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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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 15, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After two years in New York, the consumer book convention landed in the Windy City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veronica Roth describes herself as totally “pumped” that BookCon this year is taking place here in the Windy City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended May 8, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been two months since Facebook rolled out its five new emoji reactions (love, sad, wow, etc.), to let people express more than just that they “liked” something. NewsWhip looked at their use across 20 publishers over the past two weeks and found that Fox News got the most reactions... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandstone author Jorn Lier Horst has partnered with Norway's Cinenord and Danish production company Good Company Films to bring the protagonist of his novels, Chief Inspector William Wisting, to TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust is replacing its annual Children’s Book Awards with two new prizes; the Bookbug Picture Book Prize and the Scottish Teenage Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One impetus for Jeffrey Brown’s participation in BEA is the new trilogy he’s launching with "Lucy and Andy Neanderthal." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Production company Lime Pictures has acquired the TV rights to Dawn Kurtagich’s YA novel The Dead House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's trade division fell 7.3% in the first quarter and its loss rose. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 24, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books title Distress Signals, a thriller from debut Irish author Catherine Ryan Howard, has been optioned for TV by Great Point Media-backed Jet Stone Productions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gannett hopes to make $50m a year in savings from takeover of Tribune PublishingGannett, which owns local newspaper publisher Newsquest in the UK, has made a $12.25 (£8.44) per share offer to take over Tribune Publishing.The all-cash offer, a 63% premium on Tribune’s closing share price on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 17, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China has shut down Apple's online book and movie services as it imposes strict rules governing what can be published on the net. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended April 10, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Federal Communications Commission is moving quickly on new privacy regulations for internet service providers, but the Association of National Advertisers is saying "not so fast."It has asked the FCC to slow the process by asking for more time to weigh in on 147 pages of a proposal that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is trying to sweeten the deal for Instant Articles publishers. At its F8 developers conference today. the social network showed off expected new video ads, which can go right into Instant Articles. It also discussed its new branded content policies, which allow publishers to create... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People desire excellence. We want to be healthier, well-liked, and successful. So we soak up articles instructing us how to get promoted, be more productive, and become better liked. We read books like Charles Duhigg's recent Smarter Faster Better in order to learn what science can tell us about... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bandit Television has acquired the television rights to Louise O’Neill’s Asking for It, a novel about sexual assault. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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