Paul Scheer was abused as a child. His new memoir helped him reclaim 'the power of my voice for my childhood'

Paul Scheer's memoir-in-essays, 'Joyful Recollections of Trauma,' centers largely around the abuse he and his mother suffered at the hands of his stepfather. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-21 10:00:29 UTC ]
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Grammy-Winner Lecrae Talks About Faith and 'Being Crushed' in New Memoir

With a #1 album and over two million followers on Facebook, Lecrae is well known for being both a rapper and a Christian, but the artist is taking his message of faith beyond his music in ‘Unashamed,’ publishing this spring. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Guild's Paul Aiken Dead at Age 56

Paul Aiken, the former long-time executive director of the Authors Guild, died Friday January 29, one day shy of his 57th birthday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seminary student arrested in California en route to Mexico to have sex with child, authorities say

Federal authorities say an Ohio seminary student has been arrested in California on suspicion of intending to travel to Mexico to have sex with a toddler or baby. See more of our top stories on Facebook >> Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that 23-year-old Joel Wright... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin to bring 'Quiet Power' to younger readers

Penguin is publishing a follow-up to Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking, which will take its message to younger readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rausing’s addiction memoir to Hamish Hamilton

Hamish Hamilton and Alfred A Knopf are publishing a memoir by Granta editor Sigrid Rausing in spring 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Show's Trevor Noah to publish his memoir with John Murray

Comedian Trevor Noah, the host of "The Daily Show" on TV channel Comedy Central, is publishing his first book, a memoir, with John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United event to discuss Amazon's 'misuse of power'

Campaign group Authors United is set to hold an event to discuss Amazon’s “enormous market power” and the "misuse" of that power, in Washington DC next week. The event, to be held on Wednesday 27th January at the New American Foundation, is entitled Amazon's Book Monopoly: A Threat to Freedom... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WAN-IFRA aims to help women journalists achieve their potential

Female newspaper executives from seven African countries attend editorial leadership programme designed to close the gender gap in newsroomsThe World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is engaged on a project to help women journalists around the globe achieve their... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Haida's tale: Margaret Atwood helps bring Native American literature to the UK

Robert Bringhurst’s translations of Haida stories in A Story as Sharp as a Knife are published in the UK for the first time, thanks to the Booker winner’s championing of this ‘book of wonders’A book which preserves in print the almost lost oral literature of the Native American Haida people has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caitlyn Jenner Sells Memoir to GCP

Gretchen Young took world rights to the currently untitled book, which Jenner is writing with 'Friday Night Lights' scribe Buzz Bissinger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors and publishers urge US to help missing booksellers

Author and publishing organisations worldwide have banded together to urge the United States' government to investigate the disappearances of five missing Hong Kong (HK) publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson helps flooded UK bookshops

Flooded bookshops The Book Case in Hebden Bridge and The New Bookshop in Cockermouth are to receive a £5,000 grant each from the James Patterson fund. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo balk at UK's Investigatory Powers Bill

The Investigatory Powers Bill may only be in draft form at the moment, but the UK government has already come in for criticism for its plans. Today, scores of pieces of written evidence, both for and against the proposals, have been published, including input from the Reform Government... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Winter Institute 2016: Conversations with Keynoters: Power Posing, with Amy Cuddy

Three years ago Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist and associate professor at the Harvard Business School, garnered a lot of attention for a TED Talk on body language and power posing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Groups Voice Concern About Hong Kong Booksellers

Five book industry organizations issued a statement expressing "extreme concern” about the mysterious disappearance of five employees of a Hong Kong publishing and bookselling company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James helps raise funds for flood-hit cricket club

Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James is helping to raise funds for a flood-hit cricket club, that has "literally disappeared under the same deluge" as flooded bookshop Book Case, in Hebden Bridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Museum asks for help finding 1,000 first editions of Theodore Roethke debut

Theodore Roethke Home museum in Michigan asks owners of hand-numbered copies of Open House to get in touch, for ‘census’ to mark 75th anniversary of poetry collectionGuardian Witness: Do you own any first, signed or otherwise special book editions? Share your pictures and storiesA quest to find... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cheryl Strayed and Elizabeth Gilbert help raise $1 million for Syrian refugees

There are still some people who believe it's better to give than receive. And thousands of them joined together this week to raise $1 million for Syrian refugees in just 31 hours, through a donation drive arranged by five bestselling authors. The Compassion Collective, comprised of writers Cheryl... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury gets cycling champion Chris Boardman's memoir

Ebury Press has acquired the autobiography from "the father of modern British cycling" Chris Boardman, to be published on 2nd June in time for Father’s Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate Voice: “Two Kinds of Goodbyes”

In September 2015, book editor and novelist Jill Bialosky wrote “Two Kinds of Goodbyes,” an essay about tragically losing both her daughter and her son during two pregnancies. Exclusively for Slate Plus members, Bialosky reads “Two Kinds of Goodbyes” as a podcast. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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