Meg Mason | 'I hope that you get the sense that it is everybody’s tragedy'

Back in January 2018, freelance journalist Mason began work on a new novel in the little shed in her back garden in Sydney. She already had two books under her belt with HarperCollins Australia, a memoir of early motherhood—the brilliantly titled Say it Again in a Nice Voice—and her début novel You be Mother. Her editor was keenly waiting for the third. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-12 23:02:14 UTC ]
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Meg Mason | 'I hope that you get the sense that it is everybody’s tragedy'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-12 23:02:14 UTC ]
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Kamal Ahmed | 'I hope you come to the end of my book and feel a sense of hope'

Born in Ealing, west London, half a century ago to an English mother and a Sudanese father, Kamal Ahmed explores what it means to be mixed-race in Britain today. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pope Francis to publish Hope, the first memoir from a sitting pontiff

Due out in January, the book deals with ‘some of the crucial moments of his papacy and some of the most controversial questions of our present times’Pope Francis has written an autobiography, publisher Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced. Hope, which will be published globally in January... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-16 15:07:45 UTC ]
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The IPO hopeful's dliemma: Cram into fall or wait for '25

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‘A landless Indian’ discovers a sense of home and identity

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2024-08-08 18:23:50 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Soft Fourth Quarter Foils Scholastic's Fiscal 2024 Hopes

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This Poetic Queer Travel Memoir Is Both Heartbreaking and Hopeful

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[ Book Riot | 2024-05-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Turns 100 With a New Owner and a Sense of Optimism

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A Muslim Teen Finds Her Voice in Post-9/11 America: Read an Excerpt from HOPE ABLAZE by Sarah Mughal Rana

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Coming Out of Two Closets Is Impossible Without a Sense of Humor

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