Oneworld will publish Inheritance: The Forgotten History of Mary Davies by historian Leo Hollis. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 05:25:51 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling offers additional reading for your commute to Hogsmeade. The post J.K. Rowling Is Releasing 3 E-Books of Secret Hogwarts History appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is reissuing The Wind off the Small Isles, a "lost" novella by Mary Stewart, known for her gothic romantic thrillers and historical novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld is launching an interactive app for Professor Stephen Hawking’s 1988 book A Brief History of Time, including new updates from its author. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The History Press is to publish a book based on an original set of sketchbooks and diaries from a signaller in the First World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld is to publish a "chilling and deeply moving" memoir by French writer Maude Julien entitled Behind the Gate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Mary Gaitskill talks to Alice O'Keeffe about her third novel, The Mare (Serpent's Tail), which may change her relatively unknown status in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frank Herbert on his Boeing, Stephen King on his Wang, and Philip Roth worrying that writing would become too easy … Matthew Kirschenbaum’s account of literature in the digital ageIn a photograph taken in his high-tech home office at 29 Merrick Square, London, in 1968, thriller writer Len... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary Roach’s books come marinated in bodily fluids and infused with noxious vapors; you feel like you should be wearing rubber gloves to turn the pages. She’s unflinchingly ready to explicitly describe things we’re inclined to be squeamish about, and in her latest book, “Grunt: The Curious... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sally Davies, the director of East London bookshop Libreria, is stepping down from her role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto imprint Frances Lincoln Children’s Books and London’s Natural History Museum are launching a publishing partnership to create 10 non-fiction titles per year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A college professor and a university fellow have won the Wolfson History Prize, awarded £30,000 each. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, shortly before announcing the iconic blog network has reached an agreement with Ziff Davis to purchase its seven brands and other assets. Gawker's brands include Gawker.com, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the full Senate approve President Obama's nomination of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. If approved she will become the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first Einstein is Albert. The “other” Einstein is Mileva Maric, the first wife of the famous physicist, whose role in helping to formulate the special theory of relativity in 1905 has been speculated on, but never really known—with the truth mostly lost to history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 20 years ago, when Laurie Halse Anderson was researching the epidemic that inspired her first historical middle-grade novel, Fever 1793, she came across a stunning piece of information. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wolfson History Prize has appointed Sir David Cannadine, dodge professor of history at Princeton, as the chair of judges for this year’s award, and increased its prize money to a combined £60,000 (raised from £50,000 last year), split between two winners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviews editor Alex Crowley recommends 'Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea' by Mitchell Duneiera, a history of how the study of what came to be known as “the ghetto” in large part created the phenomenon itself. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The “warts-and-all” autobiography of former England cricketer Chris Lewis has been acquired by The History Press, which will publish the memoir in March 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his latest book the acclaimed comics artist enlists biblical scripture in his ongoing crusade to remove the social (and religious) stigma attached to providing sex for money. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired This is Grime, the story of grime music, by music journalist Hattie Collins. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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