A former manager at Facebook published a scathing memo on Tuesday criticizing the social media giant for its treatment of its black users and its black employees. Mark Luckie, a former partner manager for global influencers at Facebook who focused on underrepresented voices, wrote in a memo to staff that Facebook was "failing" its black... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrated novelist Toni Morrison has died at 88, and she leaves behind a commanding legacy of the black experience in literature. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died, according to a friend who confirmed the news to the Associated Press. She was 88 years old.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-08-06 11:00:50 UTC ]
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Quercus has snapped up an “urgent and inspirational” guide to life as a black mother from Candice Brathwaite. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-04 15:40:35 UTC ]
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Books are important to the texture of everyday life in Orange Is the New Black, which is based on a memoir ... Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-08-04 10:31:09 UTC ]
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The brand is launching an in-house-managed imprint that will release hands-on interactive formats for kids up to five years old. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White has snapped up YouTube and Instagram influencer Stefanie Moir's debut book. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-31 08:01:55 UTC ]
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Earlier this year, Google outlined upcoming changes to its marketing-leading Chrome browser that are likely to prompt seismic changes for digital media trading with the company's leading privacy executive tipping the privacy overhaul for a 2019 launch. Speaking last week at Adweek's inaugural... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-07-29 18:27:32 UTC ]
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Indies Cranachan and Black & White are among the publishers awarded funding from the Scots Language Publication Grants. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-28 10:22:14 UTC ]
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Piper Kerman, whose experiences and memoir inspired the Netflix prison dramedy, now works with inmates in correctional facilities. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-26 10:00:07 UTC ]
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Piper Kerman, whose experiences and memoir inspired the Netflix prison dramedy, now works with inmates in correctional facilities. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-26 10:00:06 UTC ]
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Scrolling book-reveals for Lit Hub’s Climate Change Library I sighed, “Here we go again.” On the first day, “Part One: The Classics” listed 48 books written by mostly white authors. The four exceptions, Robert D. Bullard, a Black American and Winona LaDuke, an Indigenous North American, along... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 08:50:12 UTC ]
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The London Library has joined forces with indie publisher Jacaranda for its #Twentyin2020 project, celebrating black British writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 11:44:25 UTC ]
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Not every novel can make it as a graphic novel. There are some specific criteria that have to be met plus an ineffable...thing. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-18 10:42:03 UTC ]
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Foyles bookshop has joined forces with indie publisher Jacaranda for its Twenty in 2020 initiative, celebrating black British writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-17 20:34:16 UTC ]
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Powell’s employees were among a group on Monday night that protested a reading at the bookstore by Blake Nelson, a Portland author whose recent work and public statements have drawn on extremist right-wing rhetoric. Nelson’s newest book, The Red Pill—published by Bombardier Books in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-17 18:00:11 UTC ]
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Last night, Variety reported that Lakeith Stanfield (also known as the actual best part of Atlanta, there I said it, don’t @ me) to star in a feature film adaptation of Kwame Onwuachi’s Notes From a Young Black Chef—which is an essential cooking memoir that you should go read immediately if you... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-16 14:28:13 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired two books about inspirational people from Scotland by Mairi Kidd, head of literature, languages and publishing at Creative Scotland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-15 23:10:10 UTC ]
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Semicolon—a vibrant new bookstore, community space, and gallery for Chicago’s street art scene—opened its doors on Tuesday with a party and mural unveiling. The store is just one of a handful of woman-owned bookstores in Chicago and its only bookstore owned by a black woman. An author... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-12 15:33:15 UTC ]
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This List includes cybersecurity companies located in the Greater Bay Area, which is defined as Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. Information was obtained from company representatives. In case of ties, companywide employees was... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-12 10:00:00 UTC ]
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A wholesale craft supply company bought an Arkansas-based arts-and-crafts publishing company last week from its Philadelphia-based parent company — Comcast. The broadband, cable and entertainment giant sold Maumelle, Ark.-based Leisure Arts to PA Distribution, an Oregon-based distributor and... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-07-10 17:55:17 UTC ]
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National Book Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates will bring his new book tour to Los Angeles in October, where he'll be joined by a special guest: "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-10 10:00:02 UTC ]
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