Postcard Bookshop Offers a Literary World Tour

In the Central Eastside Industrial District of Portland, Ore., Patrick Leonard has opened Postcard Bookshop, a store featuring global literature and culture, children’s titles, and sidelines including journals and games for people on the move. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Claughan opens new bookshop in Halifax

An independent bookshop has opened in Halifax in a 240-year-old cloth trading hall, the city’s first dedicated bookstore for four years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A ‘World Without Mind’: Big Tech’s Dangerous Influence

Big Tech – Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon -- pose an existential threat because they come between us and reality, a new book contends. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Frankfurt, A Sense of Stability in an Unstable World

With business steady, a feeling of confidence was evident at this year’s fair, which found book industry bigwigs and European politicians united in common cause. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Wins World Rights to Cher Memoir

Lynn Grady, senior v-p and publisher of the William Morrow imprint Dey Street Books, acquired world rights to Cher's memoir from Alan Nevins of Renaissance Literary & Talent Agency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's Origin makes a strong start in UK bookshops

Although not quite the sensation of previous Robert Langdon thrillers, The Da Vinci Code author’s latest mystery sold 100,000 copies in its first week Dan Brown’s mastery of something like a code for bestsellers has returned to cheer UK booksellers, with more than 100,000 copies of his latest... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Early Birds: Frankfurt’s Literary Agents Center Heats Up on Tuesday

Agents shift their meetings from the hotels to the Literary Agents Center on Frankfurt Tuesday, and some literary agencies share their big books of the fair. The post Early Birds: Frankfurt’s Literary Agents Center Heats Up on Tuesday appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Snags World Rights to Two Winslow Novels

HarperCollins has signed a two-book, world-rights deal with author Don Winslow. Under the agreement, HC will publish the forthcoming novels in 12 languages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: In Opening Keynote, Andrew Wylie Defends the World

Wylie offered a strong defense of diversity in literature, and of the importance of international voices in a world that appears to be “broadly reassembling" along nationalist lines. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre wins 25 year-old's literary debut in four-way auction

Sceptre has acquired British literary debut Saltwater, a "tenderly evocative and poetic" novel by 25-year old Jessica Andrews, in a four-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why serious literary fiction like Ishiguro’s is vital in times like these | Alice O’Keeffe

In our digital age, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel prize is a reminder that it is still novels that ask the biggest questionsIt’s always entertaining to observe the interaction between the news media and a writer who has just won the Nobel prize. The all-time best was obviously Doris Lessing, who when... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacDonald returns to world of hawks in BBC documentary

The BBC will broadcast a documentary about author Helen Macdonald’s return to the world of goshawks later this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nabokov on one page, nudes on the next: a Playboy literary editor reveals all

In the wake of Hugh Hefner’s death, the magazine’s former fiction editor shares how she got everyone from Donna Tartt to Margaret Atwood to write for herI am not the only woman who worked at Playboy and kept her clothes on. When I was hired as literary editor in 2005, Hugh Hefner’s basic recipe... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Gloria Ferris dies

Gloria Ferris, the former London literary agent behind Scott Ferris Associates, has died aged 84. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid “Fake News,” Magazines Can Offer Credibility, Safer Ad Environments, Argues New MPA Campaign

More than 120 major magazines will lend ad pages to the six-month campaign, titled "Magazine Media. Better. Believe It." The post Amid “Fake News,” Magazines Can Offer Credibility, Safer Ad Environments, Argues New MPA Campaign appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dominance of celebrity World Book Day titles slammed

Staff at Kenilworth Books are so “deeply concerned and disappointed about the dominance of ‘celebrity’ writers” on this year's list of World Book Day (WBD) titles that they have pledged to donate to the Society of Authors every time a customer takes one of their recommendations for the duration... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten bookshops selected for nationwide eharmony promotion

Herefordshire's Aadvark Books, St Boswell's the Mainstreet Trading Company and Oswestry's Booka Bookshop are among the 10 destinations chosen to be showcased as "perfect bookshops for a date" on Bookshop Day (7th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clare Balding 'proud' to be £1 World Book Day author

The presenter-turned-author is among the writers whose books will be available for £1. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Third World Press's 50 Years of Black Literature and Politics

Originally founded in Chicago as Third World Press in 1967, the Third World Press Foundation has been challenging the publishing landscape with its African-American literature ever since. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrity authors join World Book Day party

Celebrity authors including “Great British Bake Off” champion Nadiya Hussain, broadcaster and writer Clare Balding OBE, musician and author Tom Fletcher and comedian Julian Clary, are penning titles for next year’s World Book Day (WBD) offering. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH staff offered new union agreement after months of negotiations

Penguin Random House UK has proposed a new collective agreement to London employees with the endorsement of Unite and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) following 10 months of negotiations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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