The founders of publishing and lifestyle brand Own It! have announced their active support for a US-based Black communities group, the Movement for Black Lives. It follows the death of George Floyd on 25th May, as protests over police brutality in the US multiply. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 14:57:42 UTC ]
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Featured image: Louise Brooks, interviewed in Lulu in Berlin, 1984 ¤ IN 1966, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES AUTHOR and screenwriter Anita Loos drolly paid tribute to one of the cinema’s most iconic brunettes. Loos had first been friendly with Louise Brooks “in California when she was an early-day sex... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-08-15 15:00:27 UTC ]
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Get to know the work of these Black science fiction authors, from the established and prolific to debut authors shaking up the genre like Cinderella is Dead author Kalynn Bayron. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:37:00 UTC ]
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As Crown Publishing predicted, readers eagerly anticipated Michelle Obama’s Becoming. Autobiography and memoir are best selling categories because virtually everyone enjoys learning about the private life of public figures. In this case, many were curious about the woman who seemed to rise above... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-08-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Easu McCaulley takes on the 'barbershop or barbeque questions' Black people have about how the Bible addresses their lives —and reveals God's love. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven Leilani’s debut novel follows an interracial, intergenerational affair as it leads to an unusual redefinition of family. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-08-06 09:00:04 UTC ]
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Penguin has announced a series of virtual, live events featuring guests including Zadie Smith, Yotam Ottolenghi, Caitlin Moran and Jeremiah Emmanuel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 05:28:30 UTC ]
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Books by Sara Collins, Okechukwu Nzelu and Dustin Lance Black and Kirsty Logan have been shortlisted for this year's Polari Prizes, celebrating LGBTQ+ literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 23:37:08 UTC ]
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More than 150 staff at DK took part in the publisher’s annual charity walk this year, raising money for The Black Curriculum, a social enterprise founded to address the lack of black British history in the UK curriculum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 12:15:19 UTC ]
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As a black publicist with more than seven years in culture and entertainment publicity, I have sat in many all-white creative meetings where the genuine answer to making a campaign diverse was to give Stormzy a call (before that it was Tinie Tempah). If you are serious about diversity and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-24 03:36:15 UTC ]
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As a child, Asha Grant didn't know where to find books about people who looked like her. Next year she'll open that place, the Salt Eaters, in Inglewood. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-07-23 14:00:39 UTC ]
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When a friend of mine, a former teacher, told me the subject of a children’s book he wants to write—an allegory about how the criminal justice system tries to entrap people of color from a young age—my first thought was Dark, man. And then: I wish I’d had access to a book like that when I was a […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-21 19:17:26 UTC ]
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Noted immortal man, Keanu Reeves, is writing a comic book with the help of bestselling graphic novelist Matt Kindt. Called BRZRKR, the first of 12 issues will debut in October just in time to save the world / distract us from the presidential campaign / give us something to do in day 700 of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-20 14:56:04 UTC ]
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The Literary Consultancy is partnering with Ellah P Wakatama, editor-at-large at Canongate, to launch the TLC Scholarship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-19 14:43:29 UTC ]
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Last week I had the honour of being a panelist on a webinar about publishing values in 2020. I listened to the various publishers, both big and small, in the UK and abroad talk about the challenges and opportunities brought by the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic. Everyone is talking... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 11:16:02 UTC ]
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Last week I had the honour of being a panelist on a webinar about publishing values in 2020. I listened to the various publishers, both big and small, in the UK and abroad talk about the challenges and opportunities brought by the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic. Everyone is talking... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 14:10:29 UTC ]
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Hay Festival has launched a series of Book of the Month live Q&A sessions with authors, to expand its digital offering. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 02:44:44 UTC ]
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Limited promotion and marketing budgets reinforce false ideas about how well diverse books and writers will sell. This leads to a negative cycle for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2020-07-15 09:57:53 UTC ]
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The global if tragically-induced surge of the Black Lives Matter movement has sparked vital conversations. Yet, what was revelatory for so many in our industry felt like Groundhog Day for most of us who are Black. We’re stuck – how do we change the narrative? Belonging, as abstract a concept as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 13:41:59 UTC ]
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The fallout from recent protests over the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor have reignited long-standing concerns on the part of many Black journalists about their roles in the newsrooms they work in, and the value they are given (or not given) by the media companies... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-07-09 11:50:34 UTC ]
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In his début book, former comedian Nick Pettigrew reveals the lows and occasional highs of working as an anti-social behaviour officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 14:15:31 UTC ]
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