Jason Schneider, editorial director for Skyhorse Publishing, died July 26 after a long illness. He was 44. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Dedecker, who ran Sally Dedecker Enterprises after working at NAL, Simon & Schuster, and Ingram, died on November 6. She was 62. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roslyn Targ, a longtime Manhattan literary agent who worked with some of the biggest writers of her day and brought translated American works to Europe, died in her Greenwich Village apartment on October 29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's author and educator Joan W. Blos, winner of the 1980 Newbery Medal for her historical novel 'A Gathering of Days,' died on October 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 89. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playboy founder, who has died aged 91, claimed he wanted to help liberate women as sexual beings – but critics decry a legacy of objectificationOne evening in 1967, Hugh Hefner, who has died aged 91, appeared on a TV special broadcast from the Playboy Mansion’s library. Puffing on his customary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Genre-bending author Brian Aldiss is remembered by his agent, Gordon Wise of Curtis Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Howard Kaminsky, a former president and publisher of Warner Books, Random House and William Morrow/Avon, has died. He was 77. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author-illustrator and designer Rebecca Bond died on August 2 after a brief illness. She was 45 years old. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator Jill McElmurry, best known for her work on the Little Blue Truck picture book series, died on August 3, at the age of 62. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet and editor who co-founded the Greville PressGeoffrey Godbert, who has died aged 80, published more than a dozen collections of his own poetry; was joint editor of the Greville Press with Harold Pinter and Anthony Astbury; and produced two very successful anthologies, 100 Poems by a Hundred... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Marilyn Dugdale, née Edwards (30th April 1946– 28th June 2017), has died following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Marilyn Edwards, who has died aged 71, took up a job at the Publishers Association in 1965, she found herself at the focal point of a book trade still retaining something of its character as a cottage industry – dozens of independent publishers, each with its own characteristics, serving... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British children’s author Michael Bond, widely known for his books starring Paddington bear, has died at the age of 91. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-28 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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With three novels coming out this fall, you might never guess that Jason Reynolds didn’t like to read books in elementary school, or even high school. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Polis Books publisherhas opted to self-publish his new novel, a prescient tale about a businessman-turned-President with a secret past, keeping the title entirely separate from his house's list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 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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