Obama's half-brother's memoir may prove controversial

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'

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Humour books boost 'good' first half for W H Smith

W H Smith has reported a 4% rise in group profits for the six months to end February 2017, with spoof humour titles the key driver of sales in its books business. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bana al-Abed, seven-year-old Syrian peace campaigner, to publish memoir

Dear World, which will recount the young Twitter activist’s experience of war and flight from her war-torn home, is scheduled for autumn releaseA seven-year-old Syrian refugee whose tweets from war-torn Aleppo won her a global following is set to write a book. Bana al-Abed’s Dear World will... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alec Baldwin accuses HarperCollins of sloppy editing on his memoir

Claiming that his memoir, Nevertheless, contains “SEVERAL typos and errors”, the actor has decided to publish his own clarifications on FacebookAlec Baldwin, whose impersonations of Donald Trump have skewered the thin-skinned US president for the amusement of Saturday Night Live audiences for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline acquires new Charlotte Crosby memoir

Headline Publishing Group has acquired a new memoir from Charlotte Crosby, Brand New Me, about "the ups and downs of the past year", publishing on 29th June 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hollie McNish's poetic motherhood memoir wins Ted Hughes Award

Writer, performance poet and YouTube star Hollie McNish has won 2016's £5,000 Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Junior doctor's memoir to John Blake

John Blake is publishing a junior doctor's memoir, Your Life in My Hands, that it says captures "the extraordinary realities of life on the NHS frontline" at a time of "unprecedented crisis". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible buys rights to Robyn Travis memoir

OWN IT! has sold audio rights to Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis to Audible. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Maggie O'Farrell memoir to tell of 'brushes with death'

Tinder Press is publishing a memoir of near-death experiences from Maggie O'Farrell, which she says will be "the only non-fiction book I will ever write".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pursuit to publish first history of controversial cycling organisation

Profile Books' cycling imprint Pursuit is to publish The Medal Factory, the first history of the controversial British Cycling organisation, which is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wren & Rook buys memoir from transgender YouTuber

Hachette Children's non-fiction imprint Wren & Rook has acquired the memoir of UK transgender YouTuber Alex Bertie. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury seals 'first of its kind' dementia memoir

Bloomsbury has won a “hard-fought” auction for Somebody That I Used to Know by Wendy Mitchell, an NHS worker who was diagnosed with Young-Onset Dementia aged 58. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus makes Wise move for joint memoir

Quercus has signed Not That Kind of Love by actor Greg Wise and his late sister Clare. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Transworld buys critical care doctor's memoir

Transworld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to In Shock by US critical care doctor Rana Awdish, an account of Awdish’s near-death experience and her transition from doctor to patient. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dying doctor's memoir up for £30,000 prize

Bill Gates was "super-touched" by a moving tale shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

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PRH Opts to Publish $65 Million Obama Books Globally

The pair of books that Penguin Random House recently bought by Barack and Michelle Obama, for a reported $65 million, will be released globally by the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing at London Book Fair: Literary Fiction, Suspense, Memoir

Amazon Publishing, the largest publisher of translations, will be at the London Book Fair with a rights list of suspense, memoir and literary titles. The post Amazon Publishing at London Book Fair: Literary Fiction, Suspense, Memoir appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Kerry signs memoir deal with Simon & Schuster

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry is publishing his memoir with Simon & Schuster. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All-white Carnegie longlist controversy prompts CILIP 'review'

CILIP will launch an independent review of its Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals following the controversy that was sparked by its 2017 Carnegie Medal longlist, which did not include a single black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) writer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faith-Based Music Memoirs to Read this Spring

Waylon Jennings’s wife Jessi Colter, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Rory Feek are some of the singers sharing their life stories in titles publishing this season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crown to Publish Books by Barack and Michelle Obama

Former President Barack Obama, in Manhattan last month. Many questions about the Obamas’ books deal are unanswered — like the size of the advance and whether they are both memoirs. Continue reading at The New York Times

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