John Blake to republish Paul Daniels' autobiography

John Blake Publishing is to republish Paul Daniels’ autobiography, retitled My Magic Life, as a “tribute to one of Britain’s greatest primetime entertainers”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Philip Roth,’ by Blake Bailey, is a colorful, confident and uncompromising biographical triumph

At more than 800 pages, the biography also manages to be conversationally readable. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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John Boehner, Matt Gaetz, and government by right-wing media

On Friday, Politico published an excerpt from On the House, a forthcoming memoir by John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, that, in Politico’s words, is the story of “how America’s center-right party started to lose its mind, as told by the man who tried to keep it sane.” The excerpt... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-04-05 12:13:42 UTC ]
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Rep. John Lewis’s Life Story Continues in ‘Run: Book One’

'Run: Book One', a posthumous work by the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, is the continuation of his National Book Award-winning graphic memoir The March trilogy. The book will be published by Abrams ComicArts in August 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places

“You Made Me Love You” collects short stories from throughout Wideman’s acclaimed career. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-03-26 20:23:09 UTC ]
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University of Toronto's John Yates to Retire

John Yates, president, publisher, and CEO of University of Toronto Press, announced that he will be retiring from the publisher for personal reasons, with a date to be set in the future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber to republish Gilroy's 'trailblazing' memoir

Faber has acquired pioneering teacher and writer Beryl Gilroy's memoir, Black Teacher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-26 07:46:49 UTC ]
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Two centuries after John Keats’s death, his famous odes are still sparking new discussions

Anahid Nersessian’s “Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” is a book that moves in personal and unexpected directions. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-25 17:19:41 UTC ]
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Paul McCartney tells life story through lyrics for Allen Lane

Paul McCartney has written the “extraordinary” story of his life for the first time through the prism of 154 song lyrics, to be published by Allen Lane. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-24 12:41:28 UTC ]
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Cassell scoops Emma John's single life memoir

Cassell will publish the “hilarious and unflinching” memoir from award-winning author and journalist Emma John about "what it means to be alone when everyone else isn't". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 00:54:33 UTC ]
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Paul O'Grady signs 'major' children's book deal with HarperCollins

TV presenter and author Paul O'Grady has signed a “major” multi-book deal with HarperCollins for his debut children’s novel, Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang, the first in a planned series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-17 19:53:37 UTC ]
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John Murray to publish new novel from McInerney

John Murray Publishers has acquired a new novel from Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Lisa McInerney. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-12 10:49:32 UTC ]
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Sphere to republish 'patron saint of conservation' Sir Peter Scott

Sphere is republishing A Life in Nature –a portrait of Sir Peter Scott it originally published under the title Happy the Man in 1967–after securing rights from the late conservationist and artist's estate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-05 05:27:58 UTC ]
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Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Turn Their Lens, and Jeff Daniels's Voice, to Hemingway

In the run up to 'Hemingway,' a three-part, six-hour documentary to run on PBS April 5-7, three of the series' major participants discussed what it was like to take on the complicated author. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray backs Herron with retailer events

John Murray is embarking on a PR and marketing campaign for Mick Herron's Slough House, hosting a raft of events with booksellers online in a show of support for both the series and retailers during the latest lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-04 00:21:11 UTC ]
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John Murray bags bestselling debut Black Buck

John Murray has won a publisher auction to publish the New York Times bestseller Black Buck, a satirical debut by Mateo Askaripour on race and ambition in office culture. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-29 00:33:38 UTC ]
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Rob Burrow autobiography pre-empted by Pan Mac

In a six-figure pre-empt, Pan Macmillan has scooped the autobiography of former rugby league player Rob Burrow, an ex-Leeds Rhinos legend diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 00:23:28 UTC ]
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Transworld ventures out with second autobiography from Grylls

Transworld Publishers has acquired Bear Grylls' new autobiography, Never Give Up, a sequel to Mud, Sweat and Tears, published by the PRH division in 2012. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 18:21:44 UTC ]
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Canongate acquires story collection from John Edgar Wideman

Canongate is to publish a set of stories from US writer John Edgar Wideman, 40 years after the author released his first collection. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:47:16 UTC ]
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