Pair have chosen neglected books by female writers for a series launching to coincide with February’s anniversary of the Representation of the People ActFrom a neglected novel for adults by the beloved children’s author E Nesbit to a provocative short-story collection from the Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai, a new series of “forgotten” classics by female authors is being launched by Penguin next year to mark the centenary of women getting the vote in the UK.Penguin asked the authors Penelope Lively and Kamila Shamsie to choose two titles by women writers they “felt deserved to be better known in the UK”. Conscious that “writers can disappear, unread by later generations; certain books can be sidelined, where others by the same writer survive”, Lively plumped for Nesbit’s The Lark, first published in 1922. She called it “a charming and brilliantly entertaining novel … shot through with the lighthearted Nesbit touch”. The book sees two 18-year-old cousins left to earn their own living when their guardian gambles away their money. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Claire Collison, Anita Pati and Nina Mingya Powles have won the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize, celebrating poetry and the empowerment of women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ali Albazaz, founder and chief executive of reader-powered publisher Inkitt, is the latest speaker to be announced for this year's FutureBook Live, Europe’s biggest publishing innovation conference, hosted by The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble is now seeking damages from recently fired CEO Demos Parneros for breaching his fiduciary duties, including derailing the sale of the company so he could retain his job as B&N's CEO. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A show that maps Los Angeles and another that makes art of FBI files. Here are six exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week: “Here,” at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. A group exhibition examines the physical and geographical boundaries that define Los Angeles and its... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadians say they listen to audiobooks while doing other things. In 2018, 54 percent of those surveyed by BookNet Canada prefer to listen on their phones. The post BookNet Canada: Sci-Fi, Women Leading Audiobook Consumption appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Moreno Valley man wanted by police in connection with a double homicide in Nevada and a shooting in Southern California was arrested Wednesday after a chase and shootout with deputies that he livestreamed on Facebook. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene of a shooting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of Frankfurt Book Fair’s most talked-about books, a "revelatory" eight-year investigation into women’s sex lives, has gone to Bloomsbury following a six-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Gregory Bauer didn’t hide his identity when he gathered information to hack into the email and social media accounts of his female friends, family members and co-workers. In some cases, the U.S. attorney’s office said, he told them via Facebook that he was working on a class project and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is tapping into the trend for non-fiction books about historical figures with a new Extraordinary Lives series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German, Polish, Croatian and Swedish titles are amongst those longlisted for the 2018 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman, Kamila Shamsie, Carol Ann Duffy, and Tara Westover are some of the authors whose books have been shortlisted by bookshops for 2018's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK chief executive David Shelley, spoken-word poet Sophia Thakur, executive digital producer Muki Kulhan, and trends forecaster Tracey Follows, are to headline this year’s FutureBook Live Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction has introduced a new £1,000 fee for publishers whose books make its longlist of 16. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year, nine months after Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, I traveled from my home in North Carolina to Anguilla to teach writing workshops to children and adults as part of a literary festival. As a prompt, I asked them to describe what they could not forget about the storm. When... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One topic in religion and sexual ethics hasn’t been addressed much: the ways women’s sexuality has been suppressed and distorted by religions. That's changing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has won an auction to publish Revolutions, a celebration of women cyclists around the world from Hannah Ross, publicity director at Profile Books & Serpent's Tail. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is launching a new feature with 26 publishers including CNN and NBC Sports. And unlike a lot of platform features, it doesn't require a ton of resources. The post A new Snapchat feature lets publishers create live stories out of users’ posts appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association and the Society of Authors have all welcomed the European Parliament for voting in favour of the new copyright directive but expressed concerns that the UK will leave the EU before the directive becomes law. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a year of development to modernize and upgrade its services, Pubnet, an electronic book ordering system for retailers, went live on September 5 in the beginning of a phased migration that will last through December 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired Difficult Women, a history of modern feminism by journalist Helen Lewis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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