Sotheby’s describes 17th-century Cervantes editions as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for collectorsOne day in the early 1930s, a young Bolivian diplomat named Jorge Ortiz Linares walked into the illustrious Maggs Bros bookshop in London to ask if they might have a particularly fine edition of Don Quixote for sale.But even for Ortiz Linares – a dedicated bibliophile who also happened to be the son-in-law of Simón Patiño, the Bolivian tin magnate nicknamed the Andean Rockefeller – the answer was a polite no. The man at Maggs did, however, put his name on a waiting list and promise to get in touch should such a copy ever materialise. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-06 13:44:15 UTC ]
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Duolingo's library of interactive short stories is finally available for mobile, particularly for iPhones. The language-learning portal's Stories feature, which offers over 100 fully voiced bite-sized stories designed to test your reading and listeni... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-10-29 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The “White Teeth” author is witty and eviscerating in stories sprinkled with current events. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-28 16:43:26 UTC ]
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Get more global with your reading, thanks to the Best Asian Short Stories 2019 collection. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-18 10:35:55 UTC ]
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An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-13 10:30:06 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired Irish writer Louise Kennedy’s debut collection of short stories and her first novel in a "fiercely contested" nine-way bidding war, ahead of this month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 22:07:05 UTC ]
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Welsh writer Jo Lloyd has unanimously won the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2019 for her story inspired by a real-life 18th century woman who claimed to be friends with an invisible family living in an invisible mansion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 18:57:26 UTC ]
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HQ has scooped a short story collection including eight "lost" stories by acclaimed Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 13:50:04 UTC ]
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Irish writer Danielle McLaughlin has won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award with her story "A Partial List of the Saved". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 12:41:46 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has scooped UK and Commonwealth rights to Frances Leviston’s story collection The Voice in My Ear. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:28:41 UTC ]
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Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement are some of the themes dominating the 20019 National Short Story Award shortlist, which features all-female writers for a sixth time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 17:33:37 UTC ]
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Good news for all fans of strange cults, luscious writing, and page-turners: as Publishers Lunch reports, Emma Cline’s first story collection, Daddy, will officially be published in 2020 by Random House (and Chatto & Windus in the UK). As you may recall, Random House bought three books by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-06 16:48:24 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus will publish The Girls’ author Emma Cline’s first short story collection in 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 07:53:01 UTC ]
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Faber has announced its third set of Faber Stories series to be published in October, featuring the likes of Man Booker winner Anna Burns and critically acclaimed US novelist Barbara Kingsolver. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 09:25:10 UTC ]
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This year’s Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize shortlist has been announced, with an all-female list of writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-16 01:51:30 UTC ]
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These are some of the best creepy short stories that I've assigned (or WOULD assign) to keep my students intrigued (and terrified). Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-14 10:34:44 UTC ]
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Three debut collections appear on this year’s shortlist for the £10,000 Edge Hill Short Story Prize, which sees an equal balance of male and female writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 11:24:57 UTC ]
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Keep the technology-inspired horror and thrill going with six short stories for fans of BLACK MIRROR--just don't read them on your ereader! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-08 10:35:58 UTC ]
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Picador has bagged a satirical short story collection and novel from US writer Mary South. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 00:40:34 UTC ]
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The quintessentially American author wrote pieces for a Paris newspaper in the 1950s. Now, one of those — about a nervous chef and a magnificent cat — is being published in English for the first time. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-31 09:00:06 UTC ]
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Indie micropublisher Three of Cups Press will publish a short story anthology, Outsiders, edited by podcast host Alice Slater. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 14:08:38 UTC ]
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