Authors Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Deborah Levy are among a roster of starry names made new Royal Society of Literature fellows for 2017. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laura Purcell has won the £10,000 Thumping Good Read Award for her "chilling" novel The Silent Companions (Raven Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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St. Martin's Press's new mind-body-spirit imprint, to be headed by Joel Fotinois, has been named St. Martin's Essentials and will release its first book next month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kathryn Munt has been announced Peter McKay's successor as the Publishing Training Centre's new c.e.o. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Capping months of shortlisting and a public vote, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction's 50th anniversary 'Golden Man Booker' best-of-the-best novel has been named. Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' is from the "middle" decade of the prize's five, the 1990s. The post Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion is publishing the script of Rebus: Long Shadows, the stage debut for Ian Rankin's detective protagonist John Rebus this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a significant achievement award in children’s literature presented by a division of the American Library Assn., will be renamed because of the author’s "stereotypical attitudes" toward Native Americans and African Americans. The Assn. for Library Service to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, voted on Saturday to rename the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, in response to the long-running discussion around prejudice in the author’s work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent academic publisher Boydell & Brewer has appointed James Powell as its new c.e.o. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Her debut novel was rejected by publishers multiple times before winning the Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: The name Tronc one of the weirdest... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norman Pearlstine, who has spent 50 years in journalism helping shape some of the nation’s most prominent publications — including Time Inc. magazines, Bloomberg News, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal — on Monday was named executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. It was the first major move... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Superstar author Marc Levy hasn’t hit it big in the U.S., where he has been published by AmazonCrossing and Europa Editions, but he’s back on top at home in France. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the second iteration of the Albertine Prize for French literature translated into English is announced in New York, as six guest curators are named in the UK for this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival. The post Industry Notes: Garréta, Ramadan Win 2018 Albertine; Curators... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1517 Media hired a new v-p and publisher, Jill Braithwaite, to lead its newly organized trade imprints, 1517 Media-Books.Additionally, the company announced a new business development venture featuring partnerships with smaller publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wonderbly, the publisher of the personalised Lost My Name books, is partnering with animation studio Sixteen South and Walker’s Helen McAleer to create a TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anton Lesser has pulled off a fairly neat trick: Despite having supporting roles on no fewer than three current shows (Qyburn on "Game of Thrones," Harold Macmillan on "The Crown," and Superintendent Bright on "Endeavor"), he's never actually shot a project in the U.S. in his nearly 40 years in... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired two titles by André Aciman, the author of Call Me by Your Name, upon which the Academy Award-winning film of the same name was based. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors have waded in to defend W H Smith after the retailer was named the worst shop on the UK high street. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mick Herron's lauded espionage thriller Spook Street (John Murray), already a CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger winner, has now also been shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (£3,000). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In categories of art, photography, fiction, nonfiction, and speciality books, the 213-year-old New England Society announces winners of its award for trade books of regional interest and significance. The post New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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