Seamus Heaney dies

The death of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has been confirmed. The Irish poet, who was 74, died... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Seamus Heaney dies

The death of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has been confirmed. The Irish poet, who was 74, died... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McCaughrain named new Seamus Heaney Children's Writing Fellow

Kelly McCaughrain, author of Flying Tips for Flightless Birds (Walker Books), has been named as the new Seamus Heaney Children's Writing Fellow.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 17:45:29 UTC ]
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Faber to release Seamus Heaney’s 100 best poems

Faber & Faber is to publish a new selection of Seamus Heaney’s best-loved poems to coincide with the opening of a "major" new exhibition in Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber to publish authorised Seamus Heaney biography

Biographer and Irish Times journalist Fintan O'Toole is to research and write an authorised life of poet Seamus Heaney, Faber & Faber and the Seamus Heaney Estate have announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Seamus Heaney collection to be published

An anthology of later work by the Nobel laureate will feature a last poem, In Time, written for his granddaughter SíofraSeamus Heaney obituary by Neil CorcoranA poem written for his granddaughter and never published before in the UK will form part of a new collection of selected poems by the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seamus Heaney collection reissued

Faber is to release a new edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry collection Opened Ground: Poems... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall• Mark Lawson: Maggie Smith was a magisterial star with the courage and talent to do absolutely everythingMaggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-09-27 13:17:05 UTC ]
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John Cassaday, Award-Winning Comic Book Artist, Dies at 52

In series like Planetary, of which he was a creator, and Astonishing X-Men, his drawings conveyed a sense of realism in situations that were often fantastical. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-09-18 22:47:54 UTC ]
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BookNet Canada's Noah Genner Has Died

The president and CEO emeritus of BookNet Canada died on August 27. “It is impossible to imagine Canadian publishing functioning without Noah Genner’s contributions,” said Jack Illingworth, executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Leonard Riggio, 83, Dies; Founded Barnes & Noble and Upended Publishing

He pioneered the bookstore-as-superstore, a retail behemoth that dominated the industry before Amazon overtook it with its online reach. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-08-30 23:05:12 UTC ]
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Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says

Former Barnes & Noble chair Leonard Riggio, powerhouse of modern bookselling, has died at 83, his family says Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-08-27 17:25:53 UTC ]
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Len Riggio, Trailblazing Bookselling Giant, Dies at 83

Len Riggio, who revolutionized bookselling—first by turning Barnes & Noble into the dominant bookstore chain in the United States, then by opening hundreds of superstores—died on August 27 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO and Promoter of Google's Book Scanning Program, Dies at 56

Susan Wojcicki, best known as the head of YouTube but also a key player in convincing the book world to allow Google to scan books into its search engine, died of lung cancer on August 9. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Trailblazing Editor Betty Prashker Dies at 99

Betty A. Prashker, one of the first women to rise high in publishing’s editorial ranks and an enterprising editor of feminist nonfiction, died on July 30 at her daughter's home in the Berkshires. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary Wings, Pioneering Creator of Queer Comics, Dies at 75

She was the first openly gay woman to write a comic book about lesbians. She went on to write detective novels with a queer woman in the lead. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-08-08 19:59:24 UTC ]
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Francine Pascal, creator of the Sweet Valley High books, dies aged 92

Author’s long-running high school book series sold more than 200m copies and led to a hit TV showFrancine Pascal, creator of the long-running Sweet Valley High book series, has died at the age of 92.According to the New York Times, the author died in New York City as as result of lymphoma. The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-30 13:22:26 UTC ]
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Edna O'Brien, Prolific and Provocative Irish Literary Giant, Dies at 93

The author of 'The Country Girls' and 'The Little Red Chairs,' among many others, was best known for challenging Irish literary taboos through candid depictions of the lives of Irish women in full revolt against the oppression of traditional values—especially those of the Catholic Church. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Edna O’Brien, Writer Who Gave Voice to Women’s Passions, Dies at 93

Her novels and short stories often explored the lives of willful women who loved men who were crass, unfaithful or already married. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-07-29 02:48:48 UTC ]
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