It's been a whirlwind of a time following the success of The Theory of Everything, but Anthony McCarten certainly hasn't been resting on his laurels. The New Zealand-born writer, based in London, has just finished screenwriting a film based on Winston Churchill's life, polished off Bohemian Rhapsody – a story about Freddie Mercury and his band Queen, and is now embarking on a new venture – the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He's also writing a non-fiction book to accompany a new Winston Churchill movie, The Darkest Hour, to show the historical context in which the movie is set. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
[ Stuff | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lindsay Literary Agency is sponsoring a scholarship place for an "under-represented" writer of children's fiction at the Winchester Writers’ Festival 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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38th Book Prizes will also recognize 50 finalists in 10 categories, with winners to be announced on April 20 The Los Angeles Times today announced the Book Prizes finalists and this year’s honorees. Novelist John Rechy will receive the Robert Kirsch Award, Glory Edim will be honored with the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are so many literary prizes these days that they could be regarded as an industry in their own right – but they’re needed to change the status quoHow many literary prizes are there in the UK today? To Wikipedia’s tally of around 70, I can immediately add half a dozen more – and still they... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finalists for the 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes include Joyce Carol Oates, Ron Chernow, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jesmyn Ward. The awards will be presented on the campus of USC on April 20, the eve of the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Finalists for the book prizes, which are awarded in 10... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish authors have launched a social media campaign to get Emma Hannigan's latest novel, Letters To My Daughters, to number one after the mother-of-two revealed she has "little time left" to live. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rep. John Lewis’ graphic memoir series for young readers, “March,” about his civil rights work with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was supposed to be a trilogy. But a new book, “Run,” is coming, and more are on the way. Lewis, a civil rights hero, won the National Book Award for “March: Book... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin is launching a pop-up bookshop stocked solely with titles by female writers for International Women’s Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In August 2018 Abrams ComicArts will publish 'Run: Book One,' a sequel to Rep. John Lewis' National Book Award-winning civil rights graphic memoir, 'March.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Blake Publishing, part of Bonnier Publishing UK, is releasing a "definitive" biography of Prince Harry by journalist and author Angela Levin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray is publishing a memoir by the former secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T-Mobile US CEO John Legere wants to sell his New York penthouse for $22 million. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartment in Manhattan's Lincoln Square neighborhood has a view of Central Park and was originally owned by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, according to the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacaranda Books, in partnership with Words of Colour Productions, has launched an initiative to publish 20 Black British writers in the year 2020 across adult fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The question stumped John Daly. Amid the usual first-date conversation at a Washington restaurant 15 months ago, the woman he met online asked what he was passionate about. Daly didn’t have an answer. Nothing in his life matched the rush from plunging headfirst downhill at more than 80 mph in the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardly anyone reads New Zealand adult fiction. Printed books comprise about two-thirds of all books sold in this country, but Kiwis are a pragmatic bunch and by far the most books we buy are cookbooks and sports biographies. Printed fiction is likely to be less than a half of adult fiction sold,... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conservative columnist Ross Douthat's new book argues that Pope Francis is making the wrong call on how to change the Catholic Church, shifting perspectives on doctrine and potentially undermining the authority of the papacy itself. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The couple, whose children’s books include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Borka, receive BookTrust’s first ever joint lifetime achievement awardTwo giants of children’s books, Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham, are to be honoured with the first ever double BookTrust lifetime achievement award.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces (John Murray), is publishing a new novel with John Murray called Katerina. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Lucy Worsley to write a "major" new biography of Queen Victoria to celebrate the 200th anniversary of her birth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George R R Martin is funding a new annual scholarship at a science fiction and fantasy six-week course to “help the next great fantasist on the long journey ahead”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent poetry publisher Offord Road Books is opening its submissions window exclusively to writers from black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds until March. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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