Sarah Crown made ACE literature director

Mumsnet editor Sarah Crown has joined Arts Council England to become its director of literature and the South West. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gareth Rapley, the third director of the London Book Fair in the past four years, will be overseeing his first fair as director this April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Timeless Wisdom Made Modern: Spotlight on Oswald Chambers

An updated version of the author and preacher’s classic My Utmost for His Highest from Our Daily Bread Publishing is set to reach a new generation of readers. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Somebody made an exact LEGO replica of this classic movie bookstore.

Remember Ray’s Occult Books, the rundown Manhattan bookstore opened by an unmoored Ray Stantz between Ghostbusters I and II following the city of New York serving him and his fellow ghostbusters with a judicial restraining order for the property damage incurred during their city-saving battle... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-09 16:53:03 UTC ]
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In his own write: Prince Harry’s ghostwriter is so famous that George Clooney made a film of his life

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[ The Guardian | 2023-01-07 18:42:05 UTC ]
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The Morning After: Lenovo made an e-ink tablet to rival Amazon’s Scribe

The CES conveyor belt of PCs doesn’t let up. Lenovo has been busy. Let’s start with its latest YogaBook, the dual-screen YogaBook 9i. Instead of folding like a conventional laptop, this… thing unfurls a screen atop another, with a slimline keyboard at the bottom. Thankfully, as well as the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2023-01-06 12:15:23 UTC ]
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The Pandemic Still Made Its Presence Felt in Publishing in 2022

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

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[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-21 09:52:36 UTC ]
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How are books made?

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The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2022

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[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-09 09:52:42 UTC ]
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Move Over, Hallmark: Coca-Cola Made 3 Christmas Films as It Dives Into Entertainment

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[ AdWeek | 2022-12-08 14:42:08 UTC ]
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‘All you have to do is participate’: how the Shotgun Seamstress zine made space for Black punks

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Sabaa Tahir Wins 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-07 09:53:45 UTC ]
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