I read Jessi Jezewska Stevens’ debut novel The Exhibition of Persephone Q in a single sitting on the Sunday afternoon before the quarantine. I was magnetized not just by a great story, but one that felt uncannily timely. The novel is set in the days after 9/11, a period when America was suspended by a […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-17 08:48:14 UTC ]
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Veteran dancer and author Copeland, who stresses the importance of friendship, creativity, and imagination, will present her latest book, Bunheads, at BookExpo Online's Children’s Book & Author Dinner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Own It! is launching a week-long online arts festival, featuring live readings, conversations and workshops from authors and artists it publishes and represents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 22:34:42 UTC ]
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“The Poster,” edited by Gill Saunders and Margaret Timmers of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is a beautiful survey of the medium. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-21 14:34:13 UTC ]
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Laing champions the very attempt on the part of artists to make a dent in the collective consciousness. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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On April 1st, I sent the final draft of my book, a memoir that revolves around my relationship with my cartoonist grandfather, to my editor. It was also on this day that there were nearly one million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, almost 50,000 deaths, and thousands of overwhelmed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-07 08:48:18 UTC ]
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Children's author and illustrator Rob Biddulph is attempting to break the world record for the largest online art lesson, in partnership with HarperCollins and global talent investor Entrepreneur First. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 15:32:05 UTC ]
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In the best of times, businesses know to diversify their revenue. But during the pandemic, survival has sometimes meant getting into a whole new business. Co-host David Griner talks with new community editor Ko Im about how a bookstore ramped up site visits by turning itself into a travel site.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-05-04 15:04:07 UTC ]
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Bernardine Evaristo, Robert Webb and Neil Gaiman are among the line-up for the Big Book Weekend, a three-day virtual festival broadcast by BBC Arts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-25 10:45:46 UTC ]
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Wright’s debut reads like a “how to” book that thousands of K Street connivers and Wall Street warriors won’t want Americans to see. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-18 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Blake Gopnik argues that Warhol had a lasting effect on advertising, fashion, music, film, television and photography. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-17 15:51:05 UTC ]
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Sales are down for indie presses, perhaps a collective pot of money would help. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-13 16:40:35 UTC ]
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In response to the impact of the pandemic on the arts community, a multi-disciplinary coalition of arts organizations have joined together to launch Artist Relief, a nonprofit fund that will award $5,000 grants to individual artists facing economic need due to Covid-19. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The package includes $50 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for digital inclusion projects, and a hefty $30.8 billion in relief for schools and colleges. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Arts has launched Culture in Quarantine, a virtual arts festival “rooted in the experience of national lockdown”, with highlights including "The Big Book Weekend", co-founded by Kit de Waal and Molly Flatt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 12:02:11 UTC ]
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Arts Council England (ACE) has announced a £160m emergency funding package to help artists and art organisations cope with the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 04:57:11 UTC ]
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Olivia Lomenech Gill will illustrate Jessie Burton’s upcoming YA novel, Medusa, Bloomsbury Children’s Books has announced as it reveals the first three images. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-15 23:35:55 UTC ]
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In this week’s issue, Natasha Singer reviews “Facebook: The Inside Story,” by Steven Levy. In 1992, William Poundstone wrote for the Book Review about “Artificial Life,” Levy’s book about the science and nuance of life creation in silico. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-03-13 09:00:04 UTC ]
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The MoCCA Arts Festival, an annual festival of indie and self-published comics and graphic novels organized by the Society of Illustrators, has been postponed due to the continuing spread of the new coronavirus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed Matter's annual L.A. Art Book Fair, which was scheduled for April and typically draws more than 30,000 people, will not be staged this year. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-11 18:05:11 UTC ]
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Yellow Kite has won rights to publish the first book by Steven Bartlett, founder of the social media and marketing company Social Chain, after fighting off four other publishers in the final round of auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 09:22:05 UTC ]
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