Mystery guru Otto Penzler talks about Sherlock's timelessness and the writers – including Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, Anne Perry, and even O. Henry – who can't resist adopting him. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
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Trapeze is launching a collection of essays by black female writers, scholars and activists, called Well-Read Black Girl, with a competition to find an unpublished black British female author whose essay will be included in the UK edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hazel Holmes has joined Lancashire-based indie UCLan Publishing full-time, taking on the role of publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookTrust is hoping to raise more than £116,700 to buy books for 11,500 children via its 2018 Christmas appeal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unbound is to give 345 copies of the refugee anthology, A Country to Call Home, to schools and youth organisations across the UK, including Essex, Kent, Norfolk and Yorkshire. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of authors who contributed to an anthology of BAME writing, or participated in programmes aimed at tackling under-representation, have struck book deals—but most insist more needs to be done. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A fundraising appeal launched to support Nosy Crow’s rights manager Ola Gotkowska, who was diagnosed with the degenerative illness Motor Neurone Disease earlier this year, has reached, and exceeded, its initial £31,000 target. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barring a settlement, the decade-old copyright case could still be far from a conclusion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A fundraising appeal has been launched to support Nosy Crow's 32-year-old rights manager Ola Gotkowska, who was diagnosed with the degenerative illness Motor Neurone Disease earlier this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has pre-empted The Right to Sex, a book about male sexual entitlement and #MeToo by Oxford professor Amia Srinivasan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A bumper anthology of nature poems, backed by the National Trust, was the dream brief for an illustrator whose portfolio was already filled with impressive work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An author is appealing for help to trace his stolen Moleskine notebook which contained a year’s worth of notes for his next title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin is publishing a new anthology, The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story, "a literary treasure trove" of "30 great short stories published in the last 20 years", featuring contributors such as Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh and Neil Gaiman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Turkey's nose-diving currency sets off alarm bells on world trading floors, Istanbul's Kalem Agency appeals to the publishing community for consideration from rights buyers: 'It's like being in a war.' The post Amid Turkey’s Spiraling Currency Crisis: An Appeal for Rights Acquisitions... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A federal appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a longstanding antitrust suit against Hearst and Time Inc.—among other current and former magazine publishers—filed by defunct wholesaler Anderson News, LLC, likely ending a legal battle so protracted that several of its original parties no... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic imprint Allen & Unwin is to publish cultural critic and author Roxane Gay's "valuable and timely" anthology on rape culture. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebel Wilson has hit back at a Court of Appeal ruling that saw her defamation payout from magazine publisher Bauer Media reduced to $643,414, calling the decision "clearly not fair". Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze is publishing an anthology of writing by and for black British men, about their voices, experiences and representation, edited by Mostly Lit podcast host Derek Owusu. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An anthology of work by students on the University of Warwick's MA in Writing programme is to be launched next week, after students crowd-funded the £5,000 needed to publish the title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The creators of the six-time Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen have collaborated with a novelist to turn their story into a book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature's 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created 'European stories.' The post The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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