Let’s Get Meta: Nine Books that Break the Fourth Wall

Books that break the fourth wall, a major lawsuit goes after book banes, historical fiction set in Hawaii and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

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Breaking India's menstruation taboos with a comic book

Aditi Gupta created a comic book to help girls in India better understand their periods. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mirror Books scoops real-life Breaking Bad

Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror) publishing imprint Mirror Books has acquired the true story of a man who discovers that his father is a drug-dealer: Breaking Dad by James Lubbock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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BBC Books to publish novel from Fourth Doctor Tom Baker

BBC Books is publishing the first Doctor Who novel from Tom Baker, star of the series as the Fourth Doctor in the late seventies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Taboo-breaking book on money to Serpent's Tail

Serpent’s Tail has acquired The Money Book by campaigning journalist, speaker and consultant Alex Holder. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate scoops footprints book in five-publisher auction

Fourth Estate won a “heated” five-publisher auction for a book by a university lecturer about "the marks we are making on the planet". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Harry Potter' screenings break Durham Book Festival records

The screenings of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" at Durham Cathedral has broken all of the city’s book festival records with 1,500 tickets selling out in one day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borsenverein figures break down Germany's book sales for 2016

Sales of books and journals in Germany across 2016 were up marginally for the first time since 2013, according to data released by trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth time

An Eagle in the Snow follows in the footsteps of Shadow, Kensuke's Kingdom and Private Peaceful. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morpurgo scoops Children’s Book Award for fourth time

Michael Morpurgo has won the overall Children’s Book Award for a record-breaking fourth time. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tom Cox book breaks Unbound crowdfunding records

Author Tom Cox's new book 21st Century Yokel has become the fastest title to reach its funding target on Unbound in just seven hours. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phaidon Breaks New Ground with Milk & Honey Cocktail Book

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Fourth Estate buys Leicester City book

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By the book: six ways to break into publishing

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Russian censors target children's books that break the mould

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Icon acquires 'ground-breaking' book on masculinity

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Rediscovered Dr Seuss pet book breaking sales records

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[ The Guardian | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train breaks all-time book sales record

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Fourth Fifty Shades book whips up unprecedented pre-ordering frenzy

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[ The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blues book for Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate has acquired on proposal a book about American blues music by Natasha Peskin. Described as "part travel, part memoir and part oral history", A Soft Place to Lay: Stories of the Blues is inspired by Peskin's solo drive across the USA exploring the history of the music. Louise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fourth Estate signs blues book by Peskin

Fourth Estate has acquired on proposal a book about American blues music that is “part travel, part memoir and part oral history” by Natasha Peskin. Louise Haines at Fourth Estate signed world English language rights to A Soft Place to Lay: Stories of the Blues from Kirsty McLachlan at DGA Ltd. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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