Author and illustrator Anne Rockwell, celebrated for her many informational picture books for very young children, died of natural causes on April 10. She was 85. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former v-p of national accounts at Hachette Book Group and Little, Brown sales liaison, who retired in 2008, died on May 25. He was 65. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bronx-born and London-based literary agent, whose clients included a who's-who of bold-faced names from Eric Clapton to David Cameron, was known for bringing a touch of Hollywood flare to the business of author representation. He died of a heart attack on Wednesday night. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s author and illustrator Geoffrey Hayes died on June 2, at the age of 69. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My friend Jeremy Mulford, who has died aged 79, was a poet, publisher and editor who founded Falling Wall Press in the early 1970s as a way of disseminating radical pamphlets on education and the women’s movement by authors such as Harold Rosen and Sheila Rowbotham.As the venture thrived he also... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ivon Asquith and Andrew Franklin pay tribute to John Davey - a prodigious talent in academic, trade and reference publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The director of The Literary Consultancy, who passed away last month at the age of 53, is remembered by novelist Kamila Shamsie for her kindness, warmth and wisdom. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A longtime book veteran who says that she’ll die in this industry, DeCourcey was named the 2016 New England rep of the year and the 2015 and 2010 HarperCollins rep of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author of the 1970s cult bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceWhen, in 1968, Robert Pirsig, who has died aged 88, sent a synopsis and sample of his novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to 122 publishers, only one showed any interest, and James Landis, the editor who... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our friend Ariadne van de Ven, who has died aged 56 of cancer, was a book publicist and photographer of street life in Kolkata, which she wrote about in original ways.Ariadne was born in Heerlen, in the Netherlands, the daughter of Jep, a solicitor, and Rose Marie (nee Van Grunsven). At the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My father, Robin Hyman, who has died aged 85, was one of the leading independent book publishers of the 20th century. But he was so much more than that: family man, Jew, author, theatregoer, book-collector, sports fan, lover of all things Pepys and political junkie. He packed things in,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abstract: The author of ‘Help, Thanks, Wow’ highlights the life-changing qualities of mercy in her new book, ‘Hallelujah Anyway.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Braziller, a legendary independent publisher who began his career in the 1930s before going on to publish such international literary stars as Jean-Paul Sartre and Andre Malraux, died in Manhattan March 16. He was 101. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and broadcaster Anne Robinson is to chair the David Vaisey Prize, a new £5,000 award launched to recognise an "oustanding" Gloucestershire library initiative. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I worked with Ruth Levitt as publisher of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art, a 32-volume scholarly reference work. Over a decade, Ruth and her colleague Gillian Northcott indexed 31 volumes, some 16m words of text and many thousands of images. Their index formed the 32nd volume of the dictionary.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of children's books and a number of memoirs and guided journals for adults, died of ovarian cancer at age 51. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dutch children’s author-illustrator Dick Bruna, widely known for his iconic bunny character Miffy, died on February 16 at age 89. In all he created 124 books for children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robin Hyman, the former president of the Publishers Association, whose love of dictionaries and aptitude in the independent publishing world granted him a great deal of respect within the trade, is remembered by Laurence King. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) will give this year’s CWA Diamond Dagger, awarded every year to a crime author whose career has shown “sustained excellence”, to Ann Cleeves. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ravi Mirchandani remembers literary agent David Miller of Rogers, Coleridge & White, who died in December aged 50. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thirty finalists, including the author of 'Swing Time,' Zadie Smith, 'LaRose' author Louise Erdrich, and 'Commonwealth' author Ann Patchett, are up for NBCC Awards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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