Magazine with 76-year history in jeopardy after funding application to Australia Council rejected, ending council’s continuous support since 1974One of Australia’s longest-running literary magazines, Meanjin, may soon be forced to shut down after being told on Thursday its application for funding had been rejected by the Australia Council.The magazine, which began publishing in 1940, has received commonwealth funding since 1961, first through the Commonwealth Literary Fund and then from 1974 through Australia Council. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group is closing Imprint, a move that will eliminate six editorial positions and three in marketing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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North London indie stalwart Muswell Hill Bookshop is to close, following the retirement of its owner, Ivan Beal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 23:21:36 UTC ]
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Totnes Bookshop in south Devon is being closed in its current form by the trust that owns its lease and will reopen as a box office for local events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 11:36:36 UTC ]
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Non-essential shops, including bookshops, in Wales will close in a two-week national lockdown from Friday, it has been announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 04:08:38 UTC ]
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With a goal of building digital revenue 'our authors can make a living from,' Saga Egmont's Lasse Horne is staffers for digital. The post Our Frankfurt Magazine: Denmark’s Saga Egmont Is Hiring for Digital Releases appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-18 13:25:15 UTC ]
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The Paris commercial court has rejected the demand by Vivendi SE and the UK's Amber Capital for Hachette Livre parent company Lagardère SCA to hold an early extraordinary shareholders meeting. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 11:42:49 UTC ]
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This week in films that I just…I just can’t: the first trailer for Ron Howard’s adaptation of J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy is now live. Based on Vance’s bestselling memoir about growing up in, and then escaping from, an abandoned Rust Belt town ravaged by poverty and drug addiction, the film... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-14 15:41:25 UTC ]
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The Sharjah World Book Capital Office and Sharjah Book Authority are providing new grants to support Lebanese publishers and book fairs. The post A New Relief Fund from Sharjah Supports Publishers Affected by the Beirut Blast appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-07 19:01:26 UTC ]
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A selection of memoirs and novels that can help connect and lift us through these scary and sad times. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-07 05:22:15 UTC ]
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The Victoria & Albert Museum is closing its dedicated bookshop and making 103 roles redundant across its retail and visitor experience teams as the Covid-19 crisis hits its finances. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 09:58:53 UTC ]
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Bi and lesbian books from the last two decades for fans of literary fiction, from haunting collections to atmospheric historical fiction like Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-10-02 10:38:36 UTC ]
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The Good Literary Agency (TGLA) has hired Kemi Ogunsanwo as an agent, tasked with building a list across fiction and non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 03:35:01 UTC ]
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The Includive Indies Fund, set up earlier this year by Knights Of and Jacaranda, has awarded grants totalling £35,000 to 11 independent presses from across the UK and Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:44:26 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Canbury Press is released the Unbound-funded illustrated book 99 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great, featuring an introduction from Bonnie Greer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-25 10:42:43 UTC ]
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Are you happy in your current book world job? Do you arise each morning with a sense of purpose? Does social isolation, political turmoil, and inclement fall weather agree with you? Can you turn up to work barefoot and go snorkeling on your lunch break? If you answered “no” to any of the above... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-24 16:47:43 UTC ]
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Foundry Literary + Media co-founder Peter McGuigan has provided more details on his new literary agency Ultra Literary, which we announced last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp columnist apologised for ‘hurtful and untrue’ comments about Indigenous boy with dwarfismThe family of Quaden Bayles, a nine-year-old Indigenous boy with dwarfism, will receive close to $200,000 in damages plus legal costs after an agreement was reached with the News Corp columnist... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-22 22:31:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired The Hollow Sea by Annie Kirby, a literary debut about grief, recovery, and identity, set to be a lead hardback for 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 11:44:41 UTC ]
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Three children’s authors from around the world will close this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference (28th September-1st October) by giving their vision of the future of reading. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:29:01 UTC ]
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Seven’s objections include weaker squads and reduced crowdsSummer without cricket on free-to-air TV loomsThe spectre of a summer without cricket on free-to-air TV has cast a shadow over the upcoming season amid reports Seven West Media has begun the process of cancelling its contract with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-11 02:30:20 UTC ]
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