Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name?

A sweetly situated bookstore and its bookseller in France leads Richard Charkin to speculate on job titles in publishing. The post Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Atlantic Books acquires Steve Richards’ The Prime Ministers

Atlantic Books is to publish The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership by political commentator and journalist Steve Richards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors from France, Iran and Austria among those on Hans Christian Andersen shortlist

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has shortlisted 10 authors and illustrators from countries such as France, Iran and Austria for this year’s Hans Christian Andersen Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France’s Publishers Cite Progress in Sustainable Paper Consumption; Bowker Partners With Book+Main

French publishers say 93 percent of their paper is now recycled or green-certified and Bowker partners with book discovery startup Book+Main. The post France’s Publishers Cite Progress in Sustainable Paper Consumption; Bowker Partners With Book+Main appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prix Goncourt Winner Tops In France

In France, the fiction bestseller list at the end of November was crowned by a pair of prizewinning novels about World War II. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All but one Richard and Judy book club titles published by PRH

Books by Matt Haig, Jo Nesbo and Lisa Jewell join debuts from Beth Underdown and Cara Hunter on the next Richard & Judy Book Club list with W H Smith, which features titles published almost exclusively by Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France Loisirs to stay in business, seeking new investor

The Paris Commercial Court has authorised a plan to allow the France Loisirs book club, with its 200 retail outlets and 1,300 employees across France, to remain in business, according to press reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France's AIDS account wins £30k Baillie Gifford Prize

David France has won the £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for his account of the plague years of the AIDS epidemic, How to Survive a Plague (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ANEL’s Richard Prieur on the Strengths of the French Canadian Book Market

Richard Prieur, executive director of ANEL in Québec, talks about the association’s work to support the flourishing francophone book market in Canada. The post ANEL’s Richard Prieur on the Strengths of the French Canadian Book Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The corrosion of truth in these strange times is terrifying | Richard Flanagan

Lies have become alternative facts and truth irrelevant in the face of power, while we all give up our privacyIn Book 8 of The Odyssey we read that the gods weave misfortune so that later generations have something to sing about. It wasn’t a god but a conman who now leads me to describe how –... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As France is Fêted at Frankfurt, French Literary Agents Take Stock

Seeing the French president join the German chancellor in opening France's Guest of Honor program at Frankfurt, French literary agents survey the market. The post As France is Fêted at Frankfurt, French Literary Agents Take Stock appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Flanagan | 'We are many possibilities that masquerade as one. Literature reminds us of that'

Man Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan returns with a new narrative, based in part on his first writing job - a fraught and foreboding affair. Alice O'Keeffe reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Wilbur, who twice won Pulitzer Prize for his poetry, dies at 96

Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theater-goers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse on memory, writing and nature, has died. Wilbur died Saturday night in Belmont, Mass., with his family by... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charkin to lead Bloomsbury China

Richard Charkin will lead a new publishing enterprise, Bloomsbury China, that aims to help the country “reach out and communicate with the rest of the world” and to better the West’s understanding of China. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Visual Playground: France Introduces Its Guest of Honor Pavilion

Before the crowds arrive at the Frankfurt Book Fair, we get a preview of the France Guest of Honor pavilion and what inspired this exhibition. The post A Visual Playground: France Introduces Its Guest of Honor Pavilion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France's La Martinière and Média-Participations to join forces

French publishers La Martinière Groupe and Média-Participations announced that they have started exclusive negotiations on a tie-up through an exchange of shares and should reach agreement in the next few months. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Trees’ Takes Root in France, Germany

A few weeks ahead of the release of Peter Wohlleben’s The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World, his first title, The Hidden Life of Trees, was the #1 nonfiction book in France in August and in third place in his native Germany. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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France’s Emmanuel Carrère Wins Guadalajara Romance Languages Prize

French novelist, biographer, director, and screenwriter Emmanuel Carrère has won Guadalajara International Book Fair’s annual Romance Languages Award. The post France’s Emmanuel Carrère Wins Guadalajara Romance Languages Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Livre Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture

Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, the Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales. The post Livre Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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