The editorial director of Riverhead is on a roll this awards season with one book on the Man Booker Prize shortlist, another on the National Book Awards shortlist, and a third whose author was named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book Industry Study Group–focused on supply chain in the United States–is reformatting its annual meeting to a series of digital events held over weeks. The post Coronavirus Update: BISG’s Annual Meeting ‘Repositions’ Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-29 14:01:13 UTC ]
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It was my best case scenario. Not only did Edward Vaughn pick up the phone, but he was willing and eager to speak. At 85 years old, he had way more energy than me, 60 years his junior, when I called him earlier this week. (An unfortunate cocktail of technological failure and fanboyish... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-25 14:02:32 UTC ]
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Arrow has bagged a novel about a young British Iranian woman living in London and navigating love, family and friendship from PRH Children's editor Sara Jafari, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 19:50:12 UTC ]
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Former Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens has been named the new editor of the Times Literary Supplement, with Stig Abell standing down from the role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 10:44:43 UTC ]
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Boucher may have bought one of the country’s biggest news brands for NZ$1, but she wants journalists to eventually have a stake in the company When Sinead Boucher started out in journalism her editors weren’t too bothered if she filed a story each day. Such was the number of journalists on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 20:00:01 UTC ]
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Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties by Julie Summers has been optioned for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 18:28:01 UTC ]
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The children’s book characters have become embroiled in a dispute about the redevelopment of a beloved Finnish landmark. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-12 12:30:06 UTC ]
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Samira Nasr, a former Vanity Fair fashion director, is leaving Condé Nast to take a key job at Hearst Magazines. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-10 01:35:04 UTC ]
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Authors have always tried to turn their sorrow and confusion into enduring monuments of beauty among the ruins. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-03 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeffrey Gerritt, recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, has been appointed editor of the Sharon Herald and Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-02 19:35:11 UTC ]
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The Association of American Publishers marked its 50th anniversary with a 90-minute virtual annual meeting on June 1 that touched on the changes that have taken place in recent years as the organization has scaled back some of its operations and refocused its priorities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW chatted with the editors of five of most talked about YA books of the season to get the story behind each book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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I was in Paris when Covid-19 became a reality. It was the weekend of 21st February and I was there for a quick family reunion: my older brother was in the French capital on a work trip, my parents had taken a train from our hometown of Turin, Italy, and I had joined them from London on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 17:57:13 UTC ]
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I was in Paris when Covid-19 became a reality. It was the weekend of 21st February and I was there for a quick family reunion: my older brother was in the French capital on a work trip, my parents had taken a train from our hometown of Turin, Italy, and I had joined them from London on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-26 04:20:12 UTC ]
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The prolific author's latest novel, Black Sun, is an epic fantasy set in pre-Columbian America, Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Gunn, who will remain as editor of the Weekend Australian, began her career as a cadet journalist at the News Corp titleThe weekday Australian has appointed its first female editor in its 56-year history in Michelle Gunn, the editor of the Weekend Australian since 2012.Editor John Lehmann is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-15 05:41:11 UTC ]
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The renewed interest in dystopian tales following the election of Donald Trump seems to be dying down as, with the globe seized by a pandemic and millions of Americans hunkered down because of shelter-at-home orders, editors say they are interested in lighter fare—mostly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Editors and agents have backed escapism and feel-good fiction to succeed during the pandemic and in its aftermath, with Covid-19 fiction appearing to be some way off. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-10 15:38:41 UTC ]
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“Recollections of My Nonexistence,” a memoir by the feminist icon, is both revealing and not. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-07 15:00:00 UTC ]
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The investigative journalist Mark Schoofs, a Pulitzer Prize winner, returns to the site after having set up its investigative unit in 2014. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-05-05 18:05:38 UTC ]
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