As well as writing, Philip Pullman has been outspoken on a number of issues affecting fellow authors over the years. Here, we take a look at some of his best quotes. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The best-selling writer’s new book, published 10 months after his death at age 89, delivers a thought-provoking story — and a warning. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Shona Henderson has been appointed digital products manager at Sheffield-based Vertebrate Publishing, which is expanding its digital business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-12 13:33:05 UTC ]
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Inventory shortages, staffing concerns, and ongoing challenges presented by Covid-19 have not slowed the sales of Bibles, books, and gifts, and Christian booksellers are thriving. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In his final book, published two years after his death, Andrea Camilleri inserts himself into the narrative Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebecca Wait’s "stiletto-sharp story of sibling misunderstandings” has been picked up by riverrun. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-08 05:58:59 UTC ]
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The Dog Eared Book hosts few author events and has no local school partnerships or large initiatives underway. But as it approaches its seventh anniversary, the Palmyra, N.Y., store represents something rare in American bookselling today: it is simply a bookstore, and a highly successful one at... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Assocation's annual trade show, its first in-person gathering since 2019 was a celebration of a community's resilience, as new booksellers were welcomed to the gathering. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The purchase of Meredith Corp.'s magazine publishing operations is expected to close by the end of the year. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2021-10-06 23:04:39 UTC ]
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association convened the first in-person fall regional conference to take place since the start of the pandemic in Portland, Ore., this week, attracting 180 booksellers, 150 publishers and 50 authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton has scooped the debut novel by academic and critic Emilie Pine, author of international bestseller Notes to Self (Tramp Press and Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 16:47:02 UTC ]
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‘The War for Gloria’ is a plainspoken tale of a man finding his way the tough way Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-04 16:11:35 UTC ]
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On a warm and sunny Sunday outside Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, this year's Brooklyn Book Festival—back in person after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic—returned to the borough and to the delight of publishers and the reading public alike. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent press Chelsea Green Publishing is partnering with not-for-profit organisation FarmED to launch a food and farming literature festival, in what is said to be a first for the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 10:10:30 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is offering enhanced two-day shipping for independent booksellers starting October 1 and running through March 1, 2022. The company is waiving the minimum-retail-value requirement for orders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bafta-winning actor Toby Jones will read the audiobook of John le Carré’s final novel, Silverview, which publishes on 14th October 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 22:01:16 UTC ]
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The Center for Fiction has just announced its shortlist for the 2021 First Novel Prize. The seven titles were selected from a longlist of twenty-seven debut novels, all published in the US between January 1 to December 21. The prize, first established in 2006, celebrates the best debut fiction... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-28 17:25:35 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has hailed the success of its bookseller mentorship pilot scheme, which has now come to an end after 14 weeks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-28 15:20:46 UTC ]
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Shah Muhammad Rais, who was made famous in The Bookseller of Kabul, has vowed to keep his bookshop open, despite having had only two customers since the Taliban retook the country in the middle of August. Founded in 1974 Rais’s store has seen regimes (along with foreign powers) come and go, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-28 15:00:23 UTC ]
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In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing. This month we’re featuring Made in China author Anna Qu, who will be leading a year-long Online Memoir Generator for writers of color... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-09-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations (NAIBA and SIBA) kicked off a combined virtual fall conference on September 27, marking the second year in a row that the two organizations have joined forces to offer educational programming, author readings, and editor buzz picks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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