Memorial Held for CBSD's Tom Oaks

A memorial service for Consortium Book Sales & Distribution publishers' services coordinator Tom Oaks, 60, was held in suburban St. Paul, Minn. on Sunday, with 300 friends, family, and colleagues present. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbro Lindgren Wins 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Swedish author Barbro Lindgren has won the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest award for children’s literature with a prize of five million Swedish crowns. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Critics Circle select 'Americanah,' 'Five Days at Memorial' as winners

'Americanah' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took the prize for fiction, while 'Five Days at Memorial' by Sheri Fink secured the nonfiction prize. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film buy for Tom Rob Smith's The Farm

The film rights to Tom Rob Smith’s newly published The Farm (Simon & Schuster) have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Margerison obituary

Founder of New Scientist, Sunday Times journalist and BBC broadcaster who made complicated subjects easy to understandA powerful mind coupled with a gift for rendering complex ideas in popular terms made Tom Margerison, who has died aged 90, an outstanding ambassador for science. Equally at home... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New beer to promote Danny Wallace's 'Tom Ditto'

Writer and presenter Danny Wallace has created a new beer as part of the promotion for his... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Branson by Bower - journalists have not held him to account

Tom Bower, the author who so often strikes fear into his subjects, has taken a second critical look at Richard Branson.His new book, some 14 years on from his first biography, is being serialised in the Sunday Times, with the second instalment due in two days' time.I think all journalists would... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dunkin' Donuts' New Vine Spots Play on Super Bowl Memories

Dunkin' Donuts, which has scored social-media points all football season with its Vine-ESPN play, is extending that initiative through Super Bowl weekend with a dedicated push.  The brand last night published the first of three fun, historical, Super Bowl-themed Vines that will appear as... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Letter: Beneath Tom Rosenthal's confident manner lay a vulnerable soul

I had the luck to have two books published by Tom Rosenthal. He combined the sharpest of editorial eyes and a penetrating critical intelligence with warm encouragement and support. Working with him, I got to know and love an exceptional personality. But, as I discovered, beneath his powerful,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two from Tom Kerridge for Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury imprint Absolute Press has signed two new cookbooks from TV chef Tom Kerridge. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Rosenthal dies

Tom Rosenthal, former managing director of Secker and Warburg, has died at the age of 78.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Rosenthal obituary

Publisher adept at balancing the demands of literature and commerce, and a notable writer on artIn his prime, with his coloured shirts, red braces, bright bow ties and macho cigars there were few more flamboyant London publishers than Tom Rosenthal, who has died aged 78. But the extravagant top... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rewind radio: Live coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial service; Book at Bedtime; Alice's Wunderland – review

The World Service's expert reporting of Mandela's memorial service showed why its grant shouldn't be cutLive Coverage of the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela (World Service)| iPlayerBook at Bedtime (R4) iPlayerAlice's Wunderland (R4) | iPlayerThe BBC comes into its own when covering state... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Knight writing book on being held captive by Ariel Castro

Michelle Knight will write a book on the 11 years she spent as a captive in the Cleveland home of Ariel Castro. Weinstein books will publish the as yet untitled memoir in spring 2014.Michelle Knight will write a book on the 11 years she spent as a captive in the Cleveland home of Ariel Castro.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memorial service for C&R's Robinson

A memorial service for Constable & Robinson chairman Nick Robinson will be held in December... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Gates campaign for Scholastic

Scholastic is featuring its first ever TV ads for Liz Pichon's Tom Gates series next week,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Silvestri Elected President of SNPA for 2013-14

Thomas A. Silvestri, president and publisher of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, was elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Sunday afternoon. In addition to Solomon, the following officers were elected: Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Star Wars Reads Day is being held for the second time

Chain bookstores, indie locations, schools and school libraries are participating all over the world. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin pays tribute to Tom Clancy

Penguin has paid tribute to thriller giant Tom Clancy, who has died at the age of 66. Tom Clancy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inception-Style Memory Experiment Performed On Mice Was Inspired By The Movie “Total Recall”

“The underlying grip of movies is that they program us to have experiences. They create events in our heads…” -- Jeffrey Zacks, Flicker: Your Brain On Film. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press If you’re interested in science, you probably heard last week’s news that memories were... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hole in Our Collective Memory: How Copyright Made Mid-Century Books Vanish

A book published during the presidency of Chester A. Arthur has a greater chance of being in print today than one published during the time of Reagan.     Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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