Nearly 20 years after her début bestseller Ralph’s Party, Lisa Jewell reflects on her long career and her recent move into psychological thrillers. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of YALC 2015, Gemma Malley, director of communications at Book Trust and author of seven YA novels, takes a look at why authors write YA. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nelson DeMille was crowned 2015’s ThrillerMaster at Saturday night’s 10th International Thriller Writers’ Banquet, held at Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is in Amazon’s “interests" to "treat suppliers well” but the company should communicate with them better, Amazon’s head of public policy for the UK & Ireland has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Sparks is more than just a bestselling author of sappy romantic fiction; he's a pop culture phenomenon. A former pharmaceutical salesman from Omaha, Nebraska, Sparks has sold a reported 97 million books worldwide, and the films based on them have, so far, have grossed a total not far... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books has signed world English language rights to a debut "deeply moving thriller". Rights to Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus was signed by Orenda's pubisher Karen Sullivan from Maggie Hanbury of the Hanbury Agency. Described as an "energetic, inventive, gritty and deeply moving... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lots has changed since Rae Earl wrote her personal diary in the 1980s, which she later converted into the bestselling book My Mad Fat Diary, but the basic pains of transition from teenager to grownup remain the same – and books help us find the way through itWhen my nan used to tell me about... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WRITING books must be in the DNA of Times journalists. Even the paper’s founding editor, Henry J. Raymond, cranked them out, including his “History of the Administration of President Lincoln” in 1864. The next year, he r ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Facebook convinced publishers to go all-in on exclusive content with Instant Articles, it hopes advertisers will do the same. In a presentation at Cannes Lions this week, Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox showed ad buyers mock-ups of a new mobile format that takes over a screen... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of children’s authors, including this year’s Carnegie winner Tanya Landman, is preparing a letter to the education secretary protesting against the way writing is taught in schools. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Kardashian West is to be the subject of the next of Sean Smith's celebrity biographies, contracted to Harper NonFiction last year in a deal with agent Gordon Wise. Kim will be published in hardback on 24th September (£14.99) and is described as "the ultimate insight into the reality behind... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salvatore Rubbino gives us a tour through A Walk Through Paris, which has just won the Independent Bookshop Week children’s picture book award 2015 – including lesson on how to draw the Mona Lisa herself Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inkshares, a crowdfunded book publishing platform, is working with indie bookstores to help them launch their own imprints.A fledgling publishing company is offering a new tool to indie bookstores: crowdfunded imprints.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A semifinal game of the Maranatha tournament on Friday night between Long Beach Poly and Fairfax produced a summer basketball game to remember. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rare, a conservative political website aimed at millennials, started two years ago as a social digital experiment by Atlanta-based Cox Media Group. But while millennials may be the most liberal age group, in less than a year, Rare's monthly traffic has soared to 9 million uniques in May,... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Roiphe, a major voice in feminist lit, reflects on her 50-year writing career as her 10th novel is published. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arcadia Books has bought a thriller set in the world of Formula 1 racing, originally published by The Hanbury Agency’s White Glove programme Moreton Street Books. Driven by Toby Vintcent was the only work of fiction on the shortlist of the New Writer Award at the Cross British Sports Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA authors Aaron Hartzler, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lynn Weingarten, and Cammie McGovern came together on May 29 at BEA for a panel discussion titled Talking to Teens About Tough Topics, moderated by Margot Wood of Epic Reads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yale University Press will publish the Windham-Campbell Prizes's annual keynote addresses in a new series titled "Why I Write.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Think Candace Bushnell, and you think of actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her swirling pink tutu dress getting splattered with mud by a passing bus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On a Saturday BookCon panel, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lauren Oliver, and Jason Reynolds discussed the relationships, characters, themes, and settings of their latest YA novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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