Lauren St John | "People don’t choose their destinies"

The author whose love of animals has spawned a series of bestsellers opens a new four-part sleuth series, her first books for Macmillan Children’s. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In hard times for media companies, these people are working to bolster Indigenous news coverage in Sask.

Times are hard for print media in Saskatchewan. This is true for Indigenous-focused news outlets just like any other. But some are adapting to change and hoping to inspire the next generation of Indigenous journalists. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-08-19 10:00:00 UTC ]
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St. Martin’s Press Responds to Marketing Controversy

Amid a months-long dispute with influencers, many of whom have vowed not to promote St. Martin's Press titles until their concerns are addressed, SMP on Friday released a brief statement condemning "racism in all its forms" and saying it remains committed to "publishing a wide variety of books... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The first US Book Prize judged entirely by incarcerated people has announced a winner.

The inaugural Inside Prize has named its first recipient—the author Imani Perry. The new book award is “a collaborative project of Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, Center for Justice Innovation and Dallas bookstore owner Lori Feathers.” And in a novel move, all the prize judges are... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-08-02 17:05:17 UTC ]
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5 tips to effectively judge people using personality science from an organizational psychologist

Insight into personality is dramatically more important than emotional intelligence. Richard Davis is an organizational psychologist and managing director at Russell Reynolds Associates. He has extensive experience advising CEOs, including those leading Fortune 100 companies. Clients include... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-07-20 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Garnet Books in St. Paul Goes on the Market

Dionne Sims, who opened Black Garnet Books in St. Paul, Minn., to sell books by BIPOC authors in response to the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, is selling the store to return to school and focus on writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

John Muir harbored a different perspective of the American wilderness than most. Born in 1838 in Dunbar, a small coastal town in southeastern Scotland, Muir wrote in his memoir that he “was fond of everything that was wild” in his native country. His hometown overlooked red sandstone cliffs,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-14 08:55:35 UTC ]
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John Kaag on the Bloods, the Little-Known Dynasty that Shaped American Life and Philosophy

There are times when a writer encounters the work of a contemporary at the ideal time. In my case, this writer was John Kaag and the book was his 2018 philosophical memoir Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. I had been studying philosophy in graduate school, but had left to pursue... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-07 08:55:26 UTC ]
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Little, Brown, a Hachette Imprint, Lays Off Seven People

The shake up at the Hachette Book Group imprint comes at a time when publishers are feeling pressured by sluggish print sales and rising supply chain costs. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-06-06 01:11:09 UTC ]
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John Parsley, Claire Zion Up at Dutton, Berkley

Parsley has been promoted to VP and publisher at Dutton and Zion has been promoted to editor-in-chief at Berkley. Christine Ball has been promoted to EVP, continuing to serve as publisher of Berkley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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ChatGPT and the like will co-pilot coders to new heights of creativity | John Naughton

Far from making programmers an endangered species, AI will release them from the grunt work that stifles innovationWhen digital computers were invented, the first task was to instruct them to do what we wanted. The problem was that the machines didn’t understand English – they only knew ones and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-05-11 15:00:29 UTC ]
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Writers Talking Writers: Jennifer Egan on Edith Wharton and Jinwoo Chong on John Okada

Two writers whose work explores the aggregate nature of personal and collective fate discuss authors who were master interrogators of social dualism in their own times. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp quotes anti-immigration TikToker but fails to reveal ex-One Nation MP adviser role

Daily Telegraph featured Jordan Knight as a spokesperson for his self-founded Migration Watch• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn anti-immigration TikToker was featured in the Daily Telegraph as a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-05-04 00:00:27 UTC ]
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60 Wall St. secures new mortgage at a steep price, proceeds with redevelopment

The owners of 60 Wall St. yesterday announced they refinanced the office tower’s $575 million mortgage at a substantially higher interest rate, paving the way for redevelopment of the empty building with a distinctive public lobby.“60 Wall will be redeveloped to today’s standards and will... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-05-02 17:53:38 UTC ]
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A Summary and Analysis of John Cheever’s ‘The Worm in the Apple’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The short stories of John Cheever (1912-82) are among the greatest American short stories of the twentieth century. His Collected Stories runs to 900 pages and contains tales which are by turns realist, borderline magic-realist, and downright... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2024-04-17 14:00:45 UTC ]
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I Don’t Have To Choose Between Writing About Myself And Writing About The World

I was balancing a plate of honeydew in the green room of a book festival when I walked by a white man bemoaning the state of the publishing industry. The man wore a suit, and he spoke to a white woman; both of them looked to be in their 40s. As the man speared a […] The post I Don’t Have To... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-03-27 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Suzanne Herz Returns to Penguin Random House as John Grisham's Publisher

John Grisham's longtime publisher will return after a buyout to oversee the publishing strategy for the John Grisham brand, "which will now live alongside the sales and corporate marketing teams," PRH CRO Jaci Updike wrote in a memo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Groff Prepares to Open Her Bookstore—with a Little Help from Her Bookseller Friends

Fortified by advice and tips from Ann Patchett and Emma Straub, her fellow authors-turned-indie-booksellers, the author of 'Fates and Furies' and 'Matrix' readies to open her new bookstore, the Lynx, in downtown Gainesville, Fla., this spring. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lots of People Make Money on Fanfic. Just Not the Authors

Next year, SenLinYu’s Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don’t want to take it down, but it’s the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-02-28 20:42:17 UTC ]
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Kara Swisher Is Sick of Tech People, So She Wrote a Book About Them

Silicon Valley’s top pundit dishes on her memoir Burn Book, immature billionaires, and whether she’s actually mean. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-02-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
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How many people die each year in jails and prisons? No one knows

As Jay D. Aronson and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell explore in their recent book 'Death in Custody,' that lack of data is a national problem. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-02-02 20:19:44 UTC ]
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