Our New Sci-Fi Anthology Will Be Your Tour Guide to the Future

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow is a thought-provoking excursion into the futures we would and would not want to live in. Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2019-10-02 16:18:40 UTC ]
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Stevenson and Clarke win Creative Future Literary Awards 2016

Lauren Stevenson and Maeve Clarke have been awarded the top prizes at the Creative Future Literary Awards 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Modern Girl's Guide spoof titles from Mills & Boon

Romance publisher and HarperCollins imprint Mills & Boon is to launch a "fun and feminist" series of humour books which "celebrate the sisterhood from A to Z". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The future of the children's book

Author Oliver Jeffers and graphic artist Sam Winston discuss their work "A Child of Books" Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's What Top Industry Execs Think About the Future of Video

  brightcove.createExperiences(); With the goal of surfacing best-in-class thought leadership on the convergence of video and television, Adweek, along with sponsor and partner NCC Media, convened a half-day Video 2020 Executive Lab late last month in New York for media buyers and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Bailey pens humorous guide to British birds

Bill Bailey has penned a “humorous and personal guide” to his favourite British birds, set to be published by Quercus in October this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray prize-winning debut authors to tour Waterstones

John Murray is taking three of its "most exciting and lauded" debut writers, Andrew Michael Hurley, Lisa McInerney and Jessie Greengrass, on a nationwide tour of Waterstones bookshops in Bath, Liverpool and London this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Kinney global tour announced

Jeff Kinney’s global tour to promote the release of book 11 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Puffin) will kick off on 1st November and will include more than 20 stops on three continents. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of Syrian culture anthology soar after woman held for reading it on plane

Syria Speaks, which made headlines after it led to a honeymooning airline passenger being questioned under the Terrorism Act, sees surge of interestThe publisher of a book about Syrian culture that hit the headlines last week, when a British Muslim woman was detained after being seen reading it... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Ink seeks submissions for 'working class anthology'

Independent publisher Dead Ink Books is to publish a book of essays written by working class authors in a bid to "challenge preconceptions" following the "messy" EU referendum vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alzheimer's prevention guide to S&S

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired The Neuro Plan, a nutrition and lifestyle plan for helping to prevent Alzheimer’s and building a healthier brain, to be published in spring 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘We were wasting time churning out tweets’: The Economist guide to quality over quantity

The Economist has spent a year finessing its social media team, growing its writers from two to 10, mostly based in the U.K. Last year, for each article published, 15 separate tweets were written, now it’s more like three. The publisher has taken resource away from its posting to its lesser... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unbound's stellar anthology on Bowie

Unbound has launched crowdfunding for an anthology celebrating the life of David Bowie, featuring contributions from a host of stellar writers including Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Roddy Doyle, Suzanne Moore and Evie Wyld. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eating disorder recovery guide from Instagram star Amalie Lee

Orion Spring has acquired a "powerful" guide on recovering from an eating disorder and "reaching body positivity", by Instagram star Amalie Lee. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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She Said, She Said: Indian Fantasy, Mythology, and the Future

Is the 'perennial cachet' in fantasy fiction so strong for booksellers in India that 'writers are told by publishers to base their stories around the time of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata'? The post She Said, She Said: Indian Fantasy, Mythology, and the Future appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quick Guide to Parenting to Portico

Pavilion Books imprint Portico is to publish The Quick Guide to Parenting based on fashion illustrator and designer Laura Quick's ‘The Daily Think’ blog Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MCB anthology of poems to mark every night of the year

In the autumn Macmillan Children’s Books will publish a poetry anthology compiled by Allie Esiri, the writer and former actor behind poetry anthology The Love Book (Square Peg) and the app iF Poems, developed by Chickworks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Braking for Books: HMH Kicks Off Curious World Tour

Keeping kids reading when school is not in session can be a challenge for any parent. But when books are combined with play, music and interactive entertainment, kids can enjoy these activities in an untraditional format that takes reading outdoors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future Shock author Toffler dies

Amercian writer and futurist Alvin Toffler, the celebrated author of prophetic 1970 bestseller Future Shock (Bantam), has died, aged 87. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Student Projects for Ikea, Amazon and Lego Win Future Lions at Cannes

A food container for Ikea that warns when its contents are about to spoil, an AI voice interface for Amazon designed for seniors and an app that reads books to children via Facebook Messenger were among the winning student work of this year's Future Lions awards at the Cannes Lions International... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to Future, B&N Puts Its Faith In Bricks and Mortar

In a presentation to investors Thursday morning, company execs unveiled the new cafes that will be the centerpiece of its new concept stores, discussed plan to grow store and online sales, and strategy to continue to shrink Nook losses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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