September scoops artist Kambalu's childhood memoir

September Publishing has acquired an updated edition of Samson Kambalu's "wickedly funny, artistic" childhood memoir The Jive Talker: Or How To Get a British Passport.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-12 20:46:36 UTC ]
News tagged with: #childhood memoir #september publishing #updated edition #wickedly funny

Other news stories related to: "September scoops artist Kambalu's childhood memoir"

Legend Press scoops 'tense and twisty' thriller from Witten

Legend Press has scooped a "brilliantly tense and twisty thriller" by Matt Witten, which has also been optioned for film, with Leonardo DiCaprio as producer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 11:01:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #legend press #twisty thriller

S&S scoops 'eye-opening' book on Tory Britain by Earle

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired Tory Nation: How One Party Conquered the UK by Samuel Earle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-14 04:53:22 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #ss scoops

Memoir by the late journalist Sarah Hughes to be published in March 2022

The beloved Guardian writer finished Holding Tight, Letting Go before she died of cancer earlier this yearA memoir by the late journalist Sarah Hughes, who died from cancer earlier this year, will be published next March, tackling topics from planning your own funeral to the importance of trashy... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-12-13 14:25:04 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #bonnier #tackling topics

Little A acquires 'powerful' memoir from Polari Prize founder Burston

Little A, the literary fiction and non-fiction imprint of Amazon Publishing, has acquired a "powerful" memoir by Paul Burston, founder of the Polari Prize, the UK’s first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-09 09:18:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #literary fiction #polari prize #amazon publishing #non-fiction imprint

Transworld scoops 'extraordinary' story of British soldier Gutteridge

Transworld has scooped an "extraordinary and deeply moving" story of a British soldier who suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:32:47 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #deeply moving #transworld scoops

Elliot & Thompson snaps up Campbell memoir

Elliot & Thompson has snapped up a memoir by writer Nancy Campbell, whose recent book Fifty Words for Snow (Elliot & Thompson) was Waterstones’ November Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 21:39:33 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #non-fiction book

Minnie Driver's 'dazzling' memoir goes to Manilla Press

Manilla Press has snapped up a "dazzling" memoir by actress Minnie Driver, whose credits include a breakout role in "Circle of Friends" and the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 13:00:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #manilla press

Angry Robot scoops 'fast and fun' sci-fi by Dundas

Angry Robot Books has scooped a "fierce, fast and fun" science fiction book by Ever Dundas. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 04:24:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #science fiction

A Jeffrey Epstein accuser shares scathing allegations in a new memoir: ‘My book is my day in court’

‘Silenced No More’ is unsparing in its accusations against Epstein and, especially, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is on trial on charges of sex trafficking. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-07 18:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #sex trafficking #ghislaine maxwell

8 Graphic Memoirs by Trans Authors

In the last few years, we have seen a boom in books written by trans authors. Here are some graphic trans memoirs right on the cutting edge. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-12-06 11:38:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #books written #cutting edge #trans authors

‘Sex Cult Nun’ is as shocking as its title. But Faith Jones’s memoir is also a vital survivor’s story.

Jones, who escaped the Children of God cult, found a different kind of faith, in books and later, the law — and herself. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir

Alice Sebold’s Memoir About Her Rape Is Even More Brutal to Read Now

The uncanniness of rereading Lucky now that the man Alice Sebold identified as her rapist has been exonerated. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2021-12-04 00:50:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #alice sebold

Sir Paul McCartney’s memoir aims to affirm his status as a writer

The main character in “The Lyrics” is his best friend and fiercest rival, John Lennon Continue reading at The Economist

[ The Economist | 2021-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #john lennon #main character

Publisher Pulls Alice Sebold's Memoir As 1981 Rape Conviction Is Overturned

Simon & Schuster said it was working with the author on how to revise her 1999 book "Lucky" after Anthony Broadwater was cleared of the assault it describes. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2021-12-01 22:20:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #anthony broadwater #simon schuster

Alice Sebold’s publisher pulls memoir after overturned rape conviction

Scribner has responded to the news that Anthony Broadwater has been cleared of the crime at the centre of Lucky by ceasing to distribute the bookAlice Sebold’s publisher Scribner is pulling her 1999 memoir Lucky from shelves after a man was cleared of the rape at the heart of it.Anthony... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-12-01 10:52:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #anthony broadwater #alice sebold

Alice Sebold's memoir, 'Lucky,' pulled as she apologizes to man wrongly convicted of her rape

Sebold apologized to Anthony Broadwater, convicted of her rape in 1982 and exonerated last week. Her publisher announced a pause to consider revisions. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-30 22:41:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #publisher announced #anthony broadwater #alice sebold

Anonymous Orchid Outlaw memoir goes to John Murray in 24-hour pre-empt

An anonymous academic’s memoir about his underground mission to save flowers from extinction, The Orchid Outlaw, has gone in a 24-hour pre-empt to John Murray.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 09:54:47 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #24-hour pre-empt #john murray

Former Trump Defense Secretary Sues Pentagon for Blocking Portions of his Memoir

In the suit, filed on November 28, attorneys for Esper say that “significant text” is being “improperly withheld from publication…under the guise of classification.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

What Makes a Good Food Memoir?

What all comes together to make a food memoir good? A combination of food, context, history, voice, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-11-26 11:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir

Daynes scoops SLA Information Book Award for 'gentle' book on why things die

Katie Daynes' Why Do Things Die? (Usborne), illustrated by Christine Pym, has been announced as the overall winner of the School Library Association (SLA) Information Book Award for its “gentle, non-judgemental” tone on "a rare topic" for young readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 10:32:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #book award #library association #young readers