Nina LaCour's first novel for adults, "Yerba Buena," follows a promising and complicated lesbian love story in the mold of Sarah Waters. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-05-26 13:00:31 UTC ]
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Young Adult author Non Pratt is to visit 10 Scottish schools this autumn in a book tour organised by Scottish Book Trust and supported by investment organisation Scottish Friendly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 17:17:47 UTC ]
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Queer Eye host and “Antoni in the Kitchen” author Antoni Porowski shares his media diet. TV Show Jack Whitehall: Travels with my fatherRead Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-03 07:00:13 UTC ]
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News and Events WLT Margarita Engle will deliver the keynote address for the Neustadt Lit Fest at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval, on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. The event is free and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-10-01 19:25:31 UTC ]
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Stella Count researchers say gender parity reached by most publicationsResearchers have praised most Australian publications for reaching gender parity in their book review sections last year.Of published book reviews in Australia in 2018 49% were for books written by women, according to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-18 18:00:08 UTC ]
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Sophie Cameron chats about LAST BUS TO EVERLAND, her new YA novel featuring magical realism and LGBTQ heroes, set in Scotland. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-07-15 10:31:25 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed a global two-book deal with American YA author Brigid Kemmerer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-24 21:35:35 UTC ]
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Nora Roberts, one of the world's most successful romance novelists, has filed a lawsuit against author Cristiane Serruya, who she claims plagiarized her work, the Associated Press reported. In the lawsuit, filed in Serruya's home country of Brazil, Roberts claimed that Serruya's books are a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Allison & Busby has bagged a "wonderful" historical romance set on the Isle of Wight by debut author Heather Cooper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Wednesday, Amélie Wen Zhao, author of the upcoming YA fantasy novel Blood Heir, announced that she asked her publisher, Delacorte Press, “not to publish [the book] at this time.” Blood Heir was born from a Twitter pitching event for marginalized creators, and it secured Zhao both an agent... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishers of the three breakout stars of 2018—Gail Honeyman, Adam Kay and Heather Morris—make big inroads in the league table of publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books imprint Corvus has acquired a debut upmarket mystery set in an elite Catholic boarding school for girls in the 1990s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We asked the authors of our top 10 books of 2018 to share their favorite titles published this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Pablo Ignacio Taibo II has taken over as director of Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico’s large state-owned publishing house. He is seen as a political radical and a controversial choice to lead the publisher Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviewsThe literary world is packed with novelists reviewing the books of their colleagues but it is not something Kate Atkinson would do, calling it a “callous art”. Related: Drawn from life: why... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Young, who is shortlisted for Scottish Book Trust’s Teenage Book Prize, is cycling around Scotland for the book tour of his novel Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist (Kelpies). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of authors of colour publishing YA books has declined since 2006, a new study has revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The oral tradition has been a part of the human condition for as long as we have been communicating. If you lost your audience after the first hour of “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” you could forget about a return engagement. Authors now sit in comfy studios and need not memorize their stories. But can... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author Faleena Hopkins asserted her right to the word, but judge calls attempt to stop other authors using it ‘weak’ Romance writers around the world can breathe a sigh of relief after a US court ruled that they can continue to use the adjective “cocky” in their book titles, after... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2018 drew about 20,000 booklovers to the Javits Center this past weekend. While many attendees were there to see their favorite bestselling YA authors, others wanted to meet a debut novelist named Bill Clinton. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut author has hit back after her novel was criticised in an Observer review, which has become the focus of a debate on social media. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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