“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 2013 longlist of fiction for the Man Booker Prize will surprise and intrigue in equal measure. The shortlist will be announced in September and the winner on October 15. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review website the Omnivore has created a dating feature that matches participants based on answers to questions like 'What are you currently reading?' and 'What author do you have a crush on?' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longlist for the Man Booker Prize was announced. The 13 novels include National Book Award winner Colum McCann's "TransAtlantic" and "The Lowland" by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.The longlist for the Man Booker Prize was announced in London Tuesday morning. The 13 novels... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longlist for the 2013 Man Booker Prize has been announced, with two nominations apiece for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adelle Waldman plumbs the cold heart of a Brooklyn writer. But what this witty debut novel really reveals is how the book's hero thinks.Adelle Waldman's debut novel, "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.," chronicles just that: Nathaniel Piven's love affairs. Nate lives in Brooklyn. He's a writer.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Relationships have their ups and downs, but for publishers and librarians, the passion is back. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the UK, authors are paid by the government when their physical books are borrowed (around 6p per loan), but digital titles are not yet a part of that agreement. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hobby titles are proving to be fertile ground for video. Kalmbach Publishing's Model Railroader is the latest to expand its offerings, launching a paid video subscription site to its compliment the 79-year-old brand. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does the Man Booker International Prize lose credibility by overlooking works in translation while favoring books originally written in English? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for "achievement in fiction on the world stage." Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American writer Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Charing Cross Road Festival—Love Charing Cross Road—will return to the famous... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC's business editor Robert Peston describes how transcribing his late wife's final book helped him cope with grief following her death from lung cancer. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It only took a few years for the Kindle to go from cutting-edge to old-fashioned. At the risk of looking like a tech dinosaur, Hannah Johnson still prefers the Kindle. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian writer A S A Harrison, whose debut novel The Silent Wife (Headline) is due for worldwide... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malaysia's Tan Twan Eng won Asia’s most prestigious literary prize with The Garden of Evening Mists. The prize, in its 6th year, is changing the perception of Asian literature say authors, publishers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author Ciara Geraghty (her first name's pronounced "Keira") started writing when she was 34 and hasn't stopped since, despite the advent of children and husband. Ciara writes novels that are light and laced with humour (she rightly rejects the label "chick lit") despite hefty subject... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The following entry was added today to the AP Stylebook Online and also will appear in the new print edition and Stylebook Mobile, published in the spring: husband, wife Regardless of sexual orientation, husband or wife is acceptable in all re ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even if the Meredith deal doesn't go through - and it should - Jeff Bewkes is out of the magazine business. Investors are partying like it's 2007. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I had a nice surprise Valentine’s Day gift delivered to my door this morning -- a box of ten copies of my new novel (I Know What You Did Last Supper) courtesy of my publisher and fresh off the press. It seemed weird holding the book. Not just because it’s my first novel (co-authored with a... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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