The arresting tale of a “lady pilot” in the mid-20th century is interwoven with the story of a modern-day Hollywood actress. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-03 09:40:22 UTC ]
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Children’s publisher Nosy Crow has appointed Katherine Halligan to the new role of head of non-fiction and activity publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Year’s weekend will be generally quiet as far as openings go — though the museums will all be doing their thing, with some terrific shows ongoing. But the art world gets cooking again early next week with the opening of a film festival at the Hammer Museum and a show at LACE that examines the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week's episode of the 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast, author Fred Nadis talks about his book on sci-fi writer and editor Ray Palmer. The post When Good Science Fiction Fans Go Bad appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How many have you read? Test yourself by seeing if you can match first lines to the titles of the Monitor's favorite novels (and one collection of short stories) from 2015. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While the giant firms sink huge sums into fleeting fads, the commitment and passion of the smaller imprints leave a larger impression in the long termIndependent publishers pick the books they loved and wished they published in 2015Here’s an observation: it sometimes feels as though smaller... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Testing Penguin Random House's "Hotline" for a personalized list of book suggestions for gift givers, our correspondent comes away impressed. The post Looking for the Perfect Book Present? Try the Penguin Hotline Really. appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Francesca Best has acquired three "gritty" historical saga novels by a debut author as her first acquisition for Transworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since its highly publicized decision to stop selling books through Amazon, sales at EDC have skyrocketed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has bought the world rights to A Girl Called Owl, a new tween fiction novel, from Skylark Literary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the 2016 U.S. presidential election less than a year away, here are 12 comics about modern presidential (or at least vice-presidential) politics, covering workaday minutia all the way through Machiavellian schemes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when the translation market is shrinking, the internet giant’s publishing arm, AmazonCrossing, has leapt ahead as by far the biggest publisher of English versions of international titles this year. Alison Flood inspects its basketTranslation Tuesdays: read poetry, short stories and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of children in the UK who took part in The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge this year was down 2.8% on last year’s figure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Key festive titles from publishers are now on bookshop shelves, including a number of new titles from big-name authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Del Rey, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, has acquired "a bold new voice in fantasy fiction" in author Mark de Jager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Noy Holland on perhaps the most difficult and weighted subject an author can tackle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2015 is David Almond for 'A Song for Ella Grey.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Estate of Francis Bacon is set to publish the entire oeuvre of the artist’s work for the first time, including 100 previously unpublished paintings, for £1,000 a copy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperLegend, with its focus on discovering new literary talent, will consider manuscripts submitted by un-agented authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellen Banda-Aaku has long battled with her African publishers to make her teen/YA books ‘suitable’ enough to print. Now she’s started to stand her ground for the sake of her teenager readers – and risks not being published at allPlus find out about #ProjectKala, a campaign to promote reading in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are some men who, upon learning that I have been involved in two feminist books, like to say to me that women are: “More equal now than before, so why do we still need feminism?” Typically, their tone has a kind of faux-earnest, head-cocked-to-one-side, u ok hun? edge to it. They aren’t... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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