PMJ pre-empts Casati's 'thrilling' tale about Helen of Troy's sister

Penguin Michael Joseph has pre-empted a novel about Helen of Troy’s sister, Clytemnestra, by journalist Costanza Casati. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-28 19:32:49 UTC ]

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PRH Children’s acquires Vincent’s Fairy Tales for Millennials

Penguin Random House UK Children’s has bought world rights to 12 fairy tale retellings by Bruno Vincent, author of the Enid Blyton for Grown-ups series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 19:08:41 UTC ]
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In a new fantasy series, thrilling adventure takes cues from ‘Project Runway’

Elizabeth Lim’s “Spin the Dawn” follows a girl who disguises herself as a boy in the hopes of becoming the imperial tailor. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-30 16:00:58 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up 'modern-day Cinderella tale' from Sophia Money-Coutts

HarperCollins will publish two new titles by journalist and author Sophia Money-Coutts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-30 08:09:25 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail scoops Mary Gaitskill's #MeToo New Yorker tale

Serpent’s Tail has acquired a novella, This is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill, about the “unravelling of the life of a male publisher undone by allegations of sexual impropriety and harassment” which was first published in the New Yorker earlier this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 18:04:04 UTC ]
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Why Are So Many Women Rewriting Fairy Tales?

Peg Alford Pursell’s second book, A Girl Goes Into the Forest, contains a collection of 67 short stories exploring moments in the lives of women. Pursell’s first book, Show Her a Flower, a Bird, a Shadow, was recognized as a 2017 Indies finalist and a finalist and honorable mention in fiction... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-07-25 11:00:57 UTC ]
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Helen Monks Takhar’s millennial thriller set for TV adaptation

Helen Monks Takhar’s debut thriller about a millennial ‘snowflake’ intern pitted against an older editor, Precious You (HQ), is to be turned into a TV show. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 15:41:19 UTC ]
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Johnston McCulley dreamed up Zorro 100 years ago. The masked avenger is still a thrill.

Are McCulley’s stories great prose? No, but they make for fun summertime reading. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-10 20:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Phillips’s ‘The Need’ accurately depicts the surreal highs and lows of motherhood

An overworked archaeologist confronts a mysterious intruder in Phillips’s fifth novel. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-09 17:39:58 UTC ]
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John Blake lands two more true-crime tales from Sutton

John Blake has landed two more true crime titles from Manhunt author and ex-Met Police DCI Colin Sutton to tie-in with two upcoming TV shows. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-05 00:07:13 UTC ]
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Morpurgo flies the flag for tale of Afghan refugee

Michael Morpurgo will publish a book this September about a young Afghan refugee, inspired by Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-04 23:38:39 UTC ]
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Morpurgo pens refugee tale inspired by Jonathan Swift

HarperCollins Children’s Books will this autumn publish a Michael Morpurgo book about a refugee from Afghanistan, inspired by Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 19:34:21 UTC ]
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Black & White snaps up wild swimming tale

Black & White will publish Taking the Plunge: The Healing Power of Wild Swimming for Mind, Body & Soul by journalist Vicky Allan and photographer Anna Deacon in November.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 08:26:10 UTC ]
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Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91

She published her first novel at 50, and her heroines were invariably rich, savvy, ambitious and preternaturally beautiful. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-06-24 20:37:23 UTC ]
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William Collins lands Mustill's whale tale in five-way auction

William Collins has acquired writer and wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill’s debut, How to Speak Whale, following a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 18:08:26 UTC ]
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An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading

Dominic Smith’s “The Electric Hotel” explores the volatile intersection of art and commerce, among other themes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-08 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook stops apps being pre-installed on Huawei phones

The block on pre-installed apps on Huawei smartphones will also apply to Instagram and Whatsapp. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2019-06-07 11:40:07 UTC ]
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BookCon 2019: Cautionary Tales for Modern Day Brats: Evangeline Lilly

Actor Lilly is at work on an expansive series of haunting picture books with important lessons. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2019: Ben Lerner Tells a Topeka Tale

Topeka, Kans., the city in which Ben Lerner was raised, appears at some point in all his books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Truly unbelievable tales of derring-do and gruesome escapades at the CIA

Annie Jacobsen’s book breathlessly, and sometimes inaccurately, celebrates the agency’s activities. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:32:20 UTC ]
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Jay Fielden Joins List of Troy Young-Era Departures at Hearst | People on the Move

Jay Fielden Esquire editor-in-chief Jay Fielden is out after three-and-a-half years at the helm. The latest in a long line of editors and execs to depart Hearst following the appointment of Troy Young to president of Hearst Magazines, Fielden announced on Instagram that he has decided to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-23 18:32:49 UTC ]
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