Review: Susan Straight's new memoir amplifies stories of strong women who survive and thrive

Susan Straight's new memoir, "In the Country of Women," depicts the tough, trauma-burdened women who have populated her life. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Morpurgo donates archive to Seven Stories

Michael Morpurgo has donated his archive, including a handwritten draft of Private Peaceful (HarperCollins Children’s Books) and material relating to the stage and screen adaptations of War Horse (Egmont), to Newcastle based children's literature centre Seven Stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Review to Launch Comics Imprint in 2016

New York Review Comics will launch in March with plans to release six graphic novels per year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The wild bunch: Kate Mosse on why we love out-of-control women

From The Girl on the Train to Gone Girl, badass women rule in today’s blockbusters. Author Kate Mosse picks her favourite justified sinnersThis year has been, in fiction at least, the year of the wild woman. Novels driven by vengeful, unreliable female narrators and psychopathically flawed... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blogger's heartbreak memoir snapped up by Hodder & Stoughton

Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a memoir described as “Eat, Pray, Love meets Wild”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Lynch to hit back at media 'bullshit' with his own memoir

Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks director to join forces with journalist Kristine McKenna for an autobiographical study of his life and workThe director David Lynch has teamed up with the journalist Kristine McKenna to hit back at the “bullshit” surrounding his life and work in a book due to be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Asks: 'No Dust Jacket Required' Is the Best Title for Phil Collins' Memoir, Obviously

We got good suggestions for what Phil Collins should title his memoir, but one was obviously the best and only choice... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ai Weiwei to publish memoir in 2017 on 'struggle for individual freedom'

Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and noted free speech activist, is writing his memoirs that will be published in 2017 by Crown, the publisher announced this week.  The book will be published in multiple countries in print, audio and digital formats and is expected to cover the artist's life,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unseen Aleister Crowley writings reveal 'short-story writer of the highest order'

Anthology of uncollected writings should secure a reappraisal of notorious occultist, says publisherAleister Crowley, the occultist once dubbed the “wickedest man in the world”, is due for a reassessment as a short-story writer, according to a new anthology of his uncollected writing which... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ai Weiwei memoir to The Bodley Head

The Bodley Head is to publish a “sweeping memoir” by artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. As yet untitled, the book will be simultaneously published in the UK and in the US by Crown in spring 2017. Stuart Williams, publishing director at The Bodley Head, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playboy to stop publishing fully nude photos of women

Playboy will no longer publish photos of nude women as part of a redesign of the decades-old magazine, according to a news report Monday. Executives for the magazine company told the New York Times that the change will take place in March 2016. The paper reported that the print edition of Playboy... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to publish le Carré's memoir

Penguin Random House's Viking division is to publish novelist John le Carré's memoir. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon

When sickly Bostonian Edward J. O'Brien put together the first "Best American Short Stories" anthology in 1915, short stories were considered junky pop culture. He was hoping that his project would elevate the short-story form. He had no idea he was launching a series that would last a century... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revel Barker's memoir captures the madness of the old Mirror

Book recounts Fleet Street’s days of unlimited expenses amid an alcoholic hazeFleet Street memoirs are often difficult to read without wincing. Too many veteran reporters, and former editors for that matter, tend to think their reminiscences of “amusing” times past are both entertaining and also... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buckley wins BBC Short Story prize

Jonathan Buckley has won the  £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for ‘Briar Road’.   This evening (6th October) he was presented with the prize of £15,000 by this year’s Chair of Judges Allan Little at a ceremony held in the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London. The news was announced live on BBC... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At PNBA, Moods Bolstered by Strong Bookstore Sector

The regional trade show, held October 2-4 in Portland, Ore., show was unquestionably bolstered by the figures indicating that the independent bookstore is healthier than it has been in years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baileys Women's Prize launches Best of the Best celebration

The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is to mark 20 years with two weeks of programming with BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” and a partnership with Waterstones. The Best of the Best celebration will also include an event on 2nd November at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, with award-winning... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women’s crime fiction: There was nothing sentimental about it

Sarah Weinman, the editor of new Library of America anthology, spotlights the no-nonsense work of female crime writers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium Raises $57 Million for the ‘Best Stories and Ideas on the Internet’

Medium, the publishing platform hatched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has raised $57 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.   It’s the three-year-old company’s second funding round, and people familiar with Medi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yes, There Have Always Been Great Women Crime Writers

Editor Sarah Weinman talks about her new Library of America anthology "Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense of the Novels of the 1940s and ‘50s." The post Yes, There Have Always Been Great Women Crime Writers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morrissey novel is 'unfocused' and 'verbose' reviewer says

The release of Morrisey’s first novel today (24th September) has sparked a strong reaction on social media after the work received two damning reviews by The Guardian. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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