The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has announced RSL 200, a five-year festival launched with a series of new initiatives and 60 appointments promoting and championing the diversity of UK writers. It comes as the charity celebrates its 200th anniversary. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-29 14:56:50 UTC ]
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Strong will step in while a permanent replacement is sought for Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple, who announced last week that she is leaving the Copyright Office to accept a new position at the Motion Picture Association. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible founder Don Katz will turn over the position of CEO to former IDG and Dun & Bradstreet executive Bob Carrigan on January 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Doyel Maitra has been appointed Clare Harington’s replacement as Hachette UK’s new group communications director from March 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 16:56:32 UTC ]
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The boom in "smart non-fiction" has been a boon to university presses, with several publishers investing in new or ramped-up trade crossover lists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-21 12:05:56 UTC ]
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CBS won television’s weekly Nielsen crown, despite not having a prime-time football game, primarily because games on rival NBC and Fox had relatively lackluster showings Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2019-11-19 21:25:56 UTC ]
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Katharine Viner congratulates ‘wonderful’ arts writer who is already a vital contributor to the paperArifa Akbar has been appointed as the Guardian’s chief theatre critic. Akbar, who will take up the role in the new year, said she was “honoured, utterly thrilled and immensely excited” by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-08 10:52:21 UTC ]
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The 2019 Sharjah International Book Fair cultural and cooking programs offer their own busy schedules, during the full 11 days of the fair's 38th run. The post Sharjah’s 38th International Book Fair Welcomes 60 International Authors and Chefs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-27 00:37:26 UTC ]
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Stormzy’s Penguin Random House imprint is set to expand, with Lemara Lindsay-Prince appointed to the newly created role of commissioning editor for #Merky Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 01:15:20 UTC ]
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Chantal Noel has been appointed group rights director for Penguin Random House UK, after 11 years as rights director for Penguin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 20:57:31 UTC ]
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Facebook provided an update on an initiative it is testing, in which it partnered up digital publishers with creators and public figures with established communities on the social network to create exclusive video content for its Facebook Watch video destination. The test began in the U.S.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-10-15 16:45:31 UTC ]
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Welbeck has announced Zoe Caulfield is being promoted to its international business development director in a string of appointments aiming to create the "best team in publishing". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 19:10:17 UTC ]
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Orion has announced HarperCollins’ Vicky Eribo and Jamie Coleman from PRH Children’s are joining the firm as publishing directors to help grow its commercial non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 22:42:35 UTC ]
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New role comes seven months after publisher’s controversial resignation from Melbourne University PublishingLouise Adler has been appointed to a new role at Hachette Australia, seven months after her controversial resignation from Melbourne University Publishing.Adler takes up the new role at... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-04 01:58:53 UTC ]
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In ‘Initiated: Memoir of a Witch,’ Amanda Yates Garcia describes the empowerment she found through witchcraft and encourages others to do the same. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Without Borders has given US booksellers international industry contacts, and now a retailer from Germany will be at the ABA's Winter Institute. The post German Bookseller Florian Valerius Is a 2020 Fellow for ABA Winter Institute appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-22 05:30:29 UTC ]
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Kelly McCaughrain, author of Flying Tips for Flightless Birds (Walker Books), has been named as the new Seamus Heaney Children's Writing Fellow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 17:45:29 UTC ]
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Celebrated British writer and cultural critic Olivia Laing has been widely praised for her decision to split her James Tate Black award winnings with her fellow shortlisted authors. “I said in Crudo that competition has no place in art and I meant it,” Laing told the gathered crowd upon... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-19 15:39:24 UTC ]
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Alexandra Allan will lead Welbeck Publishing Group's children’s books business with Quarto’s Laura Knowles joining as associate publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-14 05:12:59 UTC ]
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau is putting together the lineup for its second annual Digital Content NewFronts West, the L.A. version of its one-week event held in New York in the spring. So far, the list includes tech giant Facebook, which will make its case for ad dollars for the first time... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-08-08 15:34:45 UTC ]
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Hachette has announced seven people are leaving its HR department to be replaced by new appointments, mainly from outside the publishing world, in a major shake-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 14:50:21 UTC ]
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