Mark Obama Ndesandjo's book will reportedly detail abuse, beatings from the father he and the president shared. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
What Is a Girl Worth? is rigorous and righteous and driven both by anger and remarkable grace. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-09-18 09:45:01 UTC ]
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SPX celebrated its 25th year in 2019 with appearances by such indie comics stars as Chris Ware, Eddie Campbell, and Mariko Tamaki; while also having to deal with controversy surrounding the show's sponsorship. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. Justice Department this week filed suit against former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden and his publisher, Macmillan, looking to seize Snowden's proceeds from his new memoir, arguing that the manuscript violates nondisclosure agreements Snowden signed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This fall, U.K. publisher Can of Worms is publishing a memoir by an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor that it acquired this past spring at the London Book Fair from hybrid publisher White River Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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David Cameron’s memoir, For the Record, hit the headlines this weekend as the publicity campaign for the former prime minister’s book gets underway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 03:37:49 UTC ]
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"Always running," the former East Los Angeles gang member Luis says as the first words of his opening monologue, words that also provide the title of the play at Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-15 00:53:52 UTC ]
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From his refuge in Russia, the wanted spy looks back on the controversy he caused Continue reading at The Economist
[ The Economist | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has snapped up a "punch in the gut" memoir by Empire editor-in-chief Terri White, which promises to be a "raw and unflinchingly honest account of a life fallen apart". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 00:39:30 UTC ]
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In “The Hollywood Book Club,” Steven Rea brings together photos of Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and many more. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-12 13:58:29 UTC ]
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Kyle Books aims to spark a "national conversation" with Tom Watson’s account of how he reversed his diabetes and lost eight stone. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 07:20:10 UTC ]
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I scoured the parenting and pregnancy sections in Barnes & Noble, but the only books I could find about pregnancy exclaimed about it happily. I moved on to memoir, fingers running over the bindings of book after book. Where are the ones for women like me? I wondered. Women who don’t know... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-09-10 11:00:05 UTC ]
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Anne Boyer’s book is partly about her own illness, and partly about the possibility — and necessity — of finding common cause in individual suffering. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-09-10 09:00:03 UTC ]
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Open Road said revenue in the first six months of 2019 rose 36% over the comparable period in 2018, while earnings jumped 72%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former White House Press Secretary and noted baby cage enthusiast Sarah Huckabee Sanders is writing a novel memoir that will likely be full of lies. It will be published by St. Martin’s Press in fall 2020. The book will detail her time as Trump’s press secretary, “including the most dramatic... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-05 14:44:57 UTC ]
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The anonymous woman sexually assaulted by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner—and whose memoir will be published by Viking this month—has revealed her true identity as Chanel Miller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 23:05:05 UTC ]
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The first six months of 2019 were something of a mixed bag for trade publishers whose financial results are publicly reported. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. Find memoir and narrative nonfiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. List will be updated regularly. The post Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction Literary Agents Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-29 13:00:38 UTC ]
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Driven by a number of acquisitions and hundreds of bestselling books, profits at Penguin Random House jumped 33.0% in the first half of 2019 over the comparable period in 2018 and revenue rose 11.3%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's parent company Bertelsmann has reported its highest first half for 12 years with €8.6bn group revenues, with PRH’s successful performance attributed to “strong bestsellers, high growth rates in audio formats, and acquisitions”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 03:19:02 UTC ]
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Coronet will publish an insider’s account on the world’s most controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-22 19:59:46 UTC ]
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