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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The U.K.'s Booksellers Association is working with the ABA and the Australian Bookseller Association to develop a manifesto detailing environmentally friendly practices for the book business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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He was a leading magazine and book editor who found his own measure of fame with “Bettyville,” in which he also delved into growing up gay in a small town. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-07-22 22:58:23 UTC ]
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We're big fans of Amazon's Kindles, and all three are on sale for Prime Day: Standard, Paperwhite, and Oasis. They're as cheap as we've seen them. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-07-16 14:30:00 UTC ]
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We're big fans of Amazon's Kindles, and all three are on sale for Prime Day: Standard, Paperwhite, and Oasis. They're as cheap as we've seen them. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-07-15 18:30:00 UTC ]
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Publisher SAGE is partnering with the Leading Routes initiative, which supports black students and encourages them to move through the PhD route and into employment as academics. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-01 09:06:45 UTC ]
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AT&T Inc. named Ann Sarnoff as the first woman to lead Warner Bros., filling a key vacancy created by the departure of Kevin Tsujihara following a sex scandal. Sarnoff is currently president of BBC Studios America and has more than 30 years of business and media experience, AT&T’s... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-24 21:32:18 UTC ]
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Sixty-seven percent of professional writers earned £10,000 or less in 2018, a Royal Society of Literature poll of more than 2,000 authors has found, with a room of one’s own still viewed as the most important requirement for a writing career 90 years on from Virginia Woolf’s seminal essay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 18:49:13 UTC ]
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Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Anthony Joseph and Yomi Sode have been selected as the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellows for 2019/20. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 07:38:10 UTC ]
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Eric Liu says the nation needs a “civic religion” to restore its hope and purpose. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-06-14 12:29:22 UTC ]
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A Pulitzer Prize winner at The Wall Street Journal, he wrote the best sellers “Blue Latitudes” and “Confederates in the Attic” and seven other books. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-05-30 16:33:57 UTC ]
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Simon Armitage is replacing Dame Carol Ann Duffy as Poet Laureate, the government has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raynor Winn and A J Pearce are among the authors on the six-strong shortlist for the inaugural Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith is looking to expand its retail travel business in the United States with the appointment of Ziad El-Assad. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The six-book shortlist for this year’s Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been revealed, with non-fiction dominating the nominations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has set up a new team for its digital imprint Aria, with Rhea Kurien joining from Headline and Hannah Smith promoted to editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turkey’s Istanbul International Literature Festival announces this year’s 14 fellows. And ALTA’s translation award submissions are due by April 15. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson This Year: 100 Applications From 20 Countries he Istanbul International Literature Festival... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shaila Muñoz joins PRHGE with more than a decade working in the publishing industry, most recently at HarperCollins Christian Publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 20-book longlist for this year’s £10,000 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Ondaatje Prize has been revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google News Initiative, the search-engine giant's program to work with publishers in the media industry, teamed up with newspaper publisher McClatchy on an initiative to bring local news coverage to three small and midsized communities in the U.S. that are currently lacking local sources of news... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has announced Alice Lloyd is joining the publisher in a new role of commissioning editor for audio and podcasts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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