PEN’s Jennifer Clement on ‘Gun Love’ and Women’s Rights

PEN International president Jennifer Clement's fourth novel, 'Gun Love,' is focused on the United States' firearm culture and is set in Florida. At London Book Fair, she focused on that and on challenges in women's equality. The post PEN’s Jennifer Clement on ‘Gun Love’ and Women’s Rights appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Apple 'in talks' over Women's Prize for Fiction sponsorship

Apple has held talks with the organisers of the Women's Prize for Fiction with a view to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New women’s prize sponsor ‘announced in September’

The new sponsor for the Women's Prize for Fiction, up-to-now sponsored by Orange, will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Blind Chinese Rights Activist Is Writing a Memoir

Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Neil Gaiman will pen five children's books

Neil Gaiman will write five children's books for HarperCollins, including a sequel to his 2009 children's book 'Odd and the Frost Giants.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Cross-industry partnerships 'the future' after Love Charing Cross Road success

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'Love Charing Cross Road' festival on 30th June

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Cutback threat to London's Women's Library

A petition calling on education secretary Michael Gove to prevent severe cutbacks to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Digital Rights Managment to be dropped by Tor and other Macmillan sci-fi books

Digital Rights Management software was originally meant to restrict pirating of ebooks, but many complain because of the restrictions it places on users. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Is Amazon morally wrong but legally right?

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Finding the Right Role for Trade Paperbacks

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Women’s Presses Tweak Their Business Models

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Amazon buys rights to Bond novels

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Hearst Magazines launches women's quarterly

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Bonnier bags Barbie rights

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Media Decoder Blog: "50 Shades of Grey" Movie Rights Are Bought by Universal

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Not Just for Kids: 'The False Prince' by Jennifer A. Nielsen

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French government and SNE compromise on e-rights

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Vintage acquires Bond licence, including digital rights

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Right pricing ebooks: Is the government actually discouraging competition?

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