Hutchinson has splashed out a six-figure sum for UK and Commonwealth rights to 2014 Rome Prize in Literature recipient Liz Moore’s "gritty, compelling, cleverly constructed novel" Long Bright River. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Later today, an expert panel of leading British writers, curators and critics enlisted by the BBC are revealing 100 genre-busting reads as part of an ambitious Novels That Shaped Our World season... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 20:59:29 UTC ]
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Why do literary agents take so long to respond to submissions from writers? Is it personal? Are there things writers can do to speed up the process? Find the answers here. The post Why Do Literary Agents Take So Long to Respond to Submissions? by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-11-04 18:50:46 UTC ]
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Hutchinson will publish the “elegant, gossipy and bitchy” diaries of Conservative politician and socialite Sir Henry “Chips” Channon in full for the first time, calling them "a major document of twentieth-century British history." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 23:42:20 UTC ]
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The children/young adult category was one of only two categories that posted a sales increase this August over August 2018, according to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After the shock death of her husband, Long Litt Woon tried numerous activities to help her deal with her grief. But it wasn’t until she found fellowship in the Norwegian Mycological Association that she found peace. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 21:05:50 UTC ]
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Hutchinson has signed a six-figure deal with author Nancy Tucker for her debut novel, The First Day of Spring, following an auction, with rights sold in the US, Brazil and France. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 10:14:07 UTC ]
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Reagan and Hollywood mixed feel-good nostalgia and Cold War fear, writes J. Hoberman. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-27 02:16:05 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a cookbook from Twisted, the biggest food and drink Facebook page in the UK with 30 million followers across its social channels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-20 08:49:17 UTC ]
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Although picture has improved since 2017, research shows that last year only 4% of books for the youngest readers featured a minority ethnic heroIn most children’s books, according to one London primary school pupil, “people are peach”. Another feels there are “no black people” in the stories... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-19 11:15:59 UTC ]
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A new memoir by Marc Randolph, the company’s first boss, provides a blast from the entertainment giant’s red-envelope past. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-09-15 21:14:47 UTC ]
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In a country that has suffered so much, it turns out to be the women in this novel who suffer the most. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-11 22:29:40 UTC ]
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Australia has become a dangerously complacent country, dancing to the reactionary tune of the Murdoch pressAustralia has become the complacent country. Complacent about its future economic competitiveness. Complacent about climate change. Complacent about how to navigate our future in the region... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-06 20:00:48 UTC ]
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Michael Finnegan, president of The Atlantic, discusses how the magazine publisher set the price and paywall height for its digital subscription product, which has been in the works for nearly two years. The post ‘We’re really confident in our differentiation’: Atlantic President Michael... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-09-06 04:00:33 UTC ]
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Awards buzz is ramping up for author Margaret Atwood, who is again in the running for both the Man Booker Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-09-03 19:27:06 UTC ]
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Review of 'A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century' by Jason DeParle Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-30 14:00:45 UTC ]
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Hutchinson will publish the debut of New York comedian Shelby Lorman, creator of the viral Instagram feed ‘Awards for Good Boys’. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 02:04:26 UTC ]
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The Long Beach Book Club Project unexpectedly discovered groups in every corner of the city. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-15 22:44:34 UTC ]
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Former Hutchinson senior editor Sarah Rigby is joining indie Elliott & Thompson as its publishing director, covering for publisher Jennie Condell who is on parental leave. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 04:29:14 UTC ]
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All of J.D. Salinger’s works will be available as e-books starting this week. Disaffected youth can finally read Catcher in the Rye on their Kindle Paperwhites, just like J.D. Salinger intended.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-08-12 10:34:36 UTC ]
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The BBC is to host a year-long celebration of literature with new programming across BBC TV, Radio and online, including a “landmark” BBC2 series “The Novels That Shaped Our World”, to be broadcast this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 18:20:23 UTC ]
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