Revealing journeys through Mexico’s ‘hard-up hinterland’

Paul Theroux encounters poverty and violence, kindness and hospitality, pride and melancholy. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-14 20:40:57 UTC ]

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Revealing journeys through Mexico’s ‘hard-up hinterland’

Paul Theroux encounters poverty and violence, kindness and hospitality, pride and melancholy. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-14 20:40:57 UTC ]
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Cover Reveal: 'Pax, Journey Home'

In her new middle grade novel, 'Pax, Journey Home,' Sara Pennypacker resumes the story begun in her 2016 bestselling book about a boy and a fox during wartime. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hard books for hard times: literary experimentation gains popularity

For some authors, a demanding era for publishing calls for complicated stories not cautious and conservative ones and they're finding readersBetween the decline of the traditional bookshop and the internet wrecking our concentration, many thought the novel was on its last legs. With all the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Why Is Hard News a Hard Sell for Advertisers?

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Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised | Jane Martinson

The Telegraph journalist sent a deeply offensive and inaccurate tweet. Yet she has won the support of a swath of newspapers, an ex-PM – and Elon MuskThe Allison Pearson saga is nothing if not a morality tale about the modern media. Among its many learnings are that calling a group of people of... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Jackie O ‘still ashamed’ of shock radio segments, new memoir reveals

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Is the Kindle Colorsoft Too Late? Amazon Reveals What Took So Damn Long to Catch Up

After losing ground to its rivals, Amazon is finally fighting back. Panos Panay argues the timing is just right. Continue reading at Wired

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Editorial: Swagger takes a back seat to competence and hard work at City Hall

At last, competency trumped loyalty.Mayor Eric Adams this week elevated Maria Torres-Springer — a deeply experienced public servant with allies in the business, real estate and nonprofit communities — to the number-two job at City Hall. The move elicited a collective sigh of relief that some... Continue reading at Crains New York

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Intuition Meets Hard Science: PW Talks with Siddharth Ramakrishnan

Neuroscientist and biology professor Siddharth Ramakrishnan analyzes the brain to offer a scientific explanation of intuition in ‘Neuroscience of Tarot: From Imagery to Intuition to Prediction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Cover Reveal of TRANS HISTORY: A GRAPHIC NOVEL by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett

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Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir Reveals Shocking Michael Jackson Sex Secret

"I think he had kissed Tatum O'Neal," she wrote in her newly published posthumous memoir. Continue reading at HuffPost

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L-WORD Stars Reveal Cover of New Memoir and More Book News!

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “When the Harvest Comes” by Denne Michele Norris

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of When the Harvest Comes by editor-in-chief Denne Michele Norris, which will be published by Random House on April 15, 2025. You can pre-order your copy here. In this heart-wrenching debut novel, a young Black gay man reckoning with the death... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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In new memoir, Bob McDonald reveals he was sexually abused as a child

WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. In his new memoir Just Say Yes, Quirks and Quarks host Bob McDonald charts his path from an unhappy and sometimes abusive home to Canada's foremost explainer of all things scientific. Continue reading at CBC

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Sky Daddy” by Kate Folk

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How 10 Days Off-Roading in Mexico Helped Me Navigate A Shifting Publishing Landscape

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Mely’s Mexico

Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Mely Martínez shares her love of Mexican cooking in two vibrant cookbooks: 'Mexico in Your Kitchen' and 'The Mexican Home Kitchen.' (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Better” by Arianna Rebolini

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What the Deliberate Targeting of Libraries Reveals About the Nature of War

Sarajevo, 1992. My mother’s uncle, Dobrivoje Beljkašić, or Dobri for short, was 68 when the siege of his hometown began. He was a landscape painter renowned for painting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ottoman bridges. His magnificent studio was above the National Library in the old City Hall in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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In hard times for media companies, these people are working to bolster Indigenous news coverage in Sask.

Times are hard for print media in Saskatchewan. This is true for Indigenous-focused news outlets just like any other. But some are adapting to change and hoping to inspire the next generation of Indigenous journalists. Continue reading at CBC

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