Marjane Satrapi Centers a New Graphic Anthology on the Women of Iran

The 'Persepolis' author insists that she's done with comics—and she is, mostly. But she's also the editor of a forthcoming anthology of graphic nonfiction, 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' on "the unprecedented and inspiring revolution happening in Iran today." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Colvin Ramps Up Graphic Novels at LBYR

After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lady Gaga’s organization is publishing an anthology about kindness.

Boy do we need it. Lady Gaga and her organization, the Born This Way Foundation, have announced that they’ll be publishing an anthology later this year called Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community. All of the anthology’s authors are contributors to the Born This Way Channel... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-12 19:33:17 UTC ]
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5 Unapologetically Ambitious Women of SFF

These excellent science fiction and fantasy books about ambitious women prove that ambition doesn’t have to be a bad word. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-03-10 10:34:33 UTC ]
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8 Contemporary Novels by Japanese Women Writers

My novel The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida is a story of how a young woman’s unexplained suicide shapes and transforms the lives of those she left behind. It’s a literary mystery with elements of magical realism set in Japan, not unlike my debut novel Rainbirds. Because of these, I am often... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2020-03-09 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber nets history of women's football

Guardian Faber has netted a general history of women’s football by Suzanne Wrack, the Guardian’s women’s football correspondent. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 06:34:30 UTC ]
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Scholastic scoops graphic novel of Dahl's The Witches

Scholastic has scooped a graphic novel edition of Roald Dahl classic The Witches with illustrations by Pénélope Bagieu. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-08 13:07:28 UTC ]
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Hachette Children's Group to publish graphic novel tackling climate crisis

Hodder Children’s Books will publish second graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano following the success of Illegal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 06:17:17 UTC ]
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10 Middle Grade Graphic Novels for Fans of NEW KID and SMILE

Do you or a young reader love the Newbery Award-winning graphic novel NEW KID or Raina Telgemeier's comics? Try these middle grade graphic novels. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-03-03 11:42:08 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel: Royal women's bodies 'still perceived as public property'

Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel discussed the final book in her trilogy with the BBC's Rebecca Jones. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2020-03-02 17:51:43 UTC ]
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Mantel, Evaristo and Carty-Williams to compete for 2020 Women's Prize

Hilary Mantel's eagerly awaited The Mirror and the Light, Bernardine Evaristo's Man Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other, and Candice Carty-Williams' acclaimed debut Queenie are among the 16 titles competing for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 00:51:10 UTC ]
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5 New Books Written By Women That Get Real About Mental Health

As the public conversations around mental health continue to grow, these new books about living with mental illness offer more insight. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-02-28 11:41:26 UTC ]
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Don’t be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They’re real books.

A librarian makes the case: Kids’ connection to comics helps create lifelong readers. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-27 15:14:00 UTC ]
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Nicole Chung Talks Anthologies and the Nerdy Joys of Structure

In this episode of Reading Women, Kendra talks with Nicole Chung about the anthology she co-edited, A Map Is Only One Story out now from Catapult. From the episode: Kendra: Today, I’m talking to Nicole Chung, the editor in chief of Catapult Magazine and also one of the co-editors of the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-26 09:47:43 UTC ]
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Quercus bags book on how 'male-centric' medicine endangers women's lives

Quercus is publishing Sex Matters by Dr Alyson McGregor, about how "male-centric" medical research studies and testing protocols impact on women's healthcare. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 02:40:12 UTC ]
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Iran and Saudi Arabia: Middle East foes who envy each other

Kim Ghattas explains how the dueling nations try to copy one another’s successes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-21 02:07:07 UTC ]
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A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions

“The Lost Girls” is a group biography of love and lust among the wartime literati. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-19 19:00:00 UTC ]
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Beyond Jokha al-Harthi: Women Writers from the Gulf

When Jokha al-Harthi and Marilyn Booth won the Man Booker International Prize last year, for Booth’s translation of Sayyidat al-Qamr (Celestial Bodies), many hurried to note that al-Harthi was the “first Omani woman writer” to have a book in English translation.While true, this may give the... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2020-02-19 10:26:57 UTC ]
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A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions

“The Lost Girls” is a group biography of love and lust among the wartime literati. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-19 07:00:00 UTC ]
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Little Women and Good Omens shortlisted for CAMEO awards

Little Women, Good Omens and Queenie are among the film, TV and audio adaptations shortlisted for the Creativity Across Media: Entertainment & Originality Awards (CAMEO) awards 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 03:06:07 UTC ]
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