Manchester becomes Spider-Man film set

Starring Jared Leto and Matt Smith, Morbius - based on a comic book - is set for release next summer. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to become an ex-black man

Review of 'Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race' by Thomas Chatterton Williams Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-11 14:00:17 UTC ]
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Miami Book Fair 2019: A Man with a Mission

Bestselling author Nathan Englander opens up about religion, the creepiness of Instagram, and why it doesn’t make any sense to be a writer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lupita Nyong’o Had a Guilty Pleasure on the Set of ‘12 Years a Slave’

The Oscar-winning actress, whose new children’s book is “Sulwe,” enjoyed “Fifty Shades of Grey” during filming: “I needed something light and inconsequential to take me out of the harshness of the world.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-03 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Pippi Longstocking film in early development

StudioCanal, Heyday Films and the Astrid Lindgren Company have revealed they are in early development on a film adaptation of Pippi Longstocking. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 23:59:31 UTC ]
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New Anne Enright novel on fame and sexual power set for 2020

Man Booker-winning author Anne Enright’s next novel, Actress, about sexual power and celebrity, will be published by Jonathan Cape in February 2020. Jonathan Cape publisher Robin Robertson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada from Peter Straus of Rogers, Coleridge & White... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-27 08:38:57 UTC ]
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Williams leaves Bounce to set up marketing firm

Bounce trade marketing manager Graeme Williams is leaving the company to set up his own venture. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-26 22:16:56 UTC ]
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'Weaker' Pearson US courseware tumbles 10% but revenues set to stabilise

In a third quarter trading update, Pearson has reported "weaker than expected" performance in its US higher education courseware business, with revenue down around 10%, but it still expects revenues to stabilise for the whole group this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-26 09:00:05 UTC ]
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Who is ‘The Clockwork Man’? He may be literature’s first cyborg.

E.V. Odle’s 1923 science fiction novel stars a most unusual — and fascinating — character Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-25 20:52:59 UTC ]
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Area man attempts to sell self-published book to 50 bookstores in 50 days, learns lesson along the way.

As reported in The Republic, Columbus, Ohio’s Mason Engel had already tried to get his self-published reboot of Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, into the hands of New York literary agents—like, right into their actual hands. After reaching number one in Amazon’s dystopian fiction category,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-25 15:11:55 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces 2019 Film Awards Shortlists

A total 11 titles are in contention this year in the Frankfurter Buchmesse's Film Awards program, which has its awards night at Frankfurt Pavilion. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces 2019 Film Awards Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-23 05:30:55 UTC ]
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The Eighth ‘Publishing Next’ Conference Set for Southwestern India

This month's Publishing Next program is set in Miramar, Goa, with participation from Big Five and independent publishing representatives. The post The Eighth ‘Publishing Next’ Conference Set for Southwestern India appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-04 05:30:04 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Shortlist

The 2019 Man Booker Prize shortlist is here! The post Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Shortlist appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2019-09-03 12:55:26 UTC ]
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Bill Kenwright Films options C L Taylor thriller

C L Taylor’s latest thriller has been snapped up for screen and a possible stage adaptation by Bill Kenwright Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 20:58:41 UTC ]
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7 Novels Set in Toronto

In the popular imagination, the idea of Canadian literature is overwhelmingly dominated by imposing landscapes: the vast emptiness of the prairies, a cruel wilderness that tests the limits of human survival. It makes sense that such settings would loom large––many of the country’s most... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-08-26 11:00:08 UTC ]
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Hodder to publish The Irishman film tie-in

Hodder & Stoughton will publish the film tie-in edition of Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses, which has been made into a Martin Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-22 00:30:05 UTC ]
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A Nigerian American in Utah Strives to Be ‘A Particular Kind of Black Man’

Tope Folarin’s debut novel is all at once a search for identity, an immigrant story, and a bildungsroman. A Particular Kind of Black Man follows Tunde Akintola, a Nigerian American in a small town in Utah. Torn between the culture of his Nigerian parents, and the white Mormon culture of Utah,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-08-21 11:00:12 UTC ]
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In no man’s land: anger as publisher puts book criticising army on hold

Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the GuardAfter beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-18 06:59:05 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Calls for ‘Revolutionary’ Book Pitches for Film

At the Frankfurter Buchmesse, a "Focus: Film" networking sequence will include a pitching session for books with potential for screen development. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Calls for ‘Revolutionary’ Book Pitches for Film appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-14 05:30:30 UTC ]
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