Rowling backs Killer Women's BAME and working class support scheme

Female crime writing group Killer Women is launching a scheme to support emerging authors from BAME and working-class backgrounds, endorsed by J K Rowling, Ann Cleeves, Val McDermid and Martina Cole. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: ‘Life’s Work,’ by David Milch

“Life’s Work” is a memoir of outrageous youth, creative obsessions and ruinous habits. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Morgan James Publishing: Supporting Authors and Building Community from Page One

Since founding Morgan James Publishing in 2003, entrepreneur David Hancock has helped launch the careers of thousands of authors. Whether it’s a business- or faith-based title, a novel, or a children’s story, the books’ accolades speak for themselves. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Assassin's Creed Mirage will bring the series back to its roots in 2023

Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the next entry in Ubisoft’s long-running action-adventure series, will arrive in 2023. The publisher announced the release date today during its Ubisoft Forward event. Set two decades before the events of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the game will reunite fans with a Basim... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-09-10 20:07:51 UTC ]
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In ‘The Godmother,’ mafia women are just as fearsome as the men

Barbie Latza Nadeau's book spotlights Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca, who was 18 and pregnant when she shot and killed the man who had ordered her husband’s murder. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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A Community Rises to Support Alice Wong’s Memoir

Examining disability activist and writer Alice Wong’s work, it becomes clear that almost all of her life and career is oriented toward community—a community that has thrown itself wholeheartedly behind her new memoir, 'Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling's New Book Is About A Content Creator Murdered By 'Social Justice Warriors'

In a none-too-subtle defense of her real-life opinions, Rowling centered "The Ink Black Heart" on a YouTuber who's stabbed to death for their transphobic work. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

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The Making of Acting Class

Nick Drnaso on the making of his new graphic novel Acting Class, in this exclusive mini-documentary. The post The Making of Acting Class appeared first on Granta. Continue reading at Granta

[ Granta | 2022-08-26 21:19:48 UTC ]
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Good news for books: The Washington Post’s book section is back!

Sometime around 2006, everyone in publishing began to lament the death of the book section. In the face of declining readership, budget cuts, and mergers, newspapers began to realize that book review sections did not bring in enough ad revenue to cover their costs and so cut and culled until... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 16:03:34 UTC ]
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Belvoir's Tell Me I'm Here looks at the impact of mental illness on the whole family. It is a wrenching and beautiful work

Based on Anne Deveson’s 1991 memoir about her son’s experience with schizophrenia, this play can be achingly sad. But it also offers hope. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2022-08-26 01:01:35 UTC ]
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What Working at a Used Bookstore Taught Me About Literary Rejection

I think every aspiring writer should work in a used bookstore. For a little while, at least. If nothing else, the ego death is electric. * I am lucky. A fellowship after my MFA has left me with all kinds of time to write and live out this romantic dream job. Ensconced in an Ann […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-24 08:53:03 UTC ]
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A Trial Put Publishing’s Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn?

The book world can be opaque to outsiders. A case offered an unusual glimpse into it, revealing curiosities about the business and details about book deals. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2022-08-19 14:50:05 UTC ]
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Chlöe Sevigny and Naomi Watts to star in Feud as “Capote’s women.”

In what feels like a truly inspired bit of casting, Chlöe Sevigny and Naomi Watts will star in the second installment of the FX anthology series, Feud, as “Capote’s women.” More specifically, the pair will play C.Z. Guest (Sevigny) and Babe Paley (Watts), New York socialites who featured... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-17 17:48:18 UTC ]
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For Serena fans, ‘Carrie Soto Is Back’ imagines a happy postscript

In the latest book from Taylor Jenkins Reid, a retired tennis player returns to the court to defend her record Continue reading at The Washington Post

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What it was like asking for Salman Rushdie’s work in a Pakistan bookshop | Anonymous

As an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were raisedIt was more than a decade ago when I was introduced to the work of Salman Rushdie, thanks to the recommendation of a writer in my homeland of Pakistan. As an aspiring writer myself,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-08-14 14:47:31 UTC ]
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After Roe v. Wade Reversal, Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women

The surge of readers has buoyed a part of the digital media world that has gradually declined in recent years. Continue reading at The New York Times

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An inclusive look at women’s history, beyond White activists

Historian Elisabeth Griffith includes divisions alongside victories in this rich, intersectional account of the struggle for equality. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Lucy Sante on Writing with the Back Brain

The following first appeared in Lit Hub’s The Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. At a literary festival a few years ago, during question time after a panel discussion, an audience member told me, “You’re one of those intuitive writers,” stepping hard on the adjective. Aren’t we all... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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News Corp almost doubles its profits on back of digital advertising and subscribers

Rupert Murdoch’s publishing and media giant attributes record profits and revenue to acquisitions and digital transformationRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has almost doubled its profits in 2021/22 to a record $US760m ($A1.1bn).The US-listed company owns News Corp Australia, as well as... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-08-08 23:21:18 UTC ]
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The Morning After: Winamp, your old MP3 software of choice, is back

Winamp is the music software that just won't die. In the first update in four years, the producers described it as the "culmination" of years of hard work, including two teams and a pandemic-dictated hiatus. The result is a lot of under-the-hood upgrades and improvements, but it’s still the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-08-04 11:15:22 UTC ]
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Print Sales Fell Back Last Week

After a rare week in which sales rose over 2021, unit sales of print books fell 5.9% last week compared to the week ended July 31, 2021. Every segment but adult fiction had a decline. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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