Rebecca Sacks’s ‘City of a Thousand Gates’ is a kaleidoscopic debut that illuminates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the sentence and tension level rise to meet her ambition. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Sceptre to publish 'raw' award-winning Swedish debut

Sceptre is publishing a prize-winning and bestselling Swedish debut novel by poet Tom Malmquist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Chilling' BBC exec's debut The Girlfriend to Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has acquired a debut psychological thriller The Girlfriend by BBC drama development executive Michelle Frances. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Sacks Wins 2016 Templeton Prize

Sacks was recognized for his work and writings that emphasize a respect for all faiths and defend the compatibility of religion and science. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Girls' basketball: Saturday's City playoff results and updated pairings

GIRLS' BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION Championship semifinals, Saturday Palisades 79, Legacy 39 El Camino Real 43, Granada Hills 38   Consolation semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m. #6 Carson at #1 Granada Hills #5 Fairfax at #2 Legacy   Consolation final, Thursday, 7 p.m. at higher seed Granada... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Saturday's City semifinal results and updated pairings

BOYS' BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION Championship semifinals, Saturday Narbonne 51, Fairfax 40 Westchester 65, Dorsey 57   Consolation semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m. #5 Taft at #3 Fairfax #7 Birmingham at #4 Dorsey   Consolation final, Thursday, 7 p.m. at higher seed Fairfax/Taft winner vs.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Narbonne topples Fairfax to reach first City Section Open Division final

Harbor City Narbonne basketball Coach Anthony Hilliard is always smiling while wearing a suit and tie at games. Nothing seems to faze him, even when seemingly half of his team was busy playing for the state champion football team. He knew those players eventually would return, get into basketball... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Friday's City playoff scores and updated schedule

BOYS' BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION Consolation quarterfinals, Friday Taft 56, El Camino Real 43 Birmingham 66, Washington 53   Championship semifinals, Saturday at Roybal #3 Fairfax vs. #2 Narbonne, 6 p.m. #4 Dorsey vs. #1 Westchester, 8 p.m.   Consolation semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m. #5 Taft at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Debut Author Barton Hits #2

Released on February 16, 'The Widow' by Fiona Barton came in at #2 on the iBooks bestsellers chart for the week ended February 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vinyl and tattoos for new edition of Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues

A novel, an album, a work of art, or all of the above? An ambitious issue from Four Corners Books comes under the spotlight. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Saturday's City playoff scores and updated pairings

BOYS' BASKETBALLCITYOPEN DIVISIONFirst round, SaturdayWestchester 54, El Camino Real 44Dorsey 76, Taft 64Fairfax 38, Washington 36Narbonne 76, Birmingham 69Consolation quarterfinals, Friday, 7 p.m. at higher seeds#8 El Camino Real at #5 Taft#7 Birmingham at #6 WashingtonChampionship semifinals,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Girls' basketball: Friday's City playoff scores and updated pairings

GIRLS' BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION First round, Friday Granada Hills 60, Middle College 45 El Camino Real 49, Fairfax 47 Palisades 81, Carson 53 Legacy 58, Taft 26   Consolation quarterfinals, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. at higher seeds #8 Middle College at #5 Fairfax #7 Taft at #6 Carson   Championship... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown to publish investigative journalist's debut

Little, Brown is to publish White Highlands, a debut novel by John McGhie set in "one of the least known and darkest episodes in British colonial history". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Girls' basketball: City playoff pairings

NOTE: Remaining divisions will be updated this afternoon as pairings are released.   GIRLS' BASKETBALLCITYOPEN DIVISIONFirst round, Friday, 7 p.m.#8 Middle College at #1 Granada Hills#5 Fairfax at #4 El Camino Real#6 Carson at #3 Palisades#7 Taft at #2 LegacyNotes: Consolation quarterfinals, Feb.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dystopian debut The Space between the Stars to Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has acquired The Space between the Stars by debut novelist Anne Corlett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo acquires Isabel Costello's debut

Digital publisher Canelo is to publish Paris Mon Amour, a story of "desire, betrayal and devastating loss" by The Literary Sofa founder, Isabel Costello. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Patterson, Karp Debut at #2

The fourth book in James Patterson's NYPD Red series, co-written with Marshall Karp, debuted in second place on the iBooks bestsellers list for the week ended January 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut tackling male depression to Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a "brave and life affirming" debut about love, clinical depression and men called Boys Don't Cry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reynolds, Kiely Win WNDB's Debut Walter Award

The inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in the YA category has been given to 'All American Boys' by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld wins debut thriller The Couple Next Door after auction

Transworld has acquired a debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thousands sign petition to name new element in Pratchett's honour

A petition has launched to name a newly-discovered element "octarine" - the colour of magic in the late Terry Pratchett's novel of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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