The Bookseller will be producing daily editions during this year's London Book Fair,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mysteries from China, short stories from the Balkans, a French-Morrocan autobiography and more. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2023-08-17 13:31:43 UTC ]
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In 1948, Viking Books published Blueberries for Sal, the first of three picture books that Robert McCloskey would write and illustrate over the next decade. Each of the three books—including One Morning in Maine (1952) and Time of Wonder (1957)—concerns McCloskey’s own family as they spend their... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-16 09:30:52 UTC ]
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If you're new to the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver, these three reads are an ideal entry point into her work. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-11 10:31:00 UTC ]
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Jess deCourcy Hinds hopefully predicts a new trend in book publishing: the librarian memoir. | Lit Hub Libraries “It’s like someone hitting you on the side of the head. It’s marvelous.” Former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed talks to Allan Jones about making an unlistenable album. | Lit Hub... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-11 10:30:06 UTC ]
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Edinburgh Evening News and Yorkshire Evening Post owner is ‘possible participant’ in sale, despite strike ballot and staff exodusA local newspaper publisher facing a staff exodus and a strike ballot over low pay has announced it is considering a bid for the Daily Telegraph.National World, which... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-10 12:57:44 UTC ]
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Damian Barr’s Literary Salon tempts the world’s best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests include Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Yaa Gyasi, Mary Beard, Diana Athill and Louis de Bernières—all in front of a live audience at... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-09 08:58:06 UTC ]
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Share that link right now or ruin your reading life! Do it, do it now! Or, a brief history of chain letters. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:36:00 UTC ]
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If your fingers are itching to put together a puzzle and you're delighted by bookish things, get into these bookish jigsaw puzzles.- Jamie Canaves Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:31:00 UTC ]
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On the defense of textual and editorial standards as a better path for the bookselling industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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How author Aimie K. Runyan found a new way to approach story for her “reluctant reader” children. | Lit Hub Parenting “My wife was actually kind of freaked out by how happy I was during that time.” Adrian Tomine on the delight of collaborating on the film adaptation of his graphic novel... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-04 10:30:27 UTC ]
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These new science fiction and fantasy books out August 2023, including More Perfect by Temi Oh, deal with everything from ghosts to aliens to war machines. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-08-03 10:33:00 UTC ]
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No romance story is complete without a best friend side character, and sometimes that best friend has four legs and a tail. Something goes hand-in-hand about seeing people fall in love and having a beloved pet along for the journey. Perhaps it’s the human-animal connection transcending the page,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-03 09:30:07 UTC ]
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Julie Schumacher on 30 years of correspondence with her late friend, Melissa Bank: “I feel the impulse to write to her when I see the coil of postage stamps on my desk, or when I read a book that I wish she could read.” | Lit Hub Memoir When the Beatles found their voice. | […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-02 10:30:58 UTC ]
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Bethanne Patrick's recommended reads for August include new fiction from Lydia Kiesling and Angie Kim, plus stories of cons, kidnapping and tennis. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-07-31 13:00:44 UTC ]
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Sixty-nine (nice, but in Elvish) years ago this week, the godfather of high fantasy, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, published the first novel in a proposed thee-volume epic “largely concerned with hobbits.” The Fellowship of the Ring has, in the decades since publication, shifted over 150 million... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-28 16:55:39 UTC ]
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“My thinking is that reading will focus my mind, bring a hush over the chaos of the day so I can drift off,” says the author of the memoir “Educated,” one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2018. “But from time to time a book takes hold in that peculiar way that a book can, and I end up... Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-07-27 09:00:37 UTC ]
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In 2009, two bookshops a week were closing in the UK and the days of physical books seemed numbered. Now, indie stores are booming. What explains the turnaround – and can it be sustained?When Sarah Mullen was asked to set up a children’s book festival in a leafy suburb of Birmingham in 2012, she... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-27 09:00:32 UTC ]
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Valerie Koehler says that if her book shop is forced to comply with a new state law regulating public school literature, she might go out of business. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-07-26 21:13:13 UTC ]
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Rioters share the best books they read last quarter, from historical fiction featuring badass lady pirates to essays by disabled parents. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-07-26 10:37:00 UTC ]
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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced BincTank, a new business incubator offering mentorship and support for BIPOC booksellers. The program will run for three years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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