Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic who richly chronicled the city’s vast culinary landscape and made its food understandable and approachable to legions of fans, has died. He was 57. Gold died of pancreatic cancer at St. Vincent Medical Center on Saturday... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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In Megan Giddings’s debut novel Lakewood, desperation leads to a loss of self in a capitalist medical system bent on taking advantage of Black people and their bodies. After the death of her grandmother, Lena, a college student struggling with overwhelming medical debt and taking care of her... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-03-24 11:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of a new virtual book club, publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove will be in conversation with a Dialogue author about their book on Instagram live every Thursday at 8 p.m. for the next 10 weeks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 22:24:25 UTC ]
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Mlawer, one of the most recognized and respected people in the Hispanic publishing industry in the U.S., died on March 21; 'PW' Spanish-language editor Leyhla Aquile, who worked with Mlawer, offers a tribute. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell has launched a digital hub with reading charity BookTrust to keep youngsters busy while schools are closed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 17:38:05 UTC ]
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Just three weeks ago I had all been ready and excited for the Live From London event to announce the recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes at Simpsons in The Strand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-20 07:06:32 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-19 10:30:45 UTC ]
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Marcella Berger, former v-p, director of subsidiary rights at Simon & Schuster, died March 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer Stephanie Wrobel puts her own spin on the true — and truly bizarre — mother-daughter tale. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Life will publish a "timely and important" book about mental health in sport by Gary Bloom titled Head in the Game. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 22:31:22 UTC ]
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If you’re feeling alone and listless, or even if you simply have a few extra hours a week all of a sudden, I’ve got some good news for you. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18, brilliant novelist Yiyun Li will be leading a virtual book club in reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace—a book that many... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-17 15:11:40 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association is calling on customers and the trade to rally behind retailers and support bookshops, as the coronavirus outbreak hits the high street. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 03:39:11 UTC ]
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We are at the beginning of a frightening and difficult time in America. Though we glimpse—in the overflowing hospitals of Milan, the shuttered plazas of Madrid—that which may come to pass, it is impossible to know just how hard hit the United States will be by the novel coronavirus. This nation... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-16 14:00:35 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-15 10:30:40 UTC ]
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Editorial: International publishing can focus on its own obstacles and setbacks. Or it can ask how to put its best creativity into the hands of a world that needs it. The post Our New Spring Magazine Is Out: Publishing in Times of Crisis appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-13 11:30:19 UTC ]
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A multicultural marketing expert says publishers need a better understanding of people of color’s interests. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times Magazine will come to life this weekend in a whole new way. In partnership with Google Lens, smartphone users will be able to access additional information online that corresponds to the print version of the magazine. Readers who hover their smartphones over many of the pages... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-03-12 13:50:26 UTC ]
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Deep cleaning is being ramped up at the News UK building, home of HarperCollins, after an employee of the Times tested positive for the coronavirus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-11 20:24:36 UTC ]
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Susanne Woods, founder and publisher of needle and sewing crafts publisher Lucky Spool Media, died February 19, 2020, of complications from metastatic breast cancer. She was 47. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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These days, many elegiac poems have an unwelcome resonance — and yet offer solace, too. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-10 16:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Apala Bhowmick The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die (John Murray, 2019), by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, translated from the original Bangla by Arunava Sinha, is a fast-paced thriller about the rescue mission around the flagging finances of an... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-03-10 15:47:11 UTC ]
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