Jerry Stahl gets toxic for 'Happy Mutant Baby Pills'

The 'Permanent Midnight' writer discusses how warning labels and a new child gave him the inspiration for 'Happy Mutant Baby Pills,' a trippy jaunt into the world of chemicals and OTC medication.Jerry Stahl believes it's impossible to shock an audience anymore, but in his new novel, "Happy Mutant Baby Pills" (Harper Perennial, $14.99 pp.), he comes close. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Facebook warns that it can’t fully solve the toxic content problem

Facebook Inc. is under pressure to rid its site of hate speech and fake news but warned it can’t build a platform impervious to human nature. “This is not a fully solvable problem,” Carolyn Everson, a vice president responsible for marketing at the social media giant, said on a panel Tuesday at... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Readers can’t get enough World War II fiction, and authors are happy to keep the books coming

Pamela Jenoff, Kate Quinn and other authors talk about how they find inspiration for their novels. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Where Publishers and Librarians Find Their Happy Place

The march of technology has brought a slew of changes to libraries and publishers, and of course even to BookExpo, which continues to experiment with different formats to serve its various constituencies across the book world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible to Release Classic Baby-Sitters Club Series

All 131 titles in The Baby-sitters Club, Ann M. Martin’s beloved middle grade series, will be available as digital audiobooks exclusively from Audible on August 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ audiobooks will feature Elle Fanning

"The Baby-Sitters Club," the blockbuster middle-school series that enchanted young readers in the 1980s and '90s, is finally getting audiobook versions. Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook producer and retailer, announced Tuesday that all 131 titles in Ann M. Martin's bestselling series will be... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wilde’s Happy Prince among UN book club’s poverty picks

The launch titles of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Book Club were revealed at Bologna, all of which explore the topic of poverty. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FILI’s ‘Happy’ Fifth Anniversary of Finland’s Guest of Honor

Five years after Finland was Frankfurter Buchmesse Guest of Honor, FILI has a series of events planned this year to keep up the momentum and 'build a structure for the future.' The post FILI’s ‘Happy’ Fifth Anniversary of Finland’s Guest of Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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William Heinemann snaps up Katz debut on toxic masculinity

PRH imprint William Heinemann will publish Ani Katz’s “shocking and utterly compelling” debut novel A Good Man, which sees Katz tackle the world of toxic masculinity.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Headbutts, snark and furious obsession: a toxic history of literary rivalries

When her first book came out, Lulah Ellender became obsessed with an author whose book launched the same week. She reflects on past feuds and how resentment now festers onlineWhen my first book was published last year I wasn’t prepared for how unhinged I would become. I’d expected review-induced... Continue reading at The Guardian

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PRH Children’s tackles toxic masculinity with ‘eye opening’ YA

Penguin Random House has acquired a YA novel tackling teen mental illness and toxic masculinity by debut author and mechanic James Goodhand. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gwendoline Riley's 'brutal' novel about toxic marriage wins Geoffrey Faber prize

With her novel First Love, the 39-year-old author joins eminent former winners including Seamus Heaney and Alice OswaldGwendoline Riley’s unsparing depiction of an abusive relationship in her novel First Love has won her the Geoffrey Faber memorial prize.First Love, the English author’s fifth... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Evans does 'happy hustle' for Icon

Icon Books will publish a book about “fulfilment beyond the nine to five”, How to Have a Happy Hustle, from productivity expert Bec Evans next May. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishing in Québec 2018: Health, How-to, And Happiness

Practical, useful nonfiction books that appeal to readers across the world: it sounds like a tall order, but Québec consistently delivers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PM Jacinda Ardern, Clarke Gayford and baby Neve star in new kids' book

The main characters in a new children's book bear an uncanny likeness to New Zealand's first family.  Continue reading at Stuff

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Happy birthday, Emily Brontë!

Happy birthday to Emily Brontë, born July 30, 1818. Despite a short bibliography — she wrote only one novel, "Wuthering Heights" — she's still considered one of the towering figures of 19th-century British literature. Brontë was born on July 30, 1818, in Thornton, West Yorkshire, England. After... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Fearne Cotton pens sequel to Yoga Babies

Andersen Press will this September publish a sequel to Fearne Cotton’s Yoga Babies, entitled Hungry Babies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HCG happy to acquire emotional picture book

Hachette Children’s Group will next year publish The Colour of Happy, a picture book about emotions and empathy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lagom signs 'hopeful' baby loss memoir

Kings Road Publishing imprint Lagom is set to publish a “hopeful and honest” memoir of baby loss by Elle Wright. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Green Tree signs 'major' new work on happiness

Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree has sign a "major" new work from journalist Jonathan Rauch. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Children's Books in China 2018: Beijing Baby Cube Children’s Brand Management Company

Baby Cube was founded by husband-and-wife team Yang Wenxuan and Liu Hong. The company grew out of their past professional experience in online retailing and literary publishing and out of their community outreach work focused on helping children to start reading. “It started as a reading club in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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