Obituary: Charles Rue Woods

Charles Rue Woods, art director at Grove Atlantic for nearly 20 years, died May 15. He was 69. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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From the Archives: Our Obituary of Blanche Wolf Knopf

From our archives, our obituary of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. co-founder and longtime president Blanche Wolf Knopf, who died on June 4, 1966. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Lois Duncan

Lois Duncan, author of more than 50 books for children and teens including 'Killing Mr. Griffin' and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' died on June 15. She was 82. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Patti Hughes

Hughes, a longtime Macmillan executive and, most recently, the publisher's v-p of distribution, sales and special markets, died on June 12. She was 60. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Rhoda Blumberg

Award-winning children's author Rhoda Blumberg, who translated her passion for history into more than 25 nonfiction books, died at home on June 6. She was 98. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: HCCP's Scott Harvey, 52

Joseph "Scott" Harvey, a veteran publishing executive who most recently served as v-p of custom product development at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, died on Friday. He was 52. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Ann LaFarge, Editor and Novelist

Ann B. LaFarge, a former editor for Dutton, Ballantine, Zebra, and Kensington, died at home on May 27. She was 83. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Owen obituary

Publisher whose list of writers included 10 Nobel prizewinnersPeter Owen’s survival as a publisher across 60 years was against all commercial odds. In 1993 he described himself as “one of the few remaining independent publishers specialising in translation”, and at his death aged 89 his mission... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Tony Read

Tony Read leaves a legacy of improving educational facilities in a number of developing countries, writes Amanda Buchan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Bookseller and Activist Rhett Jackson

The former ABA president and founder of the Happy Bookseller in Columbia, S.C., died on May 26. He was 91. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Former Macmillan Sales Rep, David Bertin

Bertin, an Air Force veteran and longtime Macmillan sales representative covering the Mid-Atlantic region, died on May 6. He was 79. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sally Brampton obituary

Women’s magazine editor and author whose memoir Shoot the Damn Dog recounted her experience of depressionThe journalist and author Sally Brampton, who has died aged 60, created the template for the modern women’s magazine. She was hired as editor when the French magazine Elle launched a British... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Peter Janson-Smith

Writer Jeremy Lewis on the life of Peter Janson-Smith, a notable literary agent "of the old school". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coq-au-vin, or love in a lorry: the genius of Victoria Wood

With one-liners to rival Oscar Wilde or Mae West, she showed that satirical language can be soft and silly as well as wry and sharp. She will be missedVictoria Wood was an expert at encouraging us to lampoon language. Her forensically crafted writing was a warm, open invitation to point and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Glenn Ellis, 70

The former v-p and director of adult field sales at Random House died in hospice care on April 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: James Cross Giblin

Publisher, editor, and award-winning children's book author James Cross Giblin died on Sunday, April 10, following a long illness. He was 82. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gary Pulsifer obituary

Founder of Arcadia Books, an adventurous publisher of literary fictionGary Pulsifer, who has died of cancer aged 59, was a pioneering publisher of literary fiction, much of it in translation, and the great majority of it through Arcadia Books, the publishing house he founded in 1996. He... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Beloved North Carolina Bookseller Nancy Olson

The founder of Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C., who helped launch North Carolina's literary revival, died yesterday. She was 75 years old. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obama's Peanuts: President writes foreword to Charles Schulz anthology

The US leader has taken a break from being a world statesman to pay tribute in prose to ‘an American treasure’Charlie Brown and Snoopy have found a high-profile supporter in Barack Obama, who has taken a break from running the US to write the foreword to a new volume collecting what the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Louise Rennison

British author and comedian Louise Rennison, whose books about teenager Georgia Nicolson were bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic, has died. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charles River Analytics doubling Cambridge headquarters by 2018

Tech firm Charles River Analytics is expanding in Cambridge as the company pursues a long-term plan for organic growth, a move that will result in roughly doubling its headquarters space by 2018. The company has renewed its lease at 625 Mount Auburn St. and also has plans to move into space... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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