Meredith Hall’s ‘Beneficence’ is a quiet, poignant look at one family’s tragedy-strewn trajectory

A terrible accident in 1947 sets the tone for a 15-year look at a rural family’s life. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-20 12:00:00 UTC ]

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Books for Faithful Family Lives Proliferate

Religion publishers are addressing the modern needs of parents and couples in new books on mental health, LQBTQ issues, addiction, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In ‘150 Glimpses of the Beatles,’ bits and pieces make up a poignant portrait

Craig Brown’s biographical method — combining fragments, lists, excerpts, quotes and flights of whimsy — is executed brilliantly. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry must return to its sustainability initiatives, says Halls

The Booksellers Association m.d. has said the industry must focus on sustainability going forward, as the pandemic presents a new set of challenges to "greener" publishing.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 08:59:46 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall wins BBC National Short Story Award for second time

Sarah Hall has become the first author to win the BBC National Short Story Award twice in its 15-year history.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 01:38:09 UTC ]
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Nicky Campbell joins the Hodder family

Hodder & Stoughton will publish broadcaster Nicky Campbell's memoir One of the Family, which will focus on family, adoption, mental health and Campbell's "miracle dog" Maxwell.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 15:35:17 UTC ]
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Hall's menopause-themed novel goes to Head of Zeus

Head of Zeus will publish Georgie Hall's "funny and frank" debut novel, Woman of a Certain Rage.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-25 03:42:39 UTC ]
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Quaden Bayles and family to receive close to $200,000 in damages in settlement over Miranda Devine tweets

News Corp columnist apologised for ‘hurtful and untrue’ comments about Indigenous boy with dwarfismThe family of Quaden Bayles, a nine-year-old Indigenous boy with dwarfism, will receive close to $200,000 in damages plus legal costs after an agreement was reached with the News Corp columnist... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-22 22:31:00 UTC ]
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‘A Girl Is a Body of Water’ is a poignant coming-of-age tale about women’s hard-won wisdom

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Uganda-set novel follows a girl caught between tradition and her rebellious urges. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-22 08:24:52 UTC ]
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IDW Names Brustrom to Head New Family Content Division

IDW Media Holdings announced plans to launch a kids, family, and young adult division as part of its IDW Entertainment and IDW Publishing units. The division will operate under the direction of Jeff Brustrom, who has been named its v-p, and will focus primarily on animation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder pre-empts 'moving' family memoir The Lost Café Schindler

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a "unique" and "meticulously researched" family memoir, The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler, centred on a family business and spanning two centuries and two world wars. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 04:29:57 UTC ]
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A Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family Problems Through Mice

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel Homegoing told the story of two branches of a Ghanaian family, one descended from a woman who marries a white slave trader and whose line stays in Ghana, another descended from her half-sister who is captured and sent to America in bondage. Gyasi’s second novel... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2020-09-11 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Hall gets fourth shortlisting for BBC's £15k short story award

Sarah Hall has been shortlisted for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for the fourth time, after winning the prize in 2013.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 10:46:38 UTC ]
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Exhibit Halls Go Virtual, Too

This year’s show floors have moved online as well, and some will be up through the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Pivots From the Exhibition Hall to Its Digital Evocation

COVID-19 travel restrictions prevent a physical exhibition at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, as the trade show turns its focus to digital. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Pivots From the Exhibition Hall to Its Digital Evocation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-08 13:19:02 UTC ]
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Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ — like ‘H Is for Hawk’ — is a beautiful, poignant celebration of the natural world

These 41 essays tell another type of nature story, one that asks readers to see the natural world as something other than a reflection of themselves. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-24 14:25:16 UTC ]
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‘Finding Freedom’ dissects Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s break with the royal family

Co-authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand spoke to more than 100 friends, aides and others in the Sussexes’ “inner circle.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-17 05:36:04 UTC ]
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A White author grapples with a family history of racial oppression

Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Personal Space: Morgan Jerkins on Making Unexpected Family Discoveries

On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Morgan Jerkins, author of Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots, published by Harper. In this fascinating historical memoir, Jerkins explores her identity and heritage by tracing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-03 19:36:31 UTC ]
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