On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Matt Ortile, author of the memoir The Groom Will Keep His Name: And Other Vows I’ve Made About Race, Resistance and Romance, published by Bold Type Books. Ortile writes about owning his identity as a gay, Filipino-American in a world curated for the […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-01 20:04:21 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK's Hot Key imprint is to publish How It All Blew Up, Arvin Ahmadi's third YA novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-05 23:22:32 UTC ]
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Two weeks ago, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of you […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-03 08:49:47 UTC ]
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Ruff makes his adventures fashioned from electrons and bytes read as authentically as any naturalism. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-27 16:56:00 UTC ]
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Last week, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of you are […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-27 08:48:47 UTC ]
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Citing the impact of the pandemic, O’Reilly Media president Laura Baldwin announced that the publisher and technology education platform is canceling all future in-person symposiums and closing that portion of its business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children's UK has acquired two picture books from author and illustrator Tom Percival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 16:26:40 UTC ]
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Let's face it: with the COVID-19 pandemic creating chaos, you're probably looking for something, anything to shut out the outside world and help you relax. Thankfully, you might have an option if you happen to have an Oculus VR headset. Lighthaus h... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-03-21 03:27:00 UTC ]
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On Monday, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of you are […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-20 08:50:21 UTC ]
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Today, Simon & Schuster announced their acquisition of the first book by Michael Schur, creator of postmodern morality play and philosophical sitcom The Good Place, otherwise known as the best thing on television for a while there. How to Be Good: A Definitive Answer for Exactly What to Do,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-10 16:57:41 UTC ]
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If ever there were two words to strike fear into the hearts and minds of the trade in the run-up to the London Book Fair, the charmless duo “social distancing” would surely be it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 07:33:22 UTC ]
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Would you walk up to an author at a book event, or on the street, and tell them how much you hated their book? No? But by creating a public work of art, surely authors are opening themselves up to scrutiny and should be prepared to take the rough with the smooth? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 06:23:39 UTC ]
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Canongate is partnering with non-profit organisation One Tree Planted (OTP) for the paperback publication of Matt Haig’s children's book Evie and the Animals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 21:29:16 UTC ]
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Set in East L.A., “Hi Five” is a multilayered crime tale that draws on the author’s love of Sherlock Holmes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-13 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist says that in the run-up to the 2016 election, she began to imagine a life where Clinton ‘made different choices, personally and professionally’Hillary Rodham Clinton recounts, in her memoir Living History, how Bill Clinton “asked me to marry him again, and again, and I always said no”.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-02-04 12:14:07 UTC ]
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Essayists recount the abuse, rejection, extremism or disillusionment that led them to leave the church. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-17 01:13:49 UTC ]
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Sure, novels can encourage empathy and other virtues, but what they offer is more subtle, more complicated, more important. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-01-09 15:00:00 UTC ]
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A French author wrote for years about his sexual relations with children and continued to win acclaim. Now one of them has spoken out. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-01-07 11:39:15 UTC ]
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Over the course of a wildly creative career, Dav Pilkey has written and drawn more than 60 books that have gotten millions of children excited about reading with their goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Doin' It In The Nook with Kelly Corrigan and Matt Nathanson. If you're not part of this book club yet, you will want to be ASAP. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-12-16 11:37:44 UTC ]
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On the 25th anniversary of a conservation milestone, a writer honors the authors who sparked his interest in gray wolves. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-14 14:00:00 UTC ]
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