LaHaye, Co-Author of Left Behind Series, Leaves A Lasting Impact

Tim LaHaye, the evangelical pastor and co-author of the best-selling Left Behind series, died of a stroke on Monday. He was 90. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump won't leave office peacefully, his former lawyer Cohen claims in upcoming book

Michael Cohen's memoir about U.S. President Donald Trump will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing, which confirmed the news on Thursday. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2020-08-14 12:29:48 UTC ]
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Behind the Mic: On Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, Read by the Authors

Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. The hosts of the “Call Your Girlfriend” podcast are warm, open, and matter-of-fact narrators... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-14 08:44:10 UTC ]
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Meyer, Hannity Drove Sales Up 10% Last Week

Driven by strong sales from a host of new titles—including 'Midnight Sun' and 'Live Free or Die'—unit sales of print books rose 10.2% last week at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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11 Black Sci-Fi Authors To Read Right Now

Get to know the work of these Black science fiction authors, from the established and prolific to debut authors shaking up the genre like Cinderella is Dead author Kalynn Bayron. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:37:00 UTC ]
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OUP completes Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series with final release

Oxford University Press is publishing a new translation of Émile Zola’s Doctor Pascal, marking the first time that the English translation of his complete 20-book Les Rougon-Macquart series has been in print under one publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 10:21:05 UTC ]
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How Ali Smith wrote a fast, newsy, transcendent book series during the darkest of timelines

The author discusses her quartet of novels, written fast on the heels of Brexit, Trump and the ensuing horrors and concluding with "Summer." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-12 14:00:44 UTC ]
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Women's Prize sponsor Baileys launches free Reclaim Her Name series

In collaboration with the Women's Prize for Fiction, sponsor Baileys is re-releasing free e-books of classic works using the real names of female writers who originally published under male pseudonyms. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 02:14:44 UTC ]
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Penguin to release audio study guides series

Penguin is to release a series of audio study guides to accompany key English literature A-level texts.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 19:08:23 UTC ]
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Corvus strikes two-book deal with debut author Katy Cox

Atlantic's Corvus imprint has acquired two novels from debut author Katy Cox, including M is for Mummy, a "warm and witty" story about parenting an autistic child.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 05:57:45 UTC ]
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UK Book Industry: Society of Authors’ Hardship Fund Renews Appeal for Donations

The UK's authors' union opens a new push for grassroots funding of small emergency grants needed by authors in the pandemic. The post UK Book Industry: Society of Authors’ Hardship Fund Renews Appeal for Donations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-10 14:09:22 UTC ]
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A White author grapples with a family history of racial oppression

Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridgman to release debut junior fiction series with Tiny Tree

Tiny Tree has acquired a new junior fiction series from Bonnie Bridgman, featuring fun, adventure and a strong female lead. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 03:55:34 UTC ]
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Movie animal trainer Tottman pens series for Sphere

Movie animal trainer Julie Tottman has signed with Sphere to author two books, about two of the deserving animals she has rescued, loved and trained to appear in films over the past 20 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 21:16:42 UTC ]
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Society of Authors gives £185,000 in grants to writers

The Society of Authors (SoA) had awarded grants totalling £185,000 to writers including Derek Owusu and John Mapanje for their works in progress. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 14:46:48 UTC ]
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MCB flies in for Morayo's fairy fiction series

Macmillan Children's Books has won a multi-publisher auction for a young fiction series by debut author Lola Morayo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 14:22:34 UTC ]
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Kathleen Duey, a Mentoring Children’s Book Author, Dies at 69

A prolific writer, she published more than 75 books, including a Best Seller and a National Book Award finalist, all while encouraging aspiring authors. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-08-05 21:52:08 UTC ]
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HBO Max Expands Originals With Ridley Scott Sci-Fi Series, Selena Gomez Cooking Show

NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock has an original science fiction series, Brave New World. Netflix is prepping Away, an upcoming sci-fi drama following a group of astronauts on a journey to Mars. Now, HBO Max has announced the premiere date of its own ambitious sci-fi show. Raised by... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-08-05 21:37:25 UTC ]
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Arcadia to Launch Spooky America Series

Arcadia Publishing will increase its presence in the children’s market this fall with the release of a new series, Spooky America. The series launches in September with eight titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin's Great Ideas series returns

Penguin is to relaunch its non-fiction Great Ideas series after a decade's hiatus, with a new selection of 20 pocket-sized titles, featuring bespoke cover designs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 02:20:41 UTC ]
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Where are the hotshot British male novelists? BAME authors may know

Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Abir Mukherjee, Courttia Newland, Guy Gunaratne, Paul Mendez and Okechukwu Nzelu on why British writers of colour are left out of the conversationAfter this week’s Booker prize longlist was announced, the Times asked “Where are the new male hotshot novelists?” I was... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-31 14:10:18 UTC ]
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