Viking), Carys Bray for A Song for Issy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer's writer William Zinsser dies

Author and writing coach William Zinsser, who penned the best-selling book On Writing Well, dies in New York, aged 92. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Courtney Love sued by journalist

Courtney Love is sued by a music journalist who worked on her yet to be published memoir. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google donates $213m to help European journalists adapt to digital landscape

Google says it will give European publishers €150 million (NZ$213.6 million) to help them adapt to the challenge of selling news online. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Gets New Life

When the movie 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' – adapted by Jesse Andrews from his 2012 novel of the same name—opens in theaters June 12, it does so already riding a wave of impressive early success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Author Günter Grass Dies

Both an influential writer and contentious political activist in post-war Germany, Günter Grass died on April 13, 2015. The post German Author Günter Grass Dies appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker Prize Literary Director Ion Trewin Dies at 71

The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the death of its literary director, Ion Trewin. He passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 71. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker prize chief Ion Trewin dies aged 71

Journalist turned publisher, whose achievements included editing Thomas Keneally’s Schindler’s Ark and Alan Clark’s Diaries, succumbs to cancer Ion Trewin, the journalist turned publisher who went on to run the Man Booker prize, has died aged 71, the trustees of the Booker prize foundation have... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twin Cities Bookseller Dan Odegard Dies

Dan Odegard, who co-founded St. Paul's Odegard's Books in 1978, died of plasma cancer Tuesday. Odegard's was regarded as a Twin Cities literary icon until it closed in 1992. Odegard also served as director of trade publishing at Hazelden Publishing from 1995-1998. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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