The pioneering underground and queer cartoonist and author of the acclaimed queer/civil rights graphic novel 'Stuck Rubber Baby,' died November 26, from lymphoma. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid to academic publisher Michael Holdsworth after his death, aged 73. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-15 13:03:36 UTC ]
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Peter Warner, former president and publisher of Thames & Hudson, has died at the age of 79 from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-12 20:14:10 UTC ]
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Candice Chaplin, v-p and director of backlist sales at Penguin Random House, died of cancer on September 7 in Gladwyne, Pa. She was 53. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Warner, the longtime president of Thames & Hudson, died on September 9 from complications due to myelodysplastic syndrome. He was 79. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former publisher and bookseller John Hitchin died in August, aged 88. He is remembered by Tim Godfray and Dotti Irving. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-02 19:38:30 UTC ]
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Obituary: Bernette Ford 1950–2021 Boxer Books publisher David Bennett writes: About 30 years ago, while on a sales trip to New York, I met Bernette Ford. I had no idea then that she would become my best buddy and our families would grow so close. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-02 19:34:27 UTC ]
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His volume “Same-Sex Love in India” was regarded as a foundational text for queer studies in India and in recent years was cited in petitions to the country’s supreme court to end the criminalization of homosexuality. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-02 05:09:05 UTC ]
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Erika Seyfried, v-p and director of digital strategy and consumer engagement at Penguin Random House, died after going missing while vacationing in Vermont on August 29. She was 36. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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His acclaimed fiction and a memoir had a common theme: alcoholism. After becoming sober, he called his former besotted muse “Drunkspeare.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-28 11:13:30 UTC ]
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After publishing well-received historical studies, his career was tainted by charges of plagiarism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-28 08:22:08 UTC ]
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White Rabbit has acquired This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music, an essay collection edited by founding member of band Sonic Youth Kim Gordon, and former music journalist Sinéad Gleeson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 12:37:21 UTC ]
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Children’s author and illustrator Jill Murphy, best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Family picture books, has died aged 72. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-20 03:26:07 UTC ]
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Her dozens of works helped broaden children’s literature so that young African Americans could see themselves, their history and their hopes in the pages of their picture books. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-18 06:43:01 UTC ]
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Jack Covert, founder of the business book bookseller and distributor Porchlight Book Company (originally known as 800-CEO READ), died on August 13. He was 77. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The UC-Berkeley professor wrote deeply researched books about the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-14 05:31:09 UTC ]
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He was also a contentious defender of traditional education and architect of neoconservative foreign policy. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 08:47:01 UTC ]
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A former book editor and agent, she got her first movie studio job, at United Artists, when she was 48. She insisted on being hired as a vice president. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-11 20:23:42 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired Gwen and Art Are Not in Love, the "witty, romantic" debut YA fiction title from author and social media influencer Lex Croucher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 17:19:12 UTC ]
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Author and astrologer Judy Hall has died aged 77, her publisher Octopus has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 06:06:31 UTC ]
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