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'
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Usborne has bought a new middle grade title by Matt Brown, a DJ, TV presenter and the author of the Compton Valance series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended February 18, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury is publishing the official TV tie-in to BBC One's new 2018 cookery show, Britain’s Best Cook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke with cartoonist Luke Pearson about the new Netflix original show, inspired by his Hildafolk graphic novel series, which will air in fall 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two debut novels are battling it out on the shortlist for the $50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, including one soon to be published by Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fledgling small presses Charco Press and Dostoevsky Wannabe have been shortlisted for the 2018 Republic of Consciousness Prize alongside Influx Press, Les Fugitives, Little Island Press and Galley Beggar. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rightwing provocateur, who recently attempted to represent himself in court, and his former publisher asked that the case be dismissed ‘without costs or fees to either party’Rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is dropping a lawsuit against his former publisher Simon & Schuster, after... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You will not read many author interviews or book reviews on this blog unless a book is something special. Jonathan Abrams’ “All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire” is something special. Abrams, a senior writer who who covers the NBA for Bleacher Report, is a superb sports reporter.... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Art-of and making-of books about pop culture remain viable, even in an era when abundant behind-the-scenes information is available online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The production company behind the ITV series "Vera" and BBC1's "Shetland" has acquired exclusive television rights to Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Oneworld) by Miranda Kaufmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's that time of year again: TV networks and digital publishers will begin making their annual pitches to media buyers and marketers in an arms race to snag dollars for next season.Viacom-owned Nickelodeon will kick things off in March, followed by Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Remember the days when Facebook's News Feed was full of listicles from the likes of BuzzFeed? A new feature from the social network has them poised to return, but from your friends and family, not from publishers. Facebook Tuesday began rolling out Lists, which enables users to create and share... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto has made five roles redundant from the foreign rights team based in its Brighton office. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended February 4, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SUNDAY Coverage of the “2018 Winter Olympics” in PyeongChang, South Korea continues throughout this week and the next. Various times, NBC, CNBC, NBC Sports Network and USA I, Tania: The six-part docu-series “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst” retells the 1970s-era tale of the heiress turned... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended February 4, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue from third-party platforms represented 16 percent of publishers' total digital revenue in the first half of 2017 -- nearly unchanged from a year earlier. The post Google and Facebook make up less than 5 percent of publishers’ digital revenue appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OPINION: Let's start with a caveat: I like free stuff. I don't know anyone who doesn't, frankly. This could be because I'm a journalist and have been the grateful beneficiary of free books (for me to review), free theatre or cinema tickets (for pre-research before interviewing an actor) and free... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK is in danger of losing its children’s television industry, Anne Wood, founder of Ragdoll Productions, has told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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