Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Viking), the sequel to his blockbuster debut The Thursday Murder Club, has thundered into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 114,202 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-21 06:44:44 UTC ]
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From creating iconic superheroes and groundbreaking storylines to fighting for creator rights, Neal Adams was a legendary comic book artist. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-05-02 13:00:02 UTC ]
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In his new book “The Puzzler,” Jacobs explores the history and psychology of games like Sudoku and Wordle. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-29 10:00:00 UTC ]
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The combination of professional and trade publishing keeps one of the country's largest independent publishers moving forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Satz, who headed sales at Bantam in the 1960s and 1970s under Oscar Dystel, died on April 9. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Maryann Palumbo, who rose to become v-p and director of advertising, promotion, and publicity at New American Library, died April 3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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His wry, understated novels turned the Lower Rio Grande Valley into an almost mythic setting for explorations of family, history and cultural identity. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-23 13:17:20 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer prize-winning author discusses her follow up to A Visit from the Goon Squad and how imagining a new technology set her writing freeWhen Jennifer Egan bought her house in Brooklyn 20 years ago, it had been on the market for eight months. The owners were an elderly couple, and the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-04-16 08:00:03 UTC ]
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Bill Browder recounts his high-stakes and sometimes absurd legal battles with the Kremlin. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-15 12:00:06 UTC ]
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The New York Public Library made four banned books available nationwide on SimplyE, its free-reader app. The titles include Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi and Catcher in the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-04-13 23:48:05 UTC ]
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A best-selling children’s book writer, she focused on family life and its difficulties, earning acclaim for her gentle, spare prose. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-04-12 18:33:17 UTC ]
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Greg Ginn started a record label that brought the world Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, the Minutemen and more. A photo book and a deep history tell his tale. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-12 13:00:50 UTC ]
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The British thriller writer's 85 books have sold more than a quarter of a billion copies. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-11 17:59:46 UTC ]
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The bestselling novelist wrote 85 books, mostly thrillers and spy stories, using the pseudonym Jack HigginsHenry Patterson, the bestselling novelist who wrote the The Eagle Has Landed, has died aged 92.The writer died at his home in Jersey surrounded by his family, his publisher HarperCollins... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-04-09 20:18:44 UTC ]
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Confession time: I’d never read any John LeCarré until after I’d seen the 2011 film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s a brilliant movie, and one that sent me scuttling to read the Karla trilogy and then watch the two excellent Alec Guinness adaptations. After devouring the first two episodes of... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-04-07 16:00:47 UTC ]
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Patricia MacLachlan, author of beloved children's literature including Sarah, Plain and Tall, died on March 31. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-04-06 10:54:45 UTC ]
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A litigator for 44 years, he was also a novelist; a writer, director and producer of plays and films; and helped establish the independent publishing house Soho Press. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-04-05 20:39:33 UTC ]
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Garmus’s novel “Lessons in Chemistry” delivers an assured voice, an indelible heroine and relatable love stories Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Millions of young people read her Newbery Medal-winning novel about two motherless farm children and the gentle woman who comes to the prairie to make them whole. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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One of her country’s first writers to address female sexuality from a woman’s perspective, she produced four novels and dozens of short stories that could be read as political allegories. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Her biographies of the Jazz Age icon and of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay were best sellers. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-02 03:01:07 UTC ]
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