Connect Books has promoted Rob Moss to managing director of online bookseller Wordery, following the decision of current managing director and founder, Will Jones, to leave the business at the end of May. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judith Jones, a consummate literary editor who helped revolutionize American cuisine by publishing Julia Child and other groundbreaking cookbook authors, worked for decades with John Updike and Anne... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian and writer David Walliams talks about writing children's books and why he has to pinch himself every day. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Publishers has signed a 20-year lease at 120 Broadway, called the "Equitable Building," in lower Manhattan, and will leave Chelsea's iconic Flatiron Building. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for the 'New York Times,' is leaving her job in the books department. While the paper has not named a new chief critic, Parul Sehgal (formerly of PW) is joining the paper's team of daily critics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arzu Tahsin, publishing director for fiction, is leaving Weidenfeld & Nicolson after almost a decade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Beal, formerly sales director at Oneworld, has left the company and, in partnership with her sister Sarah Beal, acquired Muswell Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 2 is making a drama based on Michael Morpurgo’s child migration novel, Alone On A Wide Wide Sea (HarperCollins Children’s Books), starring Toby Jones and Jason Donovan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellie Peers has been appointed the new general secretary of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), a trade union representing professional writers in TV, film, theatre, radio, books, poetry, animation and videogames. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘We weren’t part of the fashion world. An intern turned up in a purple velvet Jean Paul Gaultier suit and was so disappointed he left after a week’I’d been editor of the NME for five years, but I was scarred by the experience of being the fulcrum between a maverick staff and a corporate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piatkus has signed debut author Nicola Mostyn’s first novel - a fantastical story about love, pitched as "Bridget Jones by way of Neil Gaiman", to publish on Valentine's Day 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the rapidly growing book and journal industry, STM publishing plays a key role in helping scientists and authors communicate their research results and innovations to the society. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Police in Virginia arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the death of a teenage girl who was reported missing after she and her friends left a mosque early Sunday. Darwin Martinez Torres is suspected of murder, Fairfax County police said. Officials found what they believe is the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards judges, author Michael Rosen and journalist Nicolette Jones, talk about the importance of funny books and reading for pleasure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first wave of publisher Messenger bots focused on sharing content. A second wave, including BET's, is focused on managing and deepening relationships. The post BET made a Facebook Messenger bot for its summer festival appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As educational publishers continue to deal with dramatic changes in the college and school markets, two high-placed executives at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Cengage will leave their roles later this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Francoise Nyssen, chief executive officer of French publisher Actes Sud, has been appointed culture minister in Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s new government. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlotte Atyeo, publisher of sports narratives and Wisden at Bloomsbury, will be leaving the company on 18th May after her role was made redundant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Voyager editorial director Emma Coode is to leave the publisher after close to 20 years, "to spend more time with her family and explore new ventures". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Siôn Hamiton, trading director at Foyles, has left the company after 15 years in order to address his "work-life balance". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Once upon a time, in 1983 to be precise, a small U.K. literary journal published a list of what it considered the 20 best novelists in Britain under the age of 40. Lists like Granta’s Best Young British Novelists are now so commonplace—from the New Yorker’s decennial 20 under 40 list to the... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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