Pam Mandel on Discovering the True-to-Life YA Story She Was Meant to Tell: Her Own

On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Pam Mandel, whose book, The Same River Twice: A Memoir of Dirtbag Backpackers, Bomb Shelters, and Bad Travel, is out from Skyhorse Publishing. The book charts Mandel’s travels abroad as a young woman trying to figure out her place in the world, in […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-29 09:48:53 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2019: Why the Story of Our Networked World Is a Story of Upheaval

In his new book, former F.C.C. Chariman Tom Wheeler deftly explores 500 years of network revolutions, and offers an invaluable take on the challenges we now face. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University and First Story unveiled as BBC short story awards partners

First Story and the University of Cambridge are the new partners of the BBC’s short story awards, replacing BookTrust, in a three-year collaboration starting in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Best Life Magazine Finds a Second Life as a Digital Brand

From Metropolitan Home to Newsweek, we've seen a number of shuttered magazine titles revived (at least in some form) over the past couple of years. Now Best Life, the luxury men's service magazine, is getting a second life online—and with its original launch editor at the helm, no less. Best... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Life After Life for Atkinson backlist

Transworld is repackaging Kate Atkinson’s backlist to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Behind the Scenes at the Museum, as well as the release of her latest novel, A God in Ruins (May, £20). All of Atkinson’s backlist, including the Jackson Brodie series, will be repackaged... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Week after week for Life After Life

Despite missing out on the overall prize in the Costa Book Awards, Kate Atkinson's Life After... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sourcebooks Debuts Hear Your Story Imprint

Sourcebooks has formed Hear Your Story, a new imprint featuring guided journals for families to share their memories and life lessons. The imprint is being formed in partnership with author Jeffrey Mason, who created the Hear Your Story series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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New YA Books Out This Week, November 13, 2024

The dangerous woods, former besties get revenge on a player, midnight drives, and more of today's new YA book releases. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Best YA Book Deals of the Day for November 12, 2024

Cursed boys, illegal love potions, a teenage Ida B. Wells, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

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‘No Americans putting on bad Belfast accents!’ How Disney drama Say Nothing brings the Troubles to life

A new series is stepping into the fraught territory of Northern Ireland in the 70s by telling the real-life story of a woman abducted by the IRA. Its creators talk about truth, reconciliation and trying to depict both sides of the conflict“To be honest, I’d always thought of the Troubles as a... Continue reading at The Guardian

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New YA Books Out This Week, November 6, 2024

This week's new YA book releases include a fast-paced sports story, a secret society, a road trip through Malaysia, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Best YA Book Deals of the Day for November 5, 2024

A deadly road trip, a trans Pride and Prejudice retelling, K-pop competition horror, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Most Popular Stories of the Week

The best book club books coming out in November, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY's best books of 2024, 8 one-sitting-read horror novels, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

Late in 1933, Dylan Thomas started writing a new short story. “The theme of the story I dreamed in a nightmare,” he wrote to a friend. “If successful, if the words fit to the thoughts, it will be one of the most ghastly short stories ever written.” Thomas was possessed, in part, by rejection.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Best New YA Books Out This Week

Hot new YA book releases, chilling historical haunted houses, a heartwarming middle grade queer graphic novel, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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New YA Books Out This Week, October 30, 2024

A life-altering treasure hunt, carving magic into metal, a bloody Mardi Gras, and more of this week's new YA books out in hardcover and paperback. Continue reading at Book Riot

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For Reach plc, Google Discover has offset search-driven traffic declines

With search traffic down 25% last month, the U.K. publisher saw Google’s other referral source more than make up the difference, said Reach’s Martin Little at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe. Continue reading at Digiday

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The Best YA Book Deals of the Day for October 29, 2024

An Arthurian Retelling, Historical Fiction Set in Malaysia, a Queer Magical Romance, and More in Today's Best YA Deals Continue reading at Book Riot

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Amazon is shutting down its Kindle Vella serialized story platform in February 2025

Amazon, in what it described as a "difficult decision," is winding down Kindle Vella and shutting it down completely in February 2025. When the company launched the serialized story platform in 2021, it said Vella was a way for readers to discover new fictional stories and a new way for authors... Continue reading at Engadget

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Interview: Richard McGuire on His Graphic Novel “Here” and His Reading Life

Ten years ago he published the graphic novel “Here,” an instant classic depicting one room in one house over generations. Now Tom Hanks is starring in the movie. Continue reading at The New York Times

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