BRAISED PORK, the debut novel by An Yu, opens with an ending. A young wife walks into the bathroom to ask which accessory her husband prefers and finds him sprawled ungracefully in the tub, drowned. Next to his body is a strange drawing: a fish with the head of a man, or a man with […] The post Lowering into a Dark Pool: On An Yu’s “Braised Pork” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
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William Heinemann has revealed the new novel from Hannibal Lecter creator and The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris will be Cari Mora: "a new story of evil, greed and the consequences of dark obsession". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins will next year publish The Roommates, “a compelling” standalone psychological thriller by Rachel Sargeant that gives Freshers’ Week “a dark twist”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author spoke out at the National Book Awards against the rise of "nationalism and racism" in politics. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hera Books has acquired a three-book series of "sexy, dark" thrillers set in the world of Bollywood by crime writer Alex Khan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A major investment stake from Chinese media firm Vanguard Visionary Associates will be used to fund publishing projects at Dark Horse in addition to creating a development fund for film projects based on Dark Horse comics properties Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social network hopes launch of transparency tools will restore trust after series of scandalsFacebook will no longer allow British political groups to publish “dark ads” on its network, in an attempt to restore public trust after the Cambridge Analytica scandal and questions over its influence... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke to award-winning children’s illustrator David Small, who returns this October with a "fictional follow-up" to his 2009 memoir Stitches. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven Books has bought the first adult novel, billed as "The Crucible" meets “The Craft”, from YA author Julie Mayhew. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is giving brands assurances that their commercials will only run in a thoroughly vetted video environment as part of a new program that focuses on premium content. The new ad offering is also coming down in price since Facebook first started testing the program earlier this... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Poole, c.e.o. of library and information association CILIP, has condemned recent library cuts as "a wholesale assault on a vital civic institution", in a speech made at a Labour Party Conference fringe event. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has teamed up with The Pool and digital book club The Pigeonhole to offer readers of Kate Morton’s sixth novel a shared reading experience, culminating in a live event. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has acquired a "witty and moving" debut by Amy Jones, writer and video producer at The Pool, as part of a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate has pre-empted a novel inspired by Marilyn Monroe and her Korean translator. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former literary agent Hannah Begbie has won The Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for new writers for her novel Mother (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“The project is complex because we are trying to put single sign-on between six companies, 75 apps and hundreds of sites." The post Portugal’s top publishers band together to get users to register and pool data appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder’s Jasper Fforde has returned with a new novel, Early Riser, which sees 99.9% of the human population go into hibernation every winter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Analysis of more than 2m titles shows that on average, male authors’ work is strikingly better valuedA study of more than 2m books has revealed that titles by female authors are on average sold at just over half the price of those written by men. The research, by sociologist Dana Beth Weinberg... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to The Peculiar Peggs of Riding Woods, a dark fairy tale by TV production coordinator Samuel J Halpin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival is partnering with The Pool on a public campaign to select 100 books by women from the last 100 years to be celebrated at its festivals in the UK and around the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kuo-Yu Liang, founder of Diamond Book Distributors and a key figure in the growth of graphic novels, is leaving DBD after 15 years to join pop culture convention organizer ReedPop as its global director of business development. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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