Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol FugardNo BBC radio or television producer in the postwar era was more admired within his profession than Michael Bakewell, who has died aged 92 after a slow decline through Alzheimer’s disease and macular degeneration.He was the BBC’s first head of plays, appointed in 1963 by Sydney Newman, the dynamic and visionary executive who had arrived from Canadian film and television and ITV to shake up the drama department. He divided it into drama series and single plays. The Wednesday Play was the major anthology series and, on BBC Two, Bakewell ran Theatre 625 (in the new high-definition 625-line format). Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-01 16:09:15 UTC ]
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Mexican American children's book author, photographer, and filmmaker George Ancona has died at age 91. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Interviews Michael Berry is a professor of Asian languages and cultures and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA. He has published extensive works on addressing the richness and diversity of Chinese art and culture in sinophone... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-02-24 15:28:04 UTC ]
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Poet whose outlook spanned anarchism, ecology and small business, as founder of the City Lights Bookstore in San FranciscoLawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, artist, activist and founder of San Francisco’s famous City Lights Bookstore, who has died aged 101 of interstitial lung disease, was the least... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-02-23 22:42:13 UTC ]
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The historian, author, university professor and former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff will chair the jury for the 2021 Cundill History Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 07:36:12 UTC ]
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Penguin Michael Joseph is to publish Life Lessons, a book Captain Sir Tom Moore finished writing at the end of last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-21 19:45:01 UTC ]
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David Cully, who served in executive positions at some of publishing’s biggest companies and retired as president of Baker & Taylor in 2019, died on February 14 of cancer. He was 68. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Evangelical publishing stalwart William J. Petersen died January 31 at age 91. His career spanned six decades including 25 years with Revell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Irish, a leading figure in children's bookselling in America, died on January 26 at age 78; she was among a cadre of women who opened and purchased bookstores in the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Lewis has written a “stunning” book on a group of people who predicted the coronavirus pandemic, to be rushed out by Allen Lane. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 20:37:13 UTC ]
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Japanese artist and children's book author-illustrator Mitsumasa Anno, known for his highly detailed illustrations containing visual tricks, humorous elements, and math concepts, died on December 24. He was 94. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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My brother David Larkin, who has died aged 84, was an art director in the book publishing industry who consistently pushed artists to go beyond their known capabilities – and often saw things in them that they did not themselves perceive.In the late 1960s, as art director at Granada Publishing,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-03 15:48:19 UTC ]
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Publishing industry veteran Roland Elgey died recently at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after an 18-month battle with colorectal cancer. He was 65. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Ava Weiss, the highly regarded, former longtime art director at Greenwillow Books, died on November 25 at the age of 95. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Michael Joseph has acquired two more novels from Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes (Penguin, 2020). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-03 08:28:59 UTC ]
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In “No Time Like the Future,” the beloved actor and activist offers life lessons he’s learned the hard way. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-24 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Don O’Connor, Macmillan’s senior field sales and national account manager for Ingram Kids, died on November 13. He was 63. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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William “Bill” B. Eerdmans Jr., who led the family-owned Christian publishing house Wm. B. Eerdmans for more than 50 years, died on November 13. He was 97. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Michael Joseph has bought two new books from Scandinavian crime author Ragnar Jónasson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-13 08:34:28 UTC ]
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Michael O’Mara Books has agreed a licensing deal with Ameet Publishing to publish LEGO activity, sticker and colouring books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 12:51:43 UTC ]
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