L J Ross launches Read, Write, Walk North East

Author L J Ross is to launch an arts initiative, offering community grants, promoting literacy and encouraging tourism in The North East.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Cheltenham First Novel Competition launches with The Borough Press

HarperCollins imprint The Borough Press is launching the inaugural Cheltenham First Novel Competition in association with Cheltenham Festivals and LBA Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin and Bear Nibbles launch Big Book Club

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins launches music list with Dylan study

William Collins is set to launch its music list with a book by Harvard classics professor Richard F Thomas on why Bob Dylan matters. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CLA and Kortext buy library reading list management system

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and digital textbook provider Kortext have bought a reading lists management system, rebus:list, from library management supplier PTFS Europe. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon plans Prime Video shows with ‘Walking Dead’ creator

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[ Engadget | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blair reveals he 'toyed with Marxism' after reading book on Trotsky

Former prime minister tells BBC Radio 4 that learning about the Russian revolutionary was ‘like a light going on’Tony Blair has said that he “toyed with Marxism” as a young man after being inspired by a biography of Leon Trotsky that detailed “extraordinary causes and injustices”.The former... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexa Can Now Read Audiobooks to Your Pets So They Feel Less Lonely

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[ AdWeek | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N buys writing skills firm for £45m

Barnes & Noble Education has bought writing skills services company Student Brands for $58.5m (£45m). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carmichael writes on post-Brexit education for John Catt

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Ken Follett 'book club' to launch

Pan Macmillan has launched an exclusive global book club for Ken Follett fans with digital reading platform The Pigeonhole. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Writing Her First Novel and Being Banned by Trump

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[ AdWeek | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AHRC launches £80m creative industry research programme

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley launches content sharing across 1,700 journals

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Bloomsbury launches modern classics series

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LBF and Writer's Digest launch author conference

The London Book Fair and US magazine Writer’s Digest are to launch a new conference for authors, The Writer’s Summit, which will explore new opportunities in publishing and in developing successful writing careers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Former CUP director launches gender equality consultancy

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S&S Children's brings 'Salaam Reads' imprint to UK

Simon & Schuster UK is bringing a children's imprint focused on Muslim characters and stories to the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Launches New Imprint with Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yen Press to Launch JY, a Kids’ Graphic Novel Imprint in Fall 2017

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Rosen and Ross to retell A Christmas Carol

Scholastic will publish a new version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol “retold” by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Tony Ross, who the publisher said is directly descended from one of Dickens’ illustrators. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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