Sheltering: Kate Milliken on Running Towards Danger

On this episode of Sheltering, Maris Kreizman talks with Kate Milliken, author of the debut novel Kept Animals, which centers on three teenage girls, a horse ranch, and the accident that changes everything. Milliken discusses the research that went into her knowledge of the Topanga Canyon biome, her own history riding horses, the influence of […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-04 19:00:29 UTC ]
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Apple Books Bestsellers: Coben ‘Runs’ to the Top

Harlan Coben’s new thriller, Run Away, takes #1 on the Apple Books store, ending Delia Owens’s long run at the top with Where the Crawdads Sing, which fell to #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Ends the Tease, Decides Not to Run for President

Strike another one off the long list of possible Democratic 2020 hopefuls: Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he will not run for president. “I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election,” the former New York City mayor wrote in an op-ed published by the news outlet that... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poetry looms large on Carnegie and Kate Greenaway longlists

A number of poetry titles are in the running for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, with titles about Norse myths, suffragettes, mental health and human rights also on the longlists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How early NASA inspired the women of Kate Mascarenhas’ ‘Psychology of Time Travel’

Many popular time travel tales hinge on the idea that the past can be changed. The particular breed of time travel in Kate Mascarenhas’ debut novel, “The Psychology of Time Travel,” may sound limiting — its characters can’t voyage to any era before the time machine’s invention in the 1960s, and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Manning returns to Bonnier Books UK

Bonnier Books UK has hired Kate Manning to the newly created role of group director of sales, marketing and publicity of children’s trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze signs blogger's running novel

Trapeze has signed a novel by Elle Spellman, a former book blogger and self-published author, after she approached the publisher on Twitter.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights Roundup: On the Run-Up to Guest of Honor Norway at Frankufurter Buchmesse

The coming Frankfurter Buchmesse Guest of Honor program is off to an agile start, as we feature several foreign rights hits from Norway–plus work from Germany and India–in our first 2019 Rights Roundup. The post Rights Roundup: On the Run-Up to Guest of Honor Norway at Frankufurter Buchmesse... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Burke joins Blake Friedmann

Kate Burke has joined The Blake Friedmann Literary Agency as a senior agent and will focus on commercial fiction.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books Group announces new Kate DiCamillo novel

Walker Books Group will publish a new novel by Kate DiCamillo in the UK, the US and Australia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Books Matter for the Long Run

Book publishing is a business and increasingly a technical one, but at its heart it is an art, writes Peter J. Dougherty from Princeton University Press in this opinion piece. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent ordered to pay $500,000 to Australian author Kate Morton after lawsuit loss

Selwa Anthony had sued the bestselling writer, claiming she was entitled to 15% commission on all royalties Internationally bestselling Australian author Kate Morton has fended off a lawsuit by her former literary agent, who instead has to pay the writer more than $500,000.Selwa Anthony sued... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finn examines world of ultra running in Guardian Faber acquisition

Guardian Faber has acquired a book about ‘ultra running’, one of the “toughest sports in the world”, by Adharanand Finn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LBF runs second author conference featuring Adegoke, Uviebinené and Buchanan

The London Book Fair's day-long Writer’s Summit will return for a second year, featuring the author duo behind Slay in your Lane and writer Daisy Buchanan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CILIP announces Carnegie and Kate Greenaway nominations

Former children’s laureate Chris Riddell has three books nominated for the 2019 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, whilst authors Sita Brahmachari, Juno Dawson and Emma Carroll appear twice on the list of nominations for the Carnegie Medal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NBC, Fox News and Facebook stop running Trump's anti-immigrant campaign ad

NBCUniversal said Monday that it is pulling President Trump’s controversial anti-immigrant campaign advertisement, hours after the spot ran prominently during “Sunday Night Football.” Fox News said it decided to stop running the commercial as well, and Facebook stopped accepting it as a paid ad,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Scientologist is ‘Perfectly Clear’ on Dangers of the Church

In 'Perfectly Clear: Escaping Scientology and Fighting for the Woman I Love,' Michelle LeClair recounts her long history inside the Church of Scientology, including her struggle with sexual orientation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Kate Dopirak

Mary Kathleen "Kate" Dopirak, a rising children’s book author, died on October 10 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare degenerative brain disorder; she was 43. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg becomes a Democrat again, looks at presidential run

A production crew filming the season two finale of the Amazon Studios original series "Goliath" at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in December. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson calls authors reviewing their peers a 'callous art'

British novelist who recently published latest book Transcription says she tries not to read bad reviewsThe literary world is packed with novelists reviewing the books of their colleagues but it is not something Kate Atkinson would do, calling it a “callous art”. Related: Drawn from life: why... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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