As reported by Publishers Weekly earlier this morning, Random House will publish Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, on April 16, 2024. The book will mark Rushdie’s first time speaking at length about the brutal attack he suffered while onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York in August of last […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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Judge says Hadi Matar, who pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charge after Rushdie was stabbed on stage in 2022, is entitled to see manuscript for trial preparationThe trial of the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on stage in 2022 may be delayed because of plans to publish the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-01-03 12:16:41 UTC ]
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Whether you love pop culture or self-help, are more of a memoir fan, or want to read more about science, there’s something for everyone here. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-01-03 11:33:00 UTC ]
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A look at the Trump-DeSantis rivalry, a witty tribute to “Murder on the Orient Express,” a memoir of open marriage and an epic Swedish novel in verse, among others. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-12-29 10:01:35 UTC ]
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We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Lucas Mann‘s forthcoming memoir Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances. Here’s a bit about the book from Mann, who is also the author of Captive Audience and Lord Fear: I see Attachments as a way of thinking through and pulling apart the... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2023-12-23 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the memoir Pretty by KB Brookins, which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf on May 28, 2024. Preorder the book here. By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness,... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-12-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In “Molly,” Blake Butler’s pained account of his wife’s death, love demands a near-total exposure of private life. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2023-12-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Cheney has the #1 book in the country with the memoir 'Oath and Honor.' Plus popular romantasy author Carissa Broadbent makes her traditionally published debut with the PW-starred 'The Serpent & the Wings of Night,' and we look at some of the hit books of the holiday season so far. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Love is Greater Than AIDS’ (R&L, Apr.), a memoir by the late Rev. A. Stephen Pieters, describes his watershed interview with Tammy Faye Bakker in 1985 as well as decades of AIDS activism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay House, founded by the late Louise Hay and acquired by Penguin Random House, has offices in Australia, India, the States, and UK. The post Penguin Random House Acquires Self-Help Publisher Hay House appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-12-13 03:58:01 UTC ]
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The father of Jeffrey Dahmer, he wrote a memoir that one reviewer said sought to “peer not just into the soul of his son but into his own.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-12-13 00:00:21 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired the self-help and health and wellness publisher, which puts out roughly 100 books a year and boasts a 1,500-title backlist. CEO Reid Tracy will continue to lead the house. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Chanel Miller’s next book after her prize-winning memoir “Know My Name” will help fulfill a longtime dream to write and illustrate children’s stories Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2023-12-06 14:46:03 UTC ]
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In “Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair,” Rosa Lowinger writes with compassion about the dislocation her parents experienced after leaving Cuba for the U.S. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2023-12-05 17:16:16 UTC ]
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In 'Oath and Honor,' Rep. Liz Cheney exposes the actions of Kevin McCarthy and other Jan. 6 enablers of Donald Trump, but fails to compel readers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-04 20:11:02 UTC ]
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Narrator Dion Graham joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss his narration of King: A Life, written by Jonathan Eig, and one of AudioFile’s 2023 Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks. Listen to hear Graham discussing the research and preparations that went into this narration, and the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-04 09:08:51 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House — along with the Iowa State Education Association, authors, students, and educators — is taking Iowa to court for its law against sexual content in books. The post Penguin Random House Sues the US State of Iowa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-30 23:47:44 UTC ]
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In his memoir Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov reflected: “Music, I regret to say, affects me merely as an arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds.” The furor over Lolita may have died down, but this confession still has the power to shock. Did the man just say he doesn’t like... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-29 09:55:49 UTC ]
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Categorising fiction may help to sell books, but it says little about how writers write or readers readIn her Reith lecture of 2017, recently published for the first time in a posthumous collection of nonfiction, A Memoir of My Former Self, Hilary Mantel recalled the beginnings of her career as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-11-27 12:30:00 UTC ]
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Blake Butler's first reaction to his wife's death by suicide was silence. Then he wrote the stark, indelible and beautifully written memoir, "Molly." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-11-20 23:16:54 UTC ]
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Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the memoir Loose of Earth by Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn, which will be published by University of Texas Press on April 16, 2024. Preorder the book here. Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn was the oldest of five children, a twelve-year-old from... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2023-11-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
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