Confession time: I’d never read any John LeCarré until after I’d seen the 2011 film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s a brilliant movie, and one that sent me scuttling to read the Karla trilogy and then watch the two excellent Alec Guinness adaptations. After devouring the first two episodes of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, I can think of no higher compliment than to say that I’m bulk-buying the book series it was adapted from in short order.Slow Horses is an adaptation of Mick Herron’s series of Slough House novels, featuring a group of British spies trapped in administrative purgatory. MI5 agents who have committed high-profile mistakes but know far too much to be fired are dumped in the dingy Slough House. There, they are given harmless busywork too demeaning for real spies to undertake, all the while being tormented and demeaned by division chief Jackson Lamb, played by Gary Oldman.It’s this world that former superstar spy River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) is thrust into after his own notorious error while out in the field. There, he’s given jobs like searching a dodgy journalist’s trash can and acting as a courier between offices. It’s hardly a spoiler to suggest that Cartwright’s arrival triggers something of a major case for the rejects to handle, which has mostly kicked off by the time the second episode finishes.What Slow Horses has to offer, beyond the enjoyment of a modern-day thriller done right, is a sense of pulpy fun. A sequence in the second episode I can’t spoil... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2022-04-07 16:00:47 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has been selected as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2020, while its Gender Balance Network has won Employee Network Group of the Year (Private Sector) at the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) Awards 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 15:13:59 UTC ]
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Katy Waldman writes about “Memorial Drive,” a new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who pieces together memories of her mother, who was murdered by Trethewey’s stepfather. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2020-07-29 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Oswald, Gillian Clarke, Karen McCarthy Woolf and Pascale Petit are among the poets longlisted for the inaugural Laurel Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 21:44:07 UTC ]
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HarperNorth, the new Manchester-based division of HarperCollins, has signed Melissa Reddy's account of Liverpool FC's 2020 Premiership title win as its first acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 01:52:28 UTC ]
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The States' 71st National Book Awards ceremony follows other international publishing events onto the ether, as 'a beacon of hope for all who attend.' The post National Book Awards Makes the Move to Digital: November 18 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-10 17:02:00 UTC ]
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Marketing and publicity teams need to make sure their middle-tier titles don't get lost in the crowded autumn, Canongate commercial director Jenny Fry has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 17:47:50 UTC ]
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Sky has announced it is commissioning a new children’s series based on The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (Scholastic) by Liz Pichon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 03:18:16 UTC ]
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Novels by Dawn O'Porter, Robert Harris and Jane Fallon are among the six-strong line up for Richard and Judy's Book Club this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 22:08:41 UTC ]
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Josh Malerman’s “Malorie” and Paul Tremblay’s “Survivor Song” are timely in ways the authors could never have expected. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to target non-traditional outlets and realise the media has changed if they want to make their book campaigns more inclusive, Dialogue senior publicity manager Millie Seaward has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 06:42:34 UTC ]
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Many fiction writers have tried and failed to find comedy in the current administration. Finally, we have something to laugh about. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-06 10:12:47 UTC ]
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A look at how people have engaged with “Huck Finn” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” over time offers a snapshot of who we were and are. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-03 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Buzzy original series may drive attention to streaming services, but the bulk of most major streamers' programming catalogs are their libraries of licensed TV shows. And those licensed titles often account for the highest-quality content available on the service, according to data from streaming... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-07-02 10:30:51 UTC ]
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Comedian Njambi McGrath’s memoir Through the Leopard’s Gaze (Jacaranda) has been optioned by production company Expectation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 14:48:59 UTC ]
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‘There are rare moments in history when leaders find their private lives uniquely connected to national events’ say producersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMichael Winterbottom is set to bring Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic to television. The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-26 13:30:13 UTC ]
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Ahead of TikTok's presentation at the 2020 Digital Content NewFronts, the company released a new umbrella brand called TikTok for Business for its advertiser offerings. TikTok, a newcomer to NewFronts, adapted its vertical-first format for a horizontal presentation. The main message to brands in... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-25 21:01:24 UTC ]
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Banner image by Jazzy Harvey. ¤ ONE OF MY FAVORITE statements about Los Angeles, something that really captures its ethos, comes from Cameron Esposito in an article she provided for The A.V. Club. Esposito remarks on “how logical a backbone [L.A.] provides to completely illogical pursuits.” It’s... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-06-25 17:00:38 UTC ]
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Even as its stores reopen, Barnes & Noble has laid off a number of employees at its headquarters, including some book buyers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 2020 Digital Content NewFronts today, three companies presented about the future of audio--a visual sales pitch for an aural medium. National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace each put their radio and podcast hosts front-and-center, selling reliable news and audience... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 21:17:51 UTC ]
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