Salman Rushdie will discuss the significance of freedom of expression for authors and the book industry in his keynote address at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. A spokesperson for the Frankfurt Book Fair said: “The publication of polemic literature and its consequences affect not just authors but the entire publishing industry. That’s why freedom of expression and boundaries are the key topics at this year’s book fair.” Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firefly Press has sold Catherine Fisher’s award-winning Middle Grade novel The Clockwork Crow, and sequel The Velvet Fox, to Walker Books US after a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 17:58:14 UTC ]
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Raised by a cult-following father who banned reading, homeless on London’s streets as a teen: Melanie Blake’s life story is remarkable—but it’s not the one she decided to commit to the page, and she is now intent on getting into readers’ hands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 22:03:31 UTC ]
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Editor of The Bookseller Philip Jones will interview former indie publisher turned audiobook pioneer Mark Pearson at the Frankfurt Book Fair, ahead of the announcement of the shortlists for this year’s FutureBook Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 14:44:34 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Hand’s novel is both a mystery and a fascinating exploration of gender. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Baroness Gail Rebuck is to address the issue of women in publishing at FutureBook Live 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 03:33:27 UTC ]
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"They Called Us Enemy" is an L.A. Times Book Club selection. Sign up at latimes.com/bookclub. Join the discussion in the book club Facebook Group. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-25 15:00:59 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood has spoken of the “phoney emails” from cyber criminals attempting to access The Testaments (Chatto & Windus), at a global press conference in London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 16:45:54 UTC ]
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Michael Finnegan, president of The Atlantic, discusses how the magazine publisher set the price and paywall height for its digital subscription product, which has been in the works for nearly two years. The post ‘We’re really confident in our differentiation’: Atlantic President Michael... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-09-06 04:00:33 UTC ]
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To introduce Reading Women‘s theme this month, Kendra Winchester and Jaclyn Masters discuss books by and/or about Indigenous women, including Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise, the anthology Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, edited by Dr. Anita Heiss, Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-04 08:46:57 UTC ]
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Two former winners, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie, both made the cut—a week before Atwood's book, 'The Testaments,' has even been published. Lucy Ellmann, Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, and Elif Shafak are also still in the race. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Citing 'so many successful debuts to discover' among its list of 20 titles, the jury of the German Book Prize has released its 2019 longlist. The post German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Longlist: A ‘Stimulating Discussion’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-20 09:46:31 UTC ]
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I own a 19-year-old copy of Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading. I place its age from the barcode on its back, which states the name of the bookstore where I bought it: Borders.The one that used to sit on the ground floor of the World Trade Center, the one I’d been to multiple times […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-19 08:50:43 UTC ]
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Hearst announced today that Michael Sacks has been named publisher of the San Antonio Express-News. He succeeds Susan Pape, who will Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-07-31 20:28:38 UTC ]
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The Booker Prize Foundation revealed the longlist for its literary award Tuesday, with Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Valeria Luiselli and Jeanette Winterson among the nominees. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-24 19:43:58 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood is longlisted for this year's £50,000 Booker Prize for her "terrifying and exhilarating" sequel The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) alongside fellow former winner Salman Rushdie, in the first year the prize has been sponsored by charitable foundation Crankstart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 23:49:31 UTC ]
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Netflix v.p. of international originals Kelly Luegenbiehl will feature at this year’s Global 50 c.e.o. Talk at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 00:53:16 UTC ]
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Sarah Larson writes about the illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, whose children’s books celebrated the beauty and power of the natural world and the earthly pleasures of the people walking around in it. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2019-06-21 19:01:35 UTC ]
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A BookExpo panel on May 31 gathered five creators of buzzed-about middle grade novels to discuss their upcoming works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Federal lawmakers from Maryland and West Virginia have demanded a meeting with the owner of the Luke Mill, a Western Maryland paper factory shutting down this month. A Verso Corp. spokeswoman said CEO Les Lederer “expects to have a conversation” with the members of Congress and officials are... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-05-21 23:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite shrinking physical retail space, literary agents in the Christian publishing industry remain hopeful amid new trends reflective of an evolving market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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