Patrick Stewart to headline Huddersfield Lit Festival

Sir Patrick Stewart is to headline the Huddersfield Literature Festival this year, which is taking place from the 8th to the 18th March. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review acquires two 'thought-provoking' novels from Matt Cain

Headline Review has acquired two more books from Matt Cain, whose fourth novel, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle, was published by the imprint earllier this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 11:27:18 UTC ]
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Sissay, Osman and Slimani to star at hybrid Durham Book Festival

Durham's annual literary festival will be headlined by authors including Lemn Sissay, Richard Osman and Leïla Slimani, as the event pivots to a hybrid model following last year's fully digital experience. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 05:59:34 UTC ]
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Kate Byrne promoted to editorial director at Headline

Headline's Kate Byrne has been promoted to editorial director with immediate effect, and is to take on the responsibility for the Headline Accent imprint, alongside Headline Eternal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-17 03:38:21 UTC ]
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O'Farrell, Whitehead, Osman and Slimani join Cheltenham Festival line-up

Maggie O'Farrell, Colson Whitehead, Richard Osman and Leila Slimani are among authors confirmed for the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-12 10:43:33 UTC ]
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Headline signs Me Too founder Tarana Burke's memoir

Headline will publish the memoir of Tarana Burke, the founder and activist behind the "Me Too" movement.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 20:11:16 UTC ]
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Bloody Scotland festival to go ahead as hybrid event

Bloody Scotland International Crime Festival is to go ahead as a live event in September and it will also run a streaming service, thanks to funding from Creative Scotland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 05:27:42 UTC ]
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Poets and Shafak assemble for Manchester Ripples of Hope Festival

UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has convened 30 poets from around the world including Imtiaz Dharker and Raymond Antrobus to create a new response to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 03:37:51 UTC ]
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Dean, Mukherjee and Koomson to headline SlaughterFest

This year's SlaughterFest will feature more than 30 authors across eight panels, including Girl A author Abigail Dean (HarperCollins), as well as Abir Mukherjee and Dorothy Koomson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-10 03:17:49 UTC ]
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England’s South Asian Desiblitz Literature Festival Plans a Hybrid Edition

The third staging of the Desiblitz Literature Festival in Birmingham will feature both published authors and workshop programming. The post England’s South Asian Desiblitz Literature Festival Plans a Hybrid Edition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-09 19:04:35 UTC ]
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Jones, Mairena, Stewart Join 'PW'; Morris Up in Digital Dept.

At 'Publishers Weekly,' Iyana Jones has been named digital media coordinator, Nathalie Mairena has been hired as digital assistant, and Sophia Stewart has joined as editorial assistant. Mike Morris has been promoted to director of digital operations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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England’s Cliveden Literary Festival Plans a Physical Presentation

The Cliveden Literary Festival is public-facing and has yet to announce its actual programing for its 2021 edition. The post England’s Cliveden Literary Festival Plans a Physical Presentation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-04 20:41:18 UTC ]
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World Literature Today Announces 2021 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

News and Events The first-place winning design in the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest poster design project by Sydney Sleeper University of Oklahoma students Sydney Sleeper, Andie Trillo and Jamie McCarley have been awarded first, second and third place,... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-07-21 14:32:49 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Weekly: July 12 – 16

What Borges’ science fiction got right about the importance of forgetting, according to child psychiatry. | Lit Hub Science Searching for Moby-Dick (and the elusive truths of America’s pastime): Rick White goes deep on Bill James, Herman Melville, and the whaleness of Whiteyball. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-07-17 10:30:33 UTC ]
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Soyinka and Rooney to headline Southbank Centre's autumn season

Wole Soyinka and Sally Rooney will headline the Southbank Centre’s autumn season, while the organisation has also announced its London Literature Festival, which this year takes its theme and title from Rooney’s novel Conversations with Friends (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-11 16:29:44 UTC ]
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In-Person, Online: Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Business of Books

Amid some 250 events in August's hybrid edition of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a group of programs welcomes industry players. The post In-Person, Online: Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Business of Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-07-09 18:10:26 UTC ]
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Body Language in Middle Grade Lit

Two novels and a graphic memoir tackle weighty issues, with grace and good humor. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-07-08 04:06:37 UTC ]
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Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival apologises for absence of female writers of colour

The organisers of the 2021 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival have apologised for not including any female writers of colour in the programme . Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-02 16:32:23 UTC ]
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Lit in colour

This week we’ve published the findings of research conducted by Lit in Colour, a campaign run by Penguin Random House and The Runnymede Trust to make the teaching of English Literature more inclusive and representative of the myriad of different voices and narratives that make up Britain’s past... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 23:09:45 UTC ]
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Evaristo, Peters and Osman headline Cheltenham

Richard Osman, Detransition Baby author Torrey Peters and Bernardine Evaristo are some of the headliners appearing at this year’s Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in October.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 08:56:09 UTC ]
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Just 0.7% of GCSE English Lit students study writers of colour, PRH research shows

Research commissioned by Penguin Random House has revealed only 0.7% of English Literature GCSE students in England study a book by a writer of colour while only 7% study a book by a woman. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-28 22:57:04 UTC ]
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