Libel reform included in Queen's Speech

The announcement of a Defamation Bill in the Queen's Speech today (9th May) has been welcomed... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Netflix wins big at Golden Globes as ‘Queen’s Gambit’ keeps fueling chess sales: Monday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. Netflix wins big at Globes Streaming platforms dominated the winners at last... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Hodder to publish Lumley's 'heart-warming' celebration of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Hodder & Stoughton will publish actress Joanna Lumley's A Queen for All Seasons, a "warm and fascinating" celebration of Queen Elizabeth II and her Platinum Jubilee. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Larry Flynt, controversial porn publisher who pushed limits of free speech, dead at 78

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt Jr., the self-described "smut peddler who cares" who used his pornography empire and flair for the outrageous to push the limits of free speech, has died at the age of 78. Continue reading at CBC

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Waterstones demands business rates reform, as Chancellor mulls online sales tax

Waterstones is among a number of major retailers to have signed a letter warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the business rates burden on shops is risking thousands of high street jobs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a bestseller, but its author, Walter Tevis, was hardly a one-hit wonder

Tevis wrote science fiction greats like “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and the overlooked “Mockingbird.” Also, “The Hustler.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Sturgeon's speeches to be published by Sandstone

Sandstone Press is to publish a book of speeches by Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth's favorite U.S. state, estimated wealth, nanny troubles, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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David Constantine to receive Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry

David Constantine is to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, for his "humane" work spanning 11 collections. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mariah Carey's essential reading list includes, of course, her own memoir, dahlings

Mariah Carey's list of 'essential 2020 reading' includes a host of books by Black authors, along with the pop diva's own bestselling recent memoir. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Johnny Depp loses libel case against Sun over claims he beat ex-wife Amber Heard

Pirates of Caribbean actor had sued newspaper publisher for damage to his reputationThe Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has lost his high-stakes libel action in the London courts against the Sun after the newspaper described him as a “wife beater”.The high court dismissed the claim by the Pirates of... Continue reading at The Guardian

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What Barack Obama's memoir reveals about his long battle for healthcare reform

In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir published by the New Yorker, former President Barack Obama recalls the long battle for healthcare reform. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Samantha Bond to play the Queen in Windsor Knot audiobook

Samantha Bond will narrate the audiobook of S J Bennett’s novel, The Windsor Knot. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-21 13:14:02 UTC ]
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Green Tree couples up with 'queen of breakups' Rosie Wilby

Green Tree, Bloomsbury's health and wellbeing imprint, will publish Rosie Wilby's The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Heartbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Susan Hill and Mary Berry awarded damehoods in Queen's Birthday Honours

Novelist Susan Hill and food writer Mary Berry have been awarded damehoods in the Queen's Birthday Honours, while Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell, Booker winner Bernardine Evaristo, writer and translator Daniel Hahn, short story writer and poet Kadija George Sesay and Oneworld publisher... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Ebury pre-empts biography of two 16th-century queens

Ebury Press will publish Blood, Fire and Gold, a biography of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by historian Dr Estelle Paranque. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature longlist includes many newcomers.

‘Tis the season for book awards! Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The National Book Awards, created in 1950, is the most prestigious literary prize in the United States, rewarding quality and cogent... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-16 14:15:20 UTC ]
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Shobna Gulati: 'I've played the Queen, Thatcher and the Virgin Mary – on radio'

As she publishes a moving memoir, the Corrie, Dinnerladies and West End star talks about her three-decade battle with typecasting – and almost dying of Covid-19 Shobna Gulati is speaking about this past horrendous year in surprisingly serene tones. Her mother died last autumn, and a few months... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-16 05:00:14 UTC ]
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The best new audiobooks include a 30-year-old novel that’s as timely as ever

Gore Vidal’s “Hollywood” is finally getting the audiobook treatment, and not a moment too soon. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Community-based providers push to continue behavioral health reforms

Plus: EmblemHealth, Somos ink value-based deal Northwell's Feinstein Institutes designated key aging-research center, gets $1.7M to fund pilots Covid-19 challenges Montefiore's... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

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