Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the WeekThis week's comedy newsThe gloves are off in Brand versus the Sun. On Saturday, the never-knowingly-underexposed comedian wrote a piece for this paper accusing the Sun on Sunday of printing lies about his personal life, and comparing Rupert Murdoch to Hitler. Brand had previously tweeted his intention to sue the tabloid. This week, the red-top struck back, with an article entitled 20 reasons why Russell Brand is the Biggest Hypocrite in Britain – a piece it was so keen to broadcast, it suspended its online paywall. Its accusations? That Brand's anti-capitalist arguments don't square with his £9m fortune. That he has written extensively for the Sun and frequently publicly praised the paper. That his book and TV series were published and broadcast by Harper Collins and Fox respectively – both owned by Rupert Murdoch, of course. Brand was soon back on Twitter, returning blows: "The S*n call me a hypocrite on their website for attacking them," he wrote. "For this story they've removed their paywall. Now that's hypocrisy." Touché.Next to this, you may consider it small beer that Jack Dee is in a spat with the town of Crewe. But hey ho, it's a serious business to some people. "These sorts of jibes damage the town's brand," says Cheshire East council leader Michael Jones, "and make it harder to attract inward investment." Jones was responding to the grumpy... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Hot Key Books has signed Laura Dockrill's first illustrated fiction title for teens, illustrated by Gwen Millward. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Our latest research confirms that the general public can tell the difference between an unsafe platform and a quality news publisher - so why can’t our industry? Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-01-21 11:38:36 UTC ]
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Bookshops in Scotland will still be able to offer click and collect services despite a toughening of coronavirus restrictions, with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon branding books “essential items”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 21:17:15 UTC ]
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Viking is to publish two further First World War history titles by Dr Nick Lloyd, to follow on from The Western Front, which the imprint is bringing out next March. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 09:20:33 UTC ]
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Eley Williams’s first novel follows characters living in London more than a century apart who toil to compile the same ill-fated dictionary. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-01-05 10:00:02 UTC ]
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Mussolini is overshadowed by Hitler, but his deeds were despicable too, John Gooch writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-31 17:28:51 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Everything with Words has acquired a "beautifully written and compelling" children's series by Richard Lambert. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 20:33:51 UTC ]
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The Magic Attic Club. The Cheetah Girls. Do you remember these junior varsity of lesser known nostalgic children's book series? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-12-21 11:33:00 UTC ]
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A special edition of The Invisible Child (Sort Of Books), featuring two short stories from the collection Tales from Moominvalley, has helped to raise £1m for Oxfam's projects supporting women and girls around the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 05:12:22 UTC ]
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Breaking from the James Bond mold, he turned the spy novel into high art as he explored the moral compromises of agents on both sides of the Iron curtain. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-12-14 16:04:51 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a campaign to highlight the inspiring power of words, involving authors and illustrators such as Anthony McGowan and Lauren Child sharing the quotes they would "gift" to children at Christmas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 00:25:09 UTC ]
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'Not being Arab nor African enough,' translator Sawad Hussain writes, female writers aren't supported by Sudan's 'literary ecosystem.' The post Words Without Borders in December: Female Sudanese Novelists ‘Caught in a Limbo’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-02 16:34:21 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. Brought to you by General Mills Cereal sales have risen sharply during the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-12-02 11:34:50 UTC ]
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Exactly a century after the burning of Washington another invading army encountered a library, and saw it as a perfect way to strike a blow at the heart of their enemy. This time the action would have a global impact, as the means of spreading news had been transformed in the century since the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-02 09:48:49 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has launched its marketing and publicity campaign for Zakiya Dalila Harris' publishing-set novel, The Other Black Girl, with a proof going exclusively to industry professionals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-01 04:30:21 UTC ]
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Sphere has announced that actor Allan Corduner will narrate the audiobook of Parting Words by 100-year-old human rights lawyer Benjamin Ferencz. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 03:14:54 UTC ]
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Popular self-published children's author-illustrator Diane Alber is partnering with Surge Licensing to expand her brand and characters globally. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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I wanted to write a beautiful book, a book about hope, love, optimism and resilience. I wanted to show readers the life I had built, slowly and with intention. The fact that everything had been only aspirational for too many years, and hard-won in the end, only deepened my need to share. As joy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-16 09:48:18 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books, which is distributed in the UK by Abrams & Chronicle Books, has acquired three "signature" Wild and Wolf game and toy brands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 00:22:57 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books has acquired three toy and game brands from Wild + Wolf, a Bath, England–based gift specialist. The deal adds some 350 products to Chronicle's gift and game offerings. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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