Yesterday—after a decade of democratic transition, five years of elected government, and several days of threats, apparent walkbacks, and rumors—Myanmar’s military executed a coup and returned to power. Myawaddy TV, a station owned by the military, announced that Min Aung Hlaing—the army’s commander in chief, who faces war-crimes allegations linked to the persecution of the country’s Muslim Rohingya population—would take power. (The announcement couched the coup as a constitutional “state of emergency,” justified by “terrible fraud” in November elections that returned the civilian National League for Democracy to power and handed a heavy defeat to the military’s proxy party, that will last for one year ahead of new elections.) Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s elected leader, has been detained and her whereabouts remain unclear; hundreds of elected lawmakers, meanwhile, have been placed under house arrest. The United Nations fears that the coup will lead to yet more devastating consequences for the Rohingya; more than three-quarters of a million Rohingya have already fled for neighboring Bangladesh, while around six hundred thousand remain in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, around one fifth of whom are effectively detained in camps. As the military set the coup in motion, internet and telephone access became patchy; NetBlocks, a company that monitors web access globally, reported that connectivity dropped to half its normal level in the early hours of yesterday morning in a manner... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-02-02 13:37:45 UTC ]
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When these sister hybrid houses merge their knowledge and expertise, their authors—and the entire publishing industry—benefit. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Beckman will retire effective December 16. Juergens, who joined Timber in 2005, will step into the role of v-p and publisher on December 19. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp columnist framed himself as among a minority of white men who could no longer voice their opinionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAustralia’s press watchdog has received multiple complaints... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-09-05 09:03:51 UTC ]
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After less than a year in the role, Anitra Budd has resigned as publisher of Coffee House Press. Budd, who had held a number of roles at the press, said on Twitter she was proud of what she and her team accomplished at Coffee House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Every few months, I receive an email or phone call from someone who claims to work for a literary agency or publishing entity. In the lengthy messages variegated with bold-faced sentences, or voicemails in which the speaker mispronounces my maiden name, I’m promised six-figure book deals with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-22 08:52:55 UTC ]
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The new Pakistan-focused journal is to survey colonialism, nationalism, gender representation, devotion, popular culture, diaspora, and more. The post Cambridge University Press Announces a Pakistan Studies Journal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-18 20:34:51 UTC ]
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In our conversations and emails, his determination to not let the fatwa define him has been evidentThat Salman Rushdie was nearly murdered at an event in New York while talking about whether the United States was a safe haven for exiled writers is an irony he’d have rejected as too far-fetched... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-08-14 12:39:00 UTC ]
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Close to 600 titles will be part of the new, accessible 'Ebooks for Everyone' initiative from the Literary Press Group of Canada. The post Canada’s Literary Press Group: Accessible Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-09 14:58:40 UTC ]
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The move of Oxford University Content to its online portal is a bid to provide 'streamlined access' to the publisher's content. The post Oxford University Press Is Migrating Its Catalogue to Its Online Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-04 17:10:39 UTC ]
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Trinity University Press has launched two new imprints: Tinta Books, which will focus on the culture, history and current affairs of Mexico and Mexican American life, and Terra Firma, about nature and the environment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In one of the biggest antitrust showdowns of President Biden’s tenure, the Justice Department is pulling out the big guns to stop a mega-publishing merger. The Justice Department’s ambitious bid to stop Penguin Random House from buying rival publisher Simon & Schuster has started taking on... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2022-07-25 16:10:21 UTC ]
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The Blacksburg, Va.-based press has named two staff members copublishers after its cofounder and publisher, Carmen Giménez, was hired away by Graywolf Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bobby Byrd, poet, cofounder and publisher of Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso, Tex., has died. He was 80. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Graywolf Press announced this morning that its new publisher is Carmen Giménez, a Latinx and queer poet and editor who currently is publisher of Noemi Press in Blacksburg, Va. Giménez succeeds Fiona McCrae, who just retired after 28 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With the newspaper’s founder and senior editors jailed, other pro-democracy media outlets shut and 1,000 journalists out of work, can press freedom survive in the territory?Read more: ‘My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city’: life after Hong Kong’s Apple... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-06-24 05:01:07 UTC ]
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Fiona McCrae reflects on how a struggling small press became a literary powerhouse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of North Carolina Press has much to celebrate as it marks its 100th anniversary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 75-year-old writer has penned more than 300 titles, sold more than 500m copies and is worth an estimated $800mThe bestselling author James Patterson has apologized for saying white male authors face “another form of racism”.In an interview with the Sunday Times, Patterson said white male... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-06-15 18:35:13 UTC ]
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“I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers," the bestselling author said. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2022-06-15 06:32:10 UTC ]
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As many as 450 Spanish works may be published in translation by the October 19 to 23 run of Frankfurter Buchmesse this year. The post Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Spain Meets With Madrid’s Press appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-06-14 14:54:56 UTC ]
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