At Electric Literature, Diane Cooke speaks to Jessamine Chan about The School for Good Mothers, Chan’s incisive debut novel that revolves around how a young mother’s error lands her in a government reform program and at risk of losing custody of her child. They discuss one of Chan’s main inspirations for the book, a Rachel … The post Jessamine Chan’s Debut Calls Modern-Day Parenting Into Question appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'
[ The Millions | 2022-01-18 21:30:56 UTC ]
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Digital First Media, the owner of the Los Angeles Daily News, has indicated interest in bidding for the Orange County Register and other assets of bankrupt publishing company Freedom Communications. That move could set up a three-way bidding war for the Register among Digital First, Freedom... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andersen Press has teamed up with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals to launch the Elmer National Libraries Day competition as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations for the press and its colourful patchwork elephant, Elmer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If Amazon’s business practices continue unchecked the result could be a “nuclear winter” for book publishing, said Smashwords founder Mark Coker during a Jan. 27 event called Amazon’s Book Monopoly—A Threat to Freedom of Expression? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buster Books, publisher of colouring books for ‘Brilliant Boys’ and ‘Gorgeous Girls’ to switch to ‘gender neutral’ titles in futureGirls will no longer be defined as “glamorous” and “gorgeous” while boys get to be “amazing” and “brilliant” at Buster Books, after the children’s publisher... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On the final day of the show, small and university presses promoted their offerings to booksellers at a luncheon and closing reception. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a "brave and life affirming" debut about love, clinical depression and men called Boys Don't Cry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings will become a Virago Modern Classic in September 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Godfray, chief executive of The Booksellers Association, has written to the foreign secretary, asking that the government "thoroughly investigates all the facts" relating to the disappearances of missing Hong Kong booksellers, who include British passport-holder Lee Bo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in the YA category has been given to 'All American Boys' by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanne Harris and Linda Grant among signatories of letter saying authors have been giving services for free for too longThe fight to ensure literary festivals pay authors appearing at their events has gained momentum after a number of prominent writers, including Linda Grant, Denisa Mina, Joanne... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association is presenting National Readathon Day through its Libraries Transform campaign, with support from Penguin Random House's Library Awards for Innovation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired a debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Howe has won the £20,000 T S Eliot Prize for her debut collection Loop of Jade – the first time a debut has won the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW spoke with the three big winners of the ALA's 2016 Youth Media Awards, about what they were doing when the committee called. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Urbane Publications has signed The Huntingfield Paintress, the debut novel by writer Pamela Holmes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year’s inaugural national Independent Bookstore Day, which coincided with Free Comic Book Day on May 2, was a huge success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donna Douglas: American actress known for playing Elly May Clampett in nine seasons of the 60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. When the series finished, she became a real estate agent, gospel singer and children's book author. Died January 1, from pancreatic cancer, aged 81. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Theodore Roethke Home museum in Michigan asks owners of hand-numbered copies of Open House to get in touch, for ‘census’ to mark 75th anniversary of poetry collectionGuardian Witness: Do you own any first, signed or otherwise special book editions? Share your pictures and storiesA quest to find... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press, part of Penguin Random House, has acquired Low and Slow: How to Cook Meat by Neil Rankin: a guide to "modern meat cookery". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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