THE MOST TERRIFYING WORK of fiction you may read in 2019 — Elizabeth Engstrom’s When Darkness Loves Us — first crawled to life as a cheapo paperback in the mid-1980s. Now back in print as part of Valancourt’s Paperbacks from Hell series of ’70s and ’80s horror rediscoveries, Engstrom’s genre masterwork, comprising two harrowing novellas, […] The post Monstrous Acts and Erections of Doom: On Five ’80s-Era “Paperbacks from Hell” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-09-18 12:30:01 UTC ]
If you needed yet another reason to love libraries: they help during heatwaves. Libraries in Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, California, ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-28 10:31:48 UTC ]
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The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary has a markup session scheduled for the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act on Thursday (July 18). The post US Publishers Association and Authors Guild Renew Support for CASE Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-16 02:09:29 UTC ]
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A former federal Aboriginal affairs minister under the Stephen Harper government is doubling down on his social media claim that the finding of "genocide" by the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and girls was... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-02 21:28:29 UTC ]
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Stephanie Burt’s target demographic is “people who do not, or do not yet, read nearly as much” as she does. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-30 14:41:42 UTC ]
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In “The Regency Years,” Robert Morrison looks at a dramatic era of 19th-century Britain. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-29 16:53:00 UTC ]
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Jay Fielden Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden is out after three-and-a-half years at the helm. The latest in a long line of editors and execs to depart Hearst following the appointment of Troy Young to president of Hearst Magazines, Fielden announced on Instagram that he has decided to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-23 18:32:49 UTC ]
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While the recommendations still must be legislated, Canadian publishing sees light at the end of a tunnel, after years of devastating copyright losses. The post Copyright Advocates Applaud Canada’s Parliamentary Review of Modernization Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-16 21:20:13 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has teamed up with London-based East 15 Acting School to create the audiobook for Costa Short Story award winner Luan Goldie's debut novel, Nightingale Point. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Intended to make it easier for rights holders to defend copyrighted work the CASE Act is getting backing from publishing's trade and advocacy organizations. The post US Authors Guild Joins With AAP and Copyright Alliance on CASE Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired paperback rights to Will Eaves’ prize-winning novel Murmur (CB Editions) about the last years of Alan Turing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acting Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young has ordered an audit of Associated Black Charities’ management of the city’s Children and Youth Fund because the organization asked businesses with city contracts buy copies of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s self-published children’s books. Young said he... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh solicited a lucrative no-bid arrangement to sell copies of her self-published children’s books to the University of Maryland Medical System in “direct conversations” with the hospital network’s CEO, a top system official testified Saturday in Annapolis. Acting CEO... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andersen Press has acquired a coming-of-age story about a girl growing up above a Chinese takeaway in the West Midlands in the 1980s by Sue Cheung. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has bagged an “outstanding” look at the “Cool Britannia” era, including interviews with 1990s icons Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Tracey Emin, among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As vaccine advocates we can change our tone but companies such as Amazon, YouTube and Facebook must stop profiting off human vulnerabilityWhen it comes to providing accurate medical information, social media is a hot mess. Reporting by the Guardian and elsewhere over the last few months has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jen Beagin, author of 'Vacuum in the Dark,' on the long, winding path of writing two novels with the same protagonist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Betty Ballantine in 1980. She was half of a groundbreaking husband-and-wife publishing team who helped establish the market for the modern paperback. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scoot over “Deadly Class” and “Black Lightning,” and make room in the crowded superhero arena for two new avenging TV series: Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” and “Doom Patrol” from DC Universe, a fledgling streaming service devoted to the comic book franchise. Both superhero dramas premiere... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Palin will return to the stage for a brand new one-man stage show to celebrate the paperback publication of his latest book Erebus: The Story of A Ship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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