RIP to one of the great horny novelists of the 20th century, Milan Kundera.

I was surprised to read this morning that Milan Kundera, the eminent Czech novelist best known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being, died yesterday at the age of 94. Mainly because I thought he was already dead. For a generation of literary types (Gen X in particular), Kundera was the cool, cosmopolitan, and very horny […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-12 15:34:43 UTC ]
News tagged with: #milan kundera #20th century #unbearable lightness #died yesterday #novelists

Other Publishing stories related to: 'RIP to one of the great horny novelists of the 20th century, Milan Kundera.'


Century snaps up C C Humphreys

Century and Arrow has acquired two historical novels by C C Humphreys, both set in London during... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #century snaps #historical novels


After Great Year, Scholastic Tries For Encore

Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #great year #hunger games #conference call #book publishing #distribution group #trade division #digital editions


Novelist Russo boycotts ebooks

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo says his new work is a "tribute to the printed book" and will not be sold online. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #printed book #sold online


E L James' husband turns YA novelist

Random House Children's Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #young adult


E L James's husband turns YA novelist

Random House Childrens Publishing is to bring out a young adult novel written by Niall Leonard,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #young adult


Novelist Barry Unsworth dies

Historical novelist Barry Unsworth, who won the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel about the 18th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #booker prize


Granta looks for Best of Young British Novelists

Granta Magazine has opened submissions for the fourth edition of the Best of Young British... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #granta magazine #fourth edition


Century snaps up two from South African author

Century has pre-empted two books by South African author Charlie Human, likening his writing to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #century snaps


Century wins latest self-publishing sensation

Century has won a "hotly contested" five-way auction for a self-published title, Wool,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hotly contested


Book review: 'Lives of the Novelists' by John Sutherland

These delightful biographies of 294 authors begin with John Bunyan in the 17th century and ends with Rana Dasgupta, born in 1971.My assignment: Read almost 300 literary biographies in more than 800 pages, all of English-language authors, beginning in the 17th century and ending in the present... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reference book #17th century #rana dasgupta #present day


Book review: 'Thinking the Twentieth Century' by Tony Judt and Timothy Snyder

Controversial political and social issues are examined with an intellectual passion.Thinking the Twentieth Century Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book review #twentieth century #timothy snyder #social issues


The Wedding Gift for Century and Arrow

Century and Arrow have acquired a debut novel set in the antebellum American South, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


More Inbetweeners for Century

Century has acquired a second title from E4 comedy series "The Inbetweeners", with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


E-book deal's the steal of the century; 4000 pirated books

An Australian group-buying site owned by Microsoft and Nine sold ebook readers bundled with a treasure trove of thousands of pirated books including the full Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #e-book deal #treasure trove


S&S secures two from debut 'Picoult' novelist

Simon & Schuster has acquired two books from debut novelist Kimberly McCreight in a "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ss secures #simon schuster


"Brutally honest" Bacon title for Century

Century has acquired a first book by radio and TV presenter Richard Bacon, to be a collection of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


With Connect, Getty Images Leaps Into The 21st Century

Getty Images is getting with the 21st century today.With its new Connect system, Getty is making it easier for web publishers and certain platforms like blogging tools to embed Getty's image products in their online publications than it may have been before. This is clever, definitely designed... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #scanning millions #good thing #copyright owners #kit eaton


Bookstart celebrates 20th anniversary with sharing scheme

Book charity Booktrust is marking the 20th anniversary of its free books for babies scheme,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #20th anniversary #free books


Canongate acquires Meek's '21st-century Anna Karenina'

Canongate editorial director Francis Bickmore has acquired a new novel by James Meek, author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #james meek


Tulisa turns novelist for Headline

Headline has secured world rights to an autobiography and two novels by N-Dubz and “X-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |