Author Mal Peet has died, his agent Peter Cox has announced. Peet died last night (2nd March), after being diagnosed with cancer just last Christmas. The writer, whose latest novel The Murdstone Trilogy came out in 2014, won a number of awards during his career, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucia Perillo, a poet known for her sense of humor and her writing about living with multiple sclerosis, died on Oct. 16 at the age of 58 in Olympia, Wash., her publisher Copper Canyon Press confirms. Her most recent book, “Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones,” was published in February. In 2000,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Dillon, the legendary British comic book artist, known for his work on Preacher, Punisher, and 2000AD's Judge Dredd dies aged 54 Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graham Greene CBE, most recently a director of Ed Victor Ltd and a "great cultural ambassador", has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accordionist, bandleader and New Orleans music icon Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco has died. He was 68. His death was confirmed by the band’s manager and frequent collaborator, Ted Fox, who wrote on the Buckwheat Zydeco’s Facebook page that Dural had died early Saturday... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian author WP Kinsella, whose book Shoeless Joe became the hit film Field of Dreams, dies aged 81 in a doctor-assisted death. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Neville, the Australian author and co-founder of controversial 60s counterculture magazine Oz, has died in Byron Bay aged 74. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Sunday, I attended my funeral. It was a short ceremony, held in a small auditorium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The pastor who led it made note of my professional accomplishments. He also cited my habit of eating straight out of the bulk bins at Sprouts. The ceremony ended with a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morton Schindel in his home office in 1985. His illustrations turned beloved children’s books into animated films. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Jones, who retired less than two months ago as managing director of Christian publisher Lion Hudson plc, has died, aged 55. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Attwooll, poet and chair of Liverpool University Press, has died at the age of 67 after succumbing to Erdheim-Chester Disease. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Publisher’s publisher” and Profile Books chairman Nick Perren has died after a long illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Levin, whose many industry roles included publishing executive, mergers and acquisitions guru, and author, died July 25. He was 97. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sergio Machado, publisher and c.e.o of Brazil publishing house Editora Record, has died aged 68. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Evans was one of the literary scene’s leading figures for decades, working with writers including Ted Hughes and Hanif Kureishi Matthew Evans, one of the most important figures in British publishing and the man who led Faber and Faber for several decades, has died aged 74.Evans, or Baron Evans... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Carolyn Whitaker has died, aged 79, following a long battle with cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Kitson, former c.e.o. of HarperCollins UK and Australia, has died following a short illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amercian writer and futurist Alvin Toffler, the celebrated author of prophetic 1970 bestseller Future Shock (Bantam), has died, aged 87. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Fuller won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing at The Chicago Tribune and later became Tribune Publishing’s president. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish Dying: A Memoir, a “remarkable little book” by Cory Taylor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author Jenny Diski, who published a memoir about living with inoperable lung cancer only last week, has died aged 68. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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