This week, a spy thriller retelling of "King Lear," Francisco Goldman explores Mexico City, and a feminist spin on "Tom Sawyer." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ a retelling of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ from Jim’s perspective, lands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Dog Main graphic novelist Dav Pilkey pays it forward, and ‘Ghost Town Living’ author Brent Underwood stakes his claim. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Interviews Since 2015, award-winning Restless Books publisher Ilan Stavans has been immersed in bringing the literary classics to new audiences through Restless Classics. These editions come with introductions by prominent diverse writers from around... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Ah, tradition! Just as Shakespeare wrote King Lear in quarantine, in this quarantine, rich people are buying copies of King Lear for $10,000,000. While independent bookstores are struggling during COVID—according to the American Booksellers Association, more than one independent bookstore has... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Welcome to another edition of Ad Age Sports Media Marketing Brief, a weekly roundup of news from every zone of the sports media spray chart, including the latest on broadcast/cable/streaming, sponsorships, endorsements, gambling and tech. Luck has nothing to do with it While Andrew Luck’s... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Debut novel We That Are Young takes £10,000 award after early struggles to find a publisherPreti Taneja’s debut novel We That Are Young, a reimagining of King Lear set in contemporary India that was rejected by multiple major publishers as commercially unviable, has won the £10,000 Desmond... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New book from Sir Brian Vickers claims the revisionist movement that believes the Bard shortened the text himself is mistakenAs the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of his death, battle lines are quietly being drawn in the world of Shakespeare scholarship over the text of King Lear.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Five years after the Alabama-based publisher released a joint edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stripped of racial slurs, the controversy surrounding the book has subsided and orders are coming in. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Galley Beggar Press is to publish a retelling of King Lear set in modern-day New Delhi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, a spy thriller retelling of "King Lear," Francisco Goldman explores Mexico City, and a feminist spin on "Tom Sawyer." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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