Did a revolution in Latin American publishing make One Hundred Years of Solitude the success it is today? | Lit Hub When in doubt, smile like an axolotl: Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes in praise of the “Mexican Walking Fish,” the cutest creature on planet earth. | Lit Hub Nature “The master who had played to stadia and venues […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-11 10:30:08 UTC ]
Ahead of tonight’s ceremony, we looked back at every National Book Award for Fiction and Nonfiction winner of the 21st century. | Book Marks “A closeness comes from an every-day giving of attention.” Nina McLaughlin on finding the natural world in Ovid. | Lit Hub What does the debutante ball... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-20 11:30:40 UTC ]
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On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, seven acclaimed books about and from East Germany. | Lit Hub What does “NSFW” mean in the age of social media? On the protean, problematic humor of the internet. | Lit Hub Remembering Stephen Dixon, two-time National Book Award finalist,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-08 11:30:40 UTC ]
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Lit Hub is excited to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. This year’s judging panel included Tommy Orange, Emma Straub, Monique Truong, Maaza Mengiste, and Claire Messud. They are: De’Shawn Charles Winslow, In West Mills Chia-Chia Lin, The Unpassing Julia... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-26 13:59:29 UTC ]
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FALL 2019 NONFICTION PREVIEW: All this week we’ve been highlighting our most anticipated books on a variety of subjects, from history and biography to memoir and essay collections to politics and social science. The final installments: tech and science. | Lit Hub “Everything about Jo repulsed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-23 10:30:27 UTC ]
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In the annual PW Star Watch program, emerging talents in the North American publishing markets are honored. A 'Superstar' goes to Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post PW Star Watch Names 50 Honorees for 2019, Its Fifth Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-21 04:30:39 UTC ]
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This week we’ll be previewing the most anticipated nonfiction titles coming out this fall, covering politics, history, biography, science, tech, social science, and more. We begin today with essays, and you can find memoir over here. Lydia Davis, Essays One: Reading and Writing FSG, Nov. 12 With... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-20 08:49:53 UTC ]
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This week we’ll be previewing the most anticipated nonfiction titles coming out this fall, covering politics, history, biography, science, tech, social science, and more. We begin today with memoir, and you can find essay collections over here. Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House: A Memoir... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-20 08:49:13 UTC ]
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“The phrase ‘common-or-garden dick’ in a medieval poem? Yes, please.” On the gleefully indecent lines of the Medieval Welsh feminist poet Gwerful Mechain. | Lit Hub For the anxious historical fiction writer, Caitlin Horrocks offers some permissions for writing into the past. | Lit Hub “As a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-09 10:30:36 UTC ]
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The Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), a printing industry trade group, announced this week that it has acquired NAPCO Media—the Philadelphia-based B2B publisher of Book Business, Printing Impressions and Publishing Executive, among a handful of other titles—for an undisclosed... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-08-08 18:53:40 UTC ]
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Hello from Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “rotten tomatoes for books!” How It Works: Every day, our staff scours the most important and active outlets of literary journalism—from established national broadsheets to regional weeklies and alternative litblogs—and logs their book reviews. Each of those... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 16:00:10 UTC ]
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Scrolling book-reveals for Lit Hub’s Climate Change Library I sighed, “Here we go again.” On the first day, “Part One: The Classics” listed 48 books written by mostly white authors. The four exceptions, Robert D. Bullard, a Black American and Winona LaDuke, an Indigenous North American, along... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 08:50:12 UTC ]
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Streaming giant buys rights to create first ever screen adaptation of Colombian author’s seminal 1967 magical realist novel Netflix has acquired the rights to Gabriel García Márquez’s seminal One Hundred Years of Solitude to create the first screen adaptation of the author’s 1967 masterpiece.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four hundred years of publishing history was toasted last night at the combined John Murray 250th and Hodder & Stoughton 150th anniversary party. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial director Ben Brusey, who acquired astronaut Tim Peake's Hello, is this planet Earth?, has been promoted to deputy publisher of Century. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone has initiated countdown for the launch of astronaut Tim Peake's Hello, is this Planet Earth? on 17th November with a full roster of marketing and promotional activity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House is publishing British astronaut Tim Peake's non-fiction debut, Hello, is this planet Earth? in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The self-published debut by a Norwegian crime fiction blogger draws interest, along with a backlist novel being billed as a Japanese 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Survey of workforce at 34 book publishers and eight review journals in US reveals 79% of staff are white and 78% female – with UK numbers still unmonitoredMan Booker winner Marlon James: ‘Writers of colour pander to the white woman’A survey of American publishing has found that it is blindingly... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memoirs by the musician and the artist were among the forthcoming books causing excitement at the industry’s international trade eventA memoir from Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, a “devastating” critique of austerity from former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and a “warts and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A first edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude was stolen at the Bogota Book Fair last week. Police recovered the book, but the thieves are still at large. The post Lost then Found: Police Recover Garcia Marquez First Edition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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