As scores of politicians line up to release books, the first Theresa May biography is set to reveal far less racy details than David Cameron’s...Brexit means Brexit, and party conference season means the release of a slew of political biographies and memoirs. Not as punchy a slogan as Theresa May’s, but at least we know there is a 100% chance of politicians and their biographers fighting over the prime slot in the conference hall bookshop. We have already had a glimpse of Strictly Come Dancing star Ed Balls telling Westminster to foxtrot oscar with his no-holds-barred memoir Speaking Out. The publication of Nick Clegg’s Politics: Between the Extremes – a typically peevish-sounding title from a man who always seemed annoyed to be deputy prime minister – has been timed to coincide with the start of the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton. There are new books from the serial diarists Alastair Campbell, Alan Johnson and Chris Mullin. But the one which should be most eagerly awaited is the first biography of our new prime minister. Related: Why big publishers are ‘shying away’ from Theresa May Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. offers a sweeping narrative that goes beyond gospel music. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has co-written a political thriller, State of Terror, with long-time friend Louise Penny, to be published in the UK by Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 14:21:31 UTC ]
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Allen Lane has won a four-way auction for a “vivid and unexpected” group biography of four creative pioneers by Harriet Baker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 19:57:05 UTC ]
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Father and daughter Kazuo and Naomi Ishiguro will come together at an event for the first time in the Southbank Centre's "Inside Out" season, organisers have announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 18:59:02 UTC ]
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TV rights for historian Anne Sebba’s biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the only woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder, have been snapped up by Miramax Films. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-10 12:16:20 UTC ]
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With Cambridge University Press taking two of the 2021 super-category PROSE Excellence Awards, a political anthropologist wins the Hawkins. The post AAP PROSE Awards: ‘Ancient Maya Politics’ Wins 2021 Hawkins Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-05 18:00:56 UTC ]
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Sophie Clarke has been promoted to the role of scout at Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-05 13:42:35 UTC ]
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Carol Blue-Hitchens and her late husband’s literary agent are discouraging friends from participating in a book tentatively titled “Pamphleteer: The Life and Times of Christopher Hitchens.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-02-04 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Sceptre has acquires What’s in a Name? by Sheela Banerjee, the story of 20th-century immigration to the UK told through names and what they say about belonging and heritage. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 16:52:59 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books has acquired I Heart Politics: Why Fandom Explains What's Really Going On, Phoenix C S Andrews’ "dazzlingly original" guide to fandom in politics. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 03:40:54 UTC ]
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Set in Brighton Beach in 1968, the novel follows three characters involved in a wacky film production. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul and Stephen Kendrick on how King’s 1960 arrest influenced the presidential campaign. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-22 13:00:00 UTC ]
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In the wake of the events of January 6, will the Big Five think twice about publishing conservative authors? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Stevenson’s classic 19th-century novel is study in loyalty against a backdrop of violence and unrest. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-20 16:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is publishing the first English-language biography of Silicon Valley investor and SoftBank c.e.o. Masayoshi Son in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 08:08:50 UTC ]
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Fairlight Books has acquired world rights to Lynda Clark’s debut short story collection Dreaming in Quantum and Other Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-19 04:48:26 UTC ]
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The National Book Awards' new digital outreach series features a 12-event presentation of winners, shortlistees, and finalists, including international literature and translation. The post US National Book Award Program: Spring Season appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-18 19:01:19 UTC ]
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Firefly Press has acquired book blogger and school librarian Jo Clarke's debut, middle-grade detective story Libby and the Parisian Puzzle, set in a school that travels the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 10:37:54 UTC ]
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Three biographies published by Penguin Random House, including ones of poet Sylvia Plath and Haitian general Toussaint Louverture, are competing on the five-strong shortlist for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 05:51:35 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has scored The Captain’s Apprentice: Biography of a Song by Caroline Davison, to publish for the 150th anniversary of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 02:19:34 UTC ]
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