A four-day live reading of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick featuring actors and writers including Liza Klaussmann, Chibundu Onuzo and A L Kennedy will be among the events at Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. The festival, which takes place from 28th September to 12th October, will also include the world premiere of The Hollow of the Hand (Bloomsbury), the debut collaborative book by singer PJ Harvey and photographer Seamus Murphy. There will be poetry readings and new songs performed by Harvey, and a screening of a short film by Murphy. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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TV host Stephen Colbert has written a children's book about a flag pole trying to find out who it really is. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton will publish an original audio digital short story by bestselling author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plexus is to rush-release a biography of singer Whitney Houston on 8th March in the UK, following... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, who died Thursday while reporting in Syria, was to have embarked soon on a 20-city tour to promote his new book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier’s Swedish arm R&D has released an interactive app for the iPad of AC Milan... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Anthony Cheetham's latest publishing start-up, Head of Zeus, will publish 24 titles between... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book fans gather in the French city of Angouleme to celebrate the 39th international festival of comic books. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press will be publishing a celebrity bakebook featuring recipes from contributors... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In September, Harvard University Press tried something a little different. That month the scholarly press announced it was holding an open search for the design of its forthcoming book series featuring English translations of works in various Indian languages. HUP has now found a logo and look... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook publisher Naxos will join the fray surrounding the Charles Dickens bicentenary as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carlton Books has today (11th January) released the first ebook editions of its Olympic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wales is set to launch its first bilingual literature festival this year. The Dinefwr... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Indie booksellers have reported a “surprise” increase in sales over Christmas in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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At just five years old, the Savannah Book Festival, in the genteel coastal city of Savannah, Ga., is carving a space for itself among the book festival big leagues, boasting not one but two of the nation’s current #1 bestselling authors: Stephen King (for 11/22/63) and Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2012, marking the milestone by re-releasing 20... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 23/11/2011 - 07:55 Authors including Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child and P D James will appear as part of Crimefest's 2012 programme, which will take place from 24th to 27th May next year. Crimefest 2012 will be the fifth year of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 08:25 The long wait for news about job cuts at Eason's should be over by the end of this month following weeks of negotiation, it has been revealed. More than 145 full-time positions at the Irish chain are currently under threat.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:15 The International Publishers Association has called for the immediate release of its Freedom to Publish prizewinner in Istanbul following his incarceration by the Turkish authorities. Ragip Zarakolu, the current chairman of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 28/10/2011 - 14:49 The Literature Prize is to be awarded in the spring of each year, with founder Andrew Kidd saying it will take place for the first time in 2012 if the necessary funding is secured by the end of this year. Kidd said the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 25/10/2011 - 15:30 A new internet bookselling site has launched specialising in travel literature. The Culture Trip is selling four million books and films, organised into categories by countries. The company is also planning to launch a music... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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