Sister Simone Campbell: Nun on a Bus

Sister Simone Campbell took the show on the road during the 2012 presidential campaign, traveling the country to protest cuts to services for the poor and vulnerable. Now she urges everyone to integrate their values with action and get involved. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Gardners opens sister company in France to mitigate 'frustrations' of Brexit

Wholesaler Gardners is opening a separate sister company in France to mitigate the "frustrations, paperwork, and additional costs" for European customers since the beginning of 2021 due to the changes introduced by Brexit. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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How did Natalie Wood die? Forty years later, her sister offers theories in a new book.

Lana Wood’s “Little Sister” offers circumstantial evidence that Natalie’s death might not have been an accident. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Paul McCartney's The Lyrics backed by bus adverts, live events and media blitz

The publicity and marketing campaign for Paul McCartney’s The Lyrics (Allen Lane) has featured in a major advertising campaign, including 100 bus adverts running across London, Manchester and Liverpool. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 19:32:40 UTC ]
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Justice Dept. Sues Penguin Random House Over Simon & Schuster Deal

The Biden administration’s rejection of the proposed $2.18 billion publishing merger reflects a changing atmosphere in Washington toward consolidation. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House Acquisition of Simon & Schuster

The Department of Justice sues to block the acquisition of Simon and Schuster from Penguin Random House. Continue reading at Book Riot

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DOJ sues to block Penguin Random House from merging with Simon & Schuster

Some tech analysts are a bit baffled by the move and, subsequently, the DOJ’s priorities. The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against publisher Penguin Random House that seeks to block its proposed merger with rival Simon & Schuster. It’s one of the Biden administration’s... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2021-11-02 14:35:22 UTC ]
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The Free Book Bus, A Death Positive Library, and Other Good Bookish Things That Happened This Week

Lots of good bookish things happened this week, including research that proves libraries lead to healthier, more equitable communities. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Review: ‘Sister Carrie,’ by Theodore Dreiser

The novel’s headline-making candor and explicitness led the Book Review to assure its readers, “It is a book one can very well get along without reading.” Continue reading at The New York Times

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The World (Is a Book) According to Peter LaSalle, by Ellie Simon

Book Reviews Photo by andy lapham / Flickr Whether he is recounting his nighttime drive with a late colleague and poet around the beltway of the pulsing and vibrant São Paulo—a city so full of people and culture that it seems to have its own... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Canada’s Governor General, Mary May Simon, Announces She’ll Attend Frankfurt

Canada's first Indigenous governor general, Mary May Simon, is to include Frankfurt Book Fair in her state visit to Germany this month. The post Canada’s Governor General, Mary May Simon, Announces She’ll Attend Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-08 12:27:05 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Takes a New Recruiting Program Online

Simon & Schuster's Publishing Prologue program, which launched this summer, is aimed at reaching and recruiting young people interested in publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Simon & Schuster Launches 'AuthorFest'

Simon & Schuster has announced a new series of virtual author events, AuthorFest. The first event will feature Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of the 'Washington Post,' who will discuss their new book, 'Peril.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to the Crisis Zone: PW Talks with Simon Hanselmann

First published as an Instagram webcomic, Simon Hanselmann's 'Crisis Zone', has been collected into a nearly 300-page graphic novel out now from Fantagraphics. The book won the 2021 Eisner award for webcomics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How I Tracked Down the Hidden Lives of the Radical, Wealthy Morris Sisters

In 2008, I published my first book, Please Excuse My Daughter, a memoir about my mother and me and how I grew up, and it dipped a little into my mother’s family’s history, which was rich and interesting. Her mother’s uncle, Sam Golding, developed the neighborhood of Rego Park in Queens during... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

There’s something about literary sisters. Siblings offer a unique, complex, and compelling relationship for novelists to explore, so it’s no surprise that so many novels have sisters at their heart. From Jane Austen’s loveable Bennett sisters in Pride and Prejudice, and Louisa May Alcott’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and the media’s coverage of mental health in sports

Yesterday, during the women’s gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Simone Biles, of the USA, lost her bearings while performing a vault, and stumbled as she landed. Soon after, she left the venue, accompanied by a medical official; when she returned, it was only to watch her... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

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In Hanna Halperin’s ‘Something Wild,’ sisters try to protect their mother from domestic violence

“Something Wild” eschews literary pyrotechnics and relies instead on the power of truth. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Jane Campbell’s Decades of Spirit-led Books

The longtime editorial director of Chosen, who retired June 4, reflects on nearly 40 years in Christian publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PMJ pre-empts Casati's 'thrilling' tale about Helen of Troy's sister

Penguin Michael Joseph has pre-empted a novel about Helen of Troy’s sister, Clytemnestra, by journalist Costanza Casati. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Nibbie winner Buckley on boosting Simon & Schuster’s picture book roster

Jane Buckley, who won the inaugural Designer of the Year prize at the recent British Book Awards, discusses her recent promotion and the art of pairing writers and illustrators together. I speak to Jane Buckley just after what must have been a pretty good couple of days for her. On 13th May, at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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