Mark Twain's turkey tale – perhaps the funniest in American literature

What Twain eventually learned, after an interminable time on the trail, is that turkeys have a genius for feigning injury. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

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The Handmaid's Tale triumphs at The Emmys

TV series "The Handmaid's Tale", based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, has scooped five gongs at this year's Emmy Awards, including for best drama series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Electric Literature's Bodega Project is the literary counterpoint to the tech start-up

Online literary magazine Electric Lit’s recent Bodega Project is an appreciative counter to the new tech firm called Bodega. Launched by two ex-Google staffers, Bodega (the start-up) received some harsh criticism this week for threatening the beloved corner stores. The company aims to install... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Publishers’ Workshop in the Philippines: Southeast Asian Literature in the Spotlight

Frankfurt Book Fair's year-'round network of outreach events includes international workshops for publishers to cultivate emerging world markets. The post A Publishers’ Workshop in the Philippines: Southeast Asian Literature in the Spotlight appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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National Book Award for Young People's Literature longlist announced

The National Book Foundation on Monday announced the 10 books longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The list includes a previous National Book Award winner, M.T. Anderson; a three-time Newberry honoree, Gary Paulsen; a debut novelist, Ali Benjamin; Angeleno... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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2017 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced

The longlist has been announced for the 2017 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC programme will mark BL Harry Potter exhibition

The BBC will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter with “rarely seen documents from J K Rowling’s archives, revealing her magical inspirations” in the run up to the British Library’s exhibition next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mark Thompson: ‘A second Brexit referendum risks seeming like a stab in the back by the elite’

Last year the New York Times CEO and ex-BBC boss published a book lamenting the decline in political discourse. With the advent of Brexit and Trump, he’s had to write a new chapter…Mark Thompson is the chief executive officer of the New York Times. He is also the former director general of the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Mark Zuckerberg cares so much about DACA that he’s actually reading the comments

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. He published a note late Wednesday, joining other business leaders in asking President Trump and Congress to protect from deportation those qualified undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hometown Tales look beyond London for new voices

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has revealed the first four books in its Hometown Tales series, which aims to promote regional diversity by publishing voices from across the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tel Aviv Agent Stephanie Barrouillet Offers Titles from Turkey and France

Authors and illustrators from Istanbul, Carcassonne, and Paris are featured in new children's books that agent Stephanie Barrouillet is taking to Frankfurt. The post Tel Aviv Agent Stephanie Barrouillet Offers Titles from Turkey and France appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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How can Young Adult literature attract new readers?

Charlotte Wilson asks what publishers are doing to reach non-YA readers, and suggests how to attract new readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tale of the Tape: Weighing In the Fall Fashion Issues

Size matters this fall season, as books shrink across the major publications. The post Tale of the Tape: Weighing In the Fall Fashion Issues appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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International Irish Literatures Association Holds First Singapore Conference

From the Irish Times: 'A serious, substantive academic conference that managed to feel relaxed and light-hearted,' 'filtered through a Singapore lens.' The post International Irish Literatures Association Holds First Singapore Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Staff Pick: 'Long Lankin' and 'The Mark of Cain' by Lindsey Barraclough

If you like 'Stranger Things,' you should pick up these two books by Lindsey Barraclough, says PW assistant editor Drucilla Shultz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg on Charlottesville: Facebook will remove violent threats

CEO says Facebook is ‘watching closely’ and will ‘take down threats of physical harm’, joining raft of tech companies purging white nationalists and neo-NazisMark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville last weekend, writing in a Facebook post Wednesday... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Electric Literature Serializes Joe Meno’s ‘Star Witness’ Online

The serialized story is part of Electric Literature's ongoing experiments with distributing literary works online, as well as an effort to grow its paying membership. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Rushdie, Hollinghurst, Waters headline Cheltenham Literature Festival

Roddy Doyle, Ian Rankin and Salman Rushdie are some of the authors revealed on the line-up at the Times and the Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'The Glass Castle' is an unconventional-family tale with heart and a strong performance by Woody Harrelson

"I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster." That's the unnerving first sentence of Jeannette Walls' 2005 memoir, "The Glass Castle," and its audacious combination of candor, unsentimentality and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is religion in children's literature a new taboo?

Stephanie Williamson says the industry needs to publish more books featuring religious characters if it wants to be truly diverse. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mark Millar's superhero rise from comic book nerd to Netflix winner

How Scotsman made multi-million pound leap from page to screen with sale of Millarworld titles to US streaming giantLike many comic book writers and artists, Mark Millar’s love of comics began as a young child when his older brother would take him to comic book shops. But now the Scottish author... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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