“What’s Left of Me Is Yours,” a debut novel by Stephanie Scott, is inspired by the events surrounding an unlikely murder that occurred in Japan. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
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The pages were flooded with angry comments from users wondering why the resort hasn’t responded to the woman’s claims. The social media accounts for an all-inclusive resort chain in the Dominican Republic have vanished after a woman’s Facebook post about an alleged attack in January at one of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-05-31 08:15:10 UTC ]
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Judith Kerr, illustrator and writer of children’s favourites including The Tiger Who Came to Tea, has died at the age of 95. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 17:41:23 UTC ]
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Jokha Alharthi and Marilyn Booth have won the 2019 Man Booker International Prize for "Celestial Bodies," a coming-of-age novel written by Alharthi and translated from Arabic by Booth. Organizers of the literary prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English, made the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-21 22:50:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker International has its first Arabic-language winner. Oman's Jokha Alharthi and Boston-born translator Marilyn Booth split the £50,000 award. The post Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-21 20:45:10 UTC ]
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and it’s the perfect time to discover some new stories about Asian people, places, food and culture. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-05-20 09:45:24 UTC ]
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In “Down From the Mountain,” Bryce Andrews delivers a first-hand account of the dilemmas facing farmers in bear country. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-17 12:11:53 UTC ]
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Activist and former soldier Chelsea Manning will tell her life story in a memoir set for release next year. Manning, who spent seven years in prison for leaking thousands of documents related to the Iraq war to the website WikiLeaks, is writing the book for publisher Farrar, Straus and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-14 18:35:00 UTC ]
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish Chelsea Manning's memoir in winter 2020. Acquiring editor Colin Dickerman said the memoir “will, for the first time, allow readers to experience the full depth, breadth, and weight of her journey." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Naomi Wolf had a plan: get a doctorate, write scholarly work, and teach. In 1985, she received a Rhodes Scholarship and was preparing to write a thesis on images of women in 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In “Gatsby’s Oxford,” Christopher A. Snyder explores another side of Fitzgerald’s hero. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-08 15:49:14 UTC ]
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Several new books look for modern ways to follow the quintessential Biblical command to love thy neighbor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Oliver Jeffers ended up learning a "whole other language" to create Fausto, his upcoming fable about a man who wants to own everything he sees, which he made using traditional lithographic printmaking techniques at Idem, a fine-art printing studio in Paris. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SERIES Blindspot The team uncovers an international conspiracy while hunting for a stolen weapon in this new episode of the action drama; with Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton. 8 p.m. NBC Dynasty Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies) takes over a publishing company, while Cristal (Ana Brenda... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Young is "calling for an end to society’s legacy of gay shame" in a "taboo-breaking" manifesto-memoir, How to Be A Gay Man (Virgin Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publishers Fitzcarraldo Editions, Sandstone Press, Serpent's Tail, and And Other Stories are represented in this year's Man Booker International Prize shortlist for work in translation. The post Five Women Authors, Six Women Translators on Man Booker International Shortlist appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publishers and women, including last year’s winner Olga Tokarczuk, dominate the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize shortlist, revealed on Tuesday (9th April). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 200-year-old German-language publisher has 21 email newsletters, around half of which weekly and half daily. The post How Swiss news publisher NZZ uses newsletters to increase paid subscriptions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has bought Janice Hadlow’s “gripping” true story of a Regency love triangle involving the Duchess of Devonshire's sister and a rakish aristocrat. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the Irish author's second novel, two teens explore sex, secrets and what intimacy is worth. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-04-04 09:45:07 UTC ]
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Health provider Kaiser Permanente paid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh more than $100,000 to buy about 20,000 copies of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books during a period when the company was seeking a lucrative contract to provide health benefits to city employees. Kaiser confirmed Monday to... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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