From the mud and thunder of early festivals to Live Aid and Rihanna, music journalist Mark Ellen was usually in the right place at the right timeMark Ellen surveys the happy youngsters comfortably cavorting at Glastonbury, marvelling at Primal Scream beneath a harvest moon. “You bastards,” moans the music journalist and editor, recalling his nascent festival experiences in the early 1970s, of trench foot, scurvy and Van der Graaf Generator. “You don’t know how lucky you are.”Still, there’s a misty-eyed reverence for the past in Ellen’s entertaining memoir of five decades surrounded by music – which is to be expected. This, after all, is the man who launched Mojo magazine after realising there was a potential readership who liked music that was “magical and built to last”. For Ellen, the magic began with the discovery of the Beatles and the Kinks, Small Faces and Chicken Shack. Like a character from Jonathan Coe’s novel The Rotters’ Club, his comfortable 60s and 70s adolescence discussing the meaning of prog is ditched for a squat in Battersea, where he begins to pen florid gig reviews for Record Mirror and NME. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Nothing excites home cooks—or publishers—like a one-tool meal. And a spate of forthcoming titles tout one of the most humble kitchen essentials, the basic sheet pan, as the only thing you need to make a robust meal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Promoting diversity and representing women on their own terms, female-led, DIY zines are on the rise in the UK. Here, the industry’s rising stars reveal how they’re reshaping the genre on their own termsThe British media has a diversity problem. Research at City University last year found the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has said that Hillary Clinton's forthcoming book, first acquired as a collection of essays, will in fact constitute her "most personal memoir yet". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton's anticipated new memoir, due out September 12, has been given a title. Simon & Schuster said the book, which will focus on Clinton's defeat in the recent presidential election, will be called 'What Happened.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Happened, due out in September, will tell her story of the electoral battle with Donald Trump in ‘a deeply intimate account and a cautionary tale for the nation’Hillary Clinton has promised that she will be “letting [her] guard down” in the most personal book she has yet written: a memoir... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC has backtracked on plans to axe "Saturday Review", its cultural discussion programme presented by Tom Sutcliffe on Radio 4. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "revealing" political autobiography of Wales' First Minister Rhodri Morgan is set to be released by University of Wales Press in September, months after his unexpected death in May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird is to publish the autobiography of 19-year old Yusra Mardini, the Olympic Syrian refugee who swam for three hours to push a sinking boat that was carrying 20 people to safety. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welsh economy secretary Ken Skates has accused arts trade bodies of "seeking to undermine the process" of a government review into literature in the country with their complaints. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After booking C$1 billion in revenue in its most recent fiscal year, Canadian bookselling chain Indigo is looking to expand into the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first book in the seven-figure, three-book deal Biden signed with Flatiron Books has a title and a publication date. 'Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose' is set for November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Review has acquired an "enchanting" new novel The Songs of Us by Emma Cooper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Pack has joined independent publisher Eye Books as editor-at-large, and will commission works for readers "hungry for more adventurous titles". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Canadian retailer Indigo Books & Music is in discussions to expand operations to the United States as early 2018, according to several high level executives at publishing houses in both Canada and the United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer imprint has acquired three more psychological thrillers by Mark Edwards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years ago, publishers might have struggled to find the emirate on a map. Today, it's home to a blossoming book scene, the Sharjah International Book Fair, and the hot Arabic-language kids' publisher Kalimat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rightwinger said his book – self-published after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster – had sold 100,000 copies, but data shows fewer than 20,000 salesRightwing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos has branded reported low sales of his new book “fake news” after official figures revealed the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Radio 2 is making a drama based on Michael Morpurgo’s child migration novel, Alone On A Wide Wide Sea (HarperCollins Children’s Books), starring Toby Jones and Jason Donovan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like so few things in life, Google's printed photo book service works exactly as advertised. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literacy organisations celebrated the Duchess of Cornwall’s upcoming 70th birthday by delivering 70 primary schools a set of 70 books and specially designed bookshelves. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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