Laugharne Weekend appeals for cash after missing out on Arts Council Wales funding

Annual literary festival The Laugharne Weekend is appealing for cash after being denied funding from Arts Council Wales (ACW) for the first time in the event's 12-year history.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-23 16:58:59 UTC ]
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Sacha Baron Cohen series 'Who Is America?' to debut on Showtime this weekend

Michael Ondaatje speaks Sunday after winning the Golden Man Booker Prize for his novel "The English Patient" at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zen, Writing, and the Art of Facing Cancer: Natalie Goldberg

Zen teacher and bestselling author of ‘Writing Down the Bones’ Natalie Goldberg explores how being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia led to an acceptance of suffering that not only changed how she wrote, but also her approach to survival. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Harley appointed chair of PA’s Educational Publishers Council

Jane Harley, strategy director of UK Education for Oxford University Press, has been appointed chair of the PA’s Educational Publishers Council.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Rip-roaring' biography of Princess Margaret scoops South Bank Sky Arts Award

Satirist Craig Brown's biography of Princess Margaret, Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, published by 4th Estate, has been honoured at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last chance to fill in the blanks on funding journalism’s future | Roy Greenslade

Cuts have eroded the quantity and quality of the press. We must have a say on where to go nextHere is the news. Newspaper publishing revenues from both circulation and print advertising, have plunged by more than half over the past decade, down from almost £7bn to just over £3bn. Here’s more... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literature Wales disputes claim its Book of the Year fails to boost sales

Literature Wales has disputed the BBC's claim that some of the Wales Book of the Year winners have only sold as few as 20 copies, describing the Nielsen data as “misleading”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Minhinnick scores Wales Book of the Year Award hat-trick

Robert Minhinnick has won the £4,000 Wales Book of the Year Award for the third time for his “powerful and political” poetry collection published by independent press Carcanet—25 years after first scooping the prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finnish Digital Media Fund IPR.VC Backs Development of YA Book Series for Television

With plans for multiplatform development to follow, the allegorical fantasy writings of Italian author Roberto Ricci are coming first to television. The post Finnish Digital Media Fund IPR.VC Backs Development of YA Book Series for Television appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge School of Art graduate wins Macmillan illustration prize

María J Guarda from the Cambridge School of Art has won this year’s Macmillan Prize for Illustration with her story of a family in exile. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Missing' Icon Books founder rescued after fall

Icon Books founder Peter Pugh was rescued on the Norfolk coast by police, after going missing for 18 hours. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Come on Australia': Rebel Wilson slams Court of Appeal decision

Rebel Wilson has hit back at a Court of Appeal ruling that saw her defamation payout from magazine publisher Bauer Media reduced to $643,414, calling the decision "clearly not fair". Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The President Is Missing' Strikes Gold

The new novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson has sold 260,000 total copies after its first week on sale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU-funded Transbook project commits to UK post-Brexit

The director of an EU-wide children’s literature project has said Europe must continue to work with the UK after Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Trump Jr is hawking a book. The Art of the Plea Deal, anyone? | Arwa Mahdawi

The president’s son wants to make literature great again. But considering his legal troubles, I would not be surprised to find that his tome throws his dad under the busDonald Trump Jr, the one who looks like a semi-sentient sneer, wants to make literature great again. The president’s eldest... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deadlines: Call for Papers in Germany, Translation Fund Applications in Scotland

Translation funding for international publishers interested in Scottish writings and a call for papers and presentations for the January Future!Publish conference in Germany are open and have deadlines in place this summer. The post Deadlines: Call for Papers in Germany, Translation Fund... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk shows: 'American Made' on HBO and more

SERIES Taken Mills (Clive Standen) tries to save his cousin from members of an underworld syndicate in a new episode of the series based on the Liam Neeson action franchise. Jennifer Beals and Adam Goldberg also star. 8 p.m. NBC The Crossing The now-canceled science fiction drama, about a group... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coal Barons Who Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Increasingly Suspicious Inauguration Fund May Get Huge Favor

Bloomberg published an eyebrow-raising report Thursday night about a draft proposal being prepared by the Trump administration that would subsidize the coal industry in part by invoking a Cold War-era law intended for use in national security emergencies: Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Make textbook funding a priority', PA tells government

The Publishers Association has recommended that the government makes funding for textbooks a priority. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out the 10 most VC-funded Bay Area companies of 2017

Which Bay Area companies caught the eyes of VCs last year? In the most recent issue of the San Francisco Business Times we published our annual ranking of the Greater Bay Area’s 100 largest venture capital recipients, based on total disclosed funding in 2017 as reported by Thomson... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel

In categories of art, photography, fiction, nonfiction, and speciality books, the 213-year-old New England Society announces winners of its award for trade books of regional interest and significance. The post New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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