The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its latest slew of Big Read grants, issuing more than $1 million in the form of 79 grants to organizations to host book-related projects from September 2018-June 2019. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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US officials and their allies have identified and taken down an artificial intelligence-powered Russian bot farm comprised of almost 1,000 accounts, which spread disinformation and pro-Russian sentiments on X. The Justice Department has revealed the the scheme that was made possible by software... Continue reading at Engadget
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The upcoming 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair will again stage its international library conference as part of its programming. The post Sharjah Announces 11th International Library Conference for November appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Dozens of jobs to be cut as the Nine-owned media company announces plan to stop licensing overseas titles and focus on wholly owned brandsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTech and culture news websites... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The century-old magazine’s new owners are turning it into a lifestyle brand that appeals to hunters, fishers, Republicans, and Democrats. Many legacy periodicals that have survived the internet are husks of their former selves. New owners come in, slash costs, and squeeze what revenue they can... Continue reading at Fast Company
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In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Patricia Highsmith’s classic 1955 thriller about wealth, status, obsession and murder. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The American Library Association’s 2024 conference emphasized the threats posed by book bans and the undermining of public institutions and trust with a Rally for the Right to Read and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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🏆 These are the “it” books of the year so far.🏖️ Emily Henry became a bestselling author without book tours ... Continue reading at Book Riot
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Anyone who’s an avid Kindle reader is gonna want this tiny page turner for Kindle devices—and right now you can get it for just $15 if you’re an Amazon Prime member (or $18 if you aren’t). This nifty gadget is a total game changer if you love reading ebooks but hate having to tap the... Continue reading at PC World
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“A memoir is closer to historical fiction than it is to biography” writes artist and author Jill Ciment in her retrospective memoir Consent. At seventeen, Ciment had an affair with her forty-seven-year-old painting teacher. The two married, and Ciment wrote the original account of the affair in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The history of abortion in the United States is the story of my life—or my life’s work. I’ve run a clinic since 1971, two years before Roe and now, fifty-three years later—two years post-Roe—I’m still at it, running Choices Women’s Medical Center. Since the roll-back in women’s human rights that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The evenhanded scientist is generous to Trump, but you can tell what he really thinks. Continue reading at Slate
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Golden Voice narrator Kate Reading joins host Jo Reed to discuss her career in audiobook narration. Her experience with audiobooks began with her first job at the Library of Congress’s Talking Books program, which gave her an education in audiobook narration. In their conversation, Jo and Kate... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Columbus, Ohio–based children's bookstore, one of the country's oldest, has announced that it was sold to store manager Bryan Loar, a former librarian, in December. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Over the past half-decade, the Read with Jenna Book Club has become a valuable platform for new literary voices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Tue, 06/18/2024 - 14:20 On November 18, 2023, World Literature Today and Latin American Literature Today... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature News and Events [email protected] Mon, 06/17/2024 - 12:19 Top row (left to right): Samira Ahmed (photo by Erielle Bakkum), Hatem Aly;... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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I’d bought my copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses at a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan in 1999, the summer before I left for college, along with a stack of other novels that I was convinced my much-smarter classmates would have already read. How I even decided which novels those were, I am still not... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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In a post celebrating its first 100 days in business, upstart publishing venture Authors Equity announced its first 10 author signings—an eclectic list that includes James Frey, Rachel Hollis, and Kyle Mills, with four books set to be published in 2024. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2024 Beijing International Book Fair's programming reflects in part a considerable interest in academic and educational publishing. The post Beijing International Book Fair Announces 2024 Conferences appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Renée Watson's breakfast keynote, panel discussions on underperformance in the children's book market and the ongoing surge in book bans, and a wall-to-wall evening author reception were among the highlights on a busy second day of CI 2024. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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