Imprint’s Green Ideas series begins with 20 short books by writers from Rachel Carson to Greta Thunberg it believes are ‘the classics that made a movement’From Greta Thunberg to James Lovelock, publisher Penguin Classics has come up with a “new canon” of the environmental literature, which it believes has “changed the way we think and talk about the living Earth”.The move is part of a growing trend in publishing for books focused on the climate, whether from big hitters such as David Attenborough or Bill Gates, whose How to Avoid a Climate Disaster was out in February, or so-called “cli-fi”, climate fiction, from writers including Richard Powers and Jenny Offill. Penguin’s Green Ideas series capitalises on this appetite, collecting 20 short books it believes constitute “the classics that made a movement”, by “visionary thinkers around the world [who] have raised their voices to defend the planet”. Related: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference review – Greta Thunberg’s vision Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-08-26 07:00:42 UTC ]
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Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One week after news broke that Penguin Books India had recalled and destroyed Wendy Doniger’s "The Hindus" the negative fall out continues. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors demand their own books are taken out of circulation in India after Wendy Doniger's The Hindus was pulled last weekTwo authors have written to Penguin demanding that their books be pulped in protest at the publisher's removal of Wendy Doniger's The Hindus from circulation in India, while... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books India agreed to withdraw the book from circulation in India as well as destroy every copy of the book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReedPop, which produces New York Comic Con, C2E2 and other pop culture conventions, is launching a new and smaller all comics show to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, June 14 and 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder's creative director Auriol Bishop and agent Hellie Ogden are among those taking part... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Arundhati Roy leads chorus of protest after publisher settles lawsuit brought by militant groupConservative activists in India have pledged to continue their campaign to purge bookshelves and schools of works they say are abusive to Hinduism, as a fierce row over a 700-page academic... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says it was forced to withdraw Wendy Doniger's book The Hindus because of law threatening jail for insults to religionPenguin India has said "intolerant and restrictive" Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author's religious history... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Major writers including Arundhati Roy and Neil Gaiman condemn 'egregious' suppression of Wendy Doniger's book under pressure from Hindu nationalistsMajor authors from Arundhati Roy to William Dalrymple and Neil Gaiman have condemned Penguin's controversial removal of Wendy Doniger's book The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books India has recalled American Indoligist Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History, sparking a debate about publishing freedoms. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing chief discusses how the rise of the ebook has affected the industry, the value of a good cover design and why there is no glass ceiling in the sectorTell us a bit about your role at Penguin and how you got there.I am the managing director of Penguin General Books, which is one of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US ebooks subscription start-up Oyster is rolling out a new children’s vertical this week... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hindus: An Alternative History by Professor Wendy Doniger of the University of Chicago drew criticism from conservative Hindus and scholars for its orthodoxy and accuracyPenguin Books India has agreed to withdraw from sale all copies of a book that takes an unorthodox view of Hinduism, and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The organisers of the UK’s first YA literature convention has announced a range of authors... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The fifth annual Festival Neue Literatur begins in NYC on February 28 with a series of readings and discussions with German-language authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling Simon & Schuster authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are now teaming up on the business side: the two writers are launching Brown Girls Publishing, a new digital publishing venture that debuts today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marvel has made an application programming interface available to developers interested in building digital applications around its comic book data and content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book subscription service Scribd has launched a new app for the Kindle Fire. The app, which can... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent David Godwin predicts that small publishers in India will soon be forced aside by monolithic publishing houses run overseas. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines will roll out its newest title, Dr. Oz, The Good Life, Feb. 4. With 800,000 copies being distributed, including 375,000 copies on newsstands for $3.99 and another 425,000 going to subscribers of other Hearst titles, The Good Life could well be the biggest consumer magazine... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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