The Royal Society of Literature has elected Marina Warner as its first female president. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan talk to #1 New York Times best-selling author Maria Dahvana Headley about the modern-day relevance of the epic poem Beowulf. She talks about her new translation of the ancient text, and illuminates... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-05 09:48:20 UTC ]
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Lynne Cheney describes the influence of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-30 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association this week announced that three candidates will vie for the association's 2022-2023 presidency: Stacey A. Aldrich, Ed Garcia, and Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In her 20s, she set up her own company, publishing everyone from James Ellroy to the Worst Witch series, and changing Britain for the better, book by book There is a revealing story Margaret Busby tells, about the first novel she published. A family friend had bumped into a former US serviceman... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-22 05:00:17 UTC ]
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Forbes staff writer Dan Alexander argues the president has grotesquely abused public power for private gain. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The Women's Prize has issued a statement saying that eligibility for the prize extends to "all women" where a woman is defined as "a cis woman, a transgender woman or anyone who is legally defined as a woman or of the female sex". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 04:11:34 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Hodder Studio has acquired Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, the first book from Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 17:57:22 UTC ]
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An excerpt from a debut novel Kirkus calls "hypnotizing and inscrutable." The post ‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’: Featured Fiction from Jamie Marina Lau appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-09-09 10:00:12 UTC ]
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Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that U.S. President Donald Trump is "guilty of the same crimes" that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of Trump's alleged role in a hush money scandal that... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-09-06 04:12:05 UTC ]
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Rick Perlstein completes his study of the rise of America’s conservative movement. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Verso is to publish Katherine Angel's latest work, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, exploring female desire in the context of the Me Too era. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 15:54:18 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has revealed details about what publisher Jonathan Karp is calling its most important book of the year: a new account by journalist Bob Woodward of Donald Trump’s presidency, titled Rage, which comes out Sept. 15. After ignoring interview requests for Woodward’s 2018 book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-13 15:21:10 UTC ]
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The Women's Prize for Fiction has just published 25 literary works by female authors with their real names for the first time. Could we do the same for Miles Franklin and Henry Handel Richardson here? Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2020-08-13 06:43:53 UTC ]
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Warner Bros TV has acquired TV rights to Diane Cook's Booker-longlisted novel The New Wilderness, published this week by Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 05:38:11 UTC ]
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A new collection introduces English-speaking audiences to an overlooked Japanese cartoonist who smashed both gender and genre norms during her short life. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2020-08-05 18:19:54 UTC ]
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David Varno, the v-p of tech at the National Book Critics Circle and fiction reviews editor at 'PW,' has been elected president of the organization by its board of directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines named an interim president a day before what would've been Troy Young's second anniversary in the role. Executive vice president and chief financial officer Debi Chirichella will serve in the interim position. Young resigned late Thursday after he and the company spent the week... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-24 20:14:14 UTC ]
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Hearst initially stood by Young amid allegations of inappropriate behavior, but later announced he was resigning effective immediately. The post Hearst Magazines President Troy Young Resigns After NYT Report appeared first on Eddie & Ozzie Awards. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-24 13:00:11 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_103859" align="alignright" width="192"] Troy Young[/caption] Hearst has parted ways with the president of its magazines division, Troy Young, the company said Thursday, a day after a report in The New York Times described multiple complaints of "bullying or harassing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-24 13:00:11 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_103859" align="alignright" width="192"] Troy Young[/caption] Hearst has parted ways with the president of its magazines division, Troy Young, the company said Thursday, a day after a report in The New York Times described multiple complaints of "bullying or harassing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-24 13:00:11 UTC ]
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