Dwindling daylight set the stage for The Cloisters, Katy Hays’s gothic first novel, which explores dark academia, tarot cards and betrayals among friends and colleagues. It’s a November B&N Book Club and Read with Jenna pick. (“Leo, the gardener at the Cloisters, reminds me of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights,” noted Jenna Hager Bush.) Hays traces […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-22 09:52:10 UTC ]
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A Los Angeles judge has ordered a graphic novelist from a wealthy Canadian family to pay $41.6 million to the family of his slain fiancee, whom he brutally tortured and killed in 2016 just weeks after their daughter was born. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Bobbi Tillmon delivered the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazilian author blames ghostwriter after fellow novelists, including bestseller Courtney Milan, flag passages they claim were lifted from their work verbatimBestselling Brazilian romance novelist Cristiane Serruya has pulled one of her novels from sale after she was accused of plagiarising some... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longtime journalist Katie Couric is writing a memoir that will touch on her decades-long career in journalism, the deaths of her husband and sister from cancer and her experiences with sexism in the news industry. Couric's memoir, "Unexpected," is slated for publication by Little, Brown and Co.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former White House communications aide and new member of the Trump White House tell-all book club Cliff Sims is suing President Trump for his attempts to enforce a nondisclosure agreement signed by Sims—and many others—when he worked for the Trump presidential campaign. Sims, the New York Times... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling novelist Rosamunde Pilcher, most famous for her hit book The Shell Seekers, has died at the age of 94. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Inspire has acquired a fictional re-telling of one of the most famous love stories set in the world of books – the love affair between the US writer and poet Joy Davidman and C S Lewis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Eccles Centre at the British Library is joining forces with Hay Festival on the Centre's £20,000 Writer’s Award, which will become the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer’s Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and prominent human rights barrister Philippe Sands QC has joined Hay Festival’s board of directors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Judy Turner, who wrote historical and romantic fiction under the pseudonyms Katie Flynn and Judith Saxton, has died at the age of 82. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV coverage of literary fiction has dwindled, but Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers are exceptions. “Who would have guessed that a 700-page novel would be on national TV?” one publishing executive said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Philip Roth died in May, a publisher friend of mine admitted, a little sheepishly, that she was sad because from now on it would be impossible to publish books like his again. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's Hay Festival Winter Weekend, featuring writers such as Rose Tremain, Horatio Clare, and Jeanette Winterson, drew record ticket sales of over 9,000. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Zadie Smith and Philippe Sands are among the literary heavyweights leading Hay Festival Cartagena 2019's line-up in its "most ambitious year yet". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books is again partnering with Aldi to publish books based on the supermarket’s new Kevin and Katie Christmas advert. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In her bestselling book Becoming, Michelle Obama was able to reveal more about her time on the campaign trail and in the White House than would have been advisable while she held the title of First Lady. And Thursday night Jimmy Kimmel put this newfound honesty to the test, throwing her some... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three-time novelist Elliot Ackerman's latest book, "Waiting for Eden," explores the multiple dimensions of veterans’ lives after war, and what it means to love someone despite limitations and challenges. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samantha Harvey's novel 'The Western Wind' is set in 1491 in England. She needed for there to be a private confession box; her plot hinged on it. One problem: private confession boxes didn't exist. Here's how she solved the puzzle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival is hosting two new events in Latin America: Hay Festival Forum Ayacucho in Peru and Hay Festival Forum Santiago in Chile. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s and YA authors including Emma Carroll and Alex Wheatle will speak to school pupils in Wales next February as part of Hay Festival’s Scribblers Tour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Cottle has signed a two-book deal with Pavilion Children’s Books after winning a competition presented by the publisher last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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