So you're an admirer of James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Well, thank Trieste for that book. So you're an admirer of James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Well, thank Trieste for that book. Why? Gordon Bowker's "James Joyce: A New Biography" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 608 pp., $35) shows readers how living in that seaport city in northeastern Italy helped rekindle Joyce's enthusiasm after the lackluster reception of "Dubliners" and his uncertainty over what readers would think of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." The city not only gave him and wife Nora an income, it gave Joyce, as a teacher, an exceptional pupil: the writer Ettore Schmitz, known by the pen name Italo Svevo. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#james joyce
#straus giroux
#young man
Octopus imprint Mitchell Beazley has bought 10-a-Day the Easy Way: Fussfree Recipes & Simple Science to Transform Your Health by Kew-trained botanist, science writer and broadcaster James Wong. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#science writer
Penguin Random House Children’s is tapping into the trend for non-fiction books about historical figures with a new Extraordinary Lives series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prh children
#non-fiction books
#historical figures
President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a ceremonial swearing-in event at the White House on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#upcoming memoir
#president trump
#white house
Ahead of Frankfurt, Finnish publishing house Siltala has seen record-breaking sales for a book that brought in a six-figure deal at the London Book Fair in April. The post Record-Breaking Sales and More Rights Deals for Finnish Sports Biography appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#record-breaking sales
#rights deals
#six-figure deal
Illustrator Helen Oxenbury talks to Charlotte Eyre about her celebrated career ahead of the publication of a new biography about her life and work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#charlotte eyre
Peter James is best known for his police procedurals featuring Roy Grace, but his latest standalone thriller tackles one of the biggest questions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#peter james
Independent Tales from Publishing has bought the first authorised biography of new Arsenal FC manager Unai Emery. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#authorised biography
Morgan James Publishing is partnering with ebook platform Publica to enable authors to take advantage of the powers of cryptocurrency. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
When Tejan Karefa-Smart asked his uncle, James Baldwin, “When are you going to write a book about me?” he may not have expected his Uncle Jimmy to follow through so quickly. Baldwin’s only children’s book, Little Man, Little Man, which was published in 1976, chronicles a day in the life of three... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#james baldwin
#contemporary audience
Actor Hugh Bonneville is voicing the audiobook of Peter James' upcoming new thriller Absolute Proof. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hugh bonneville
#peter james
Craig Brown, who wrote a biography of HRH Princess Margaret, and short story writer Eley Williams are the winners of this year’s James Tait Black Prizes, awarded by the University of Edinburgh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Trapeze is publishing a biography of Kurt Cobain by his former manager, Danny Goldberg, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Nirvana frontman's death. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#25th anniversary
The Radio 1 DJ is about to take over the breakfast show – and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm on Monday 13 August 11.46am BST The breakfast show host on BBC Radio 1 is one of the most talked-about jobs in the country, requiring sparkling banter unfeasibly early in the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#greg james
#friday night
#book series
#kid normal
#sport relief
Penguin Random House Children’s and The Roald Dahl Story Company are planning a series of events based on James and the Giant Peach for this year’s Roald Dahl Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#giant peach
LeBron James had the best of intentions when he named his first child LeBron James Jr. But the Lakers superstar says he now wishes he hadn’t. James addresses the issue on the new unscripted show “The Shop,” a collaboration between HBO and Uninterrupted, the digital media company started by James... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lebron james
G2 Entertainment is to rush-release a biography of England captain Harry Kane, following his "incredible" World Cup performance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#g2 entertainment
The late Michelle McNamara has made the shortlist for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize, which seeks to champion "fearless non-fiction and bold, genre-defying fiction". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Marlon James, Bernardine Evaristo, Jonathan Coe and Nina Stibbe last night headlined Penguin General’s Spring 2019 showcase on the Strand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#marlon james
#jonathan coe
#nina stibbe
Satirist Craig Brown's biography of Princess Margaret, Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, published by 4th Estate, has been honoured at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#princess margaret
#4th estate
Biographies of religious and spiritual figures are enduringly popular, and readers have many new and forthcoming choices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |