Sparking joy: Alan Kohler's walk on the wild side rocks ABC | The Weekly Beast

ABC’s finance reporter turns heads with Lou Reed and Patti Smith books. Plus: Jon Faine becomes accidental ad manMany television reporters and presenters have been working from home since the pandemic struck but none have nailed the home-based TV set quite like Alan Kohler. The ABC’s finance guy presents his Kohler Report on ABC News each night live from a white desk in his home office, decorated with an erudite pile of books and a single house plant.Not just any books, mind you. Kohler’s book stack changes every day and is carefully curated. It has themes: the media night included titles on Fairfax, Rupert Murdoch and a book called Media Circus by Howard Kurtz. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-08-28 00:33:53 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of April 25, 2022

Mariner buys a murder mystery from Australian comedian Benjamin Stevenson, music producer Mark Ronson sells a memoir of his DJ days to Grand Central, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's third-gen AirPods drop to $150, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals

A number of gadgets remain on sale as we head into the holiday weekend. Apple's latest AirPods remain $30 off and down to $150, and you can pick up the AirPods Pro for $175. Certain colors of the Apple Watch Series 7 are on sale for as low as $313, plus you can save on a bunch of Surface devices... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-04-15 15:45:19 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 18, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Richard Cohen, Ben Shattuck, and Tove Ditlevsen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Easter Bump Lifted Print Book Sales by 10% Last Week

With Easter getting closer, the children's category had a big jump in sales last week over a year ago, leading to an overall 10.2% increase in print unit sales for the week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Reimagining Beauty (and the Beast): Spotlight on Jasmine Guillory

With By the Book, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast gets a modern—and decidedly bookish—treatment. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of April 11, 2022

Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall sells a memoir to Ballantine, Random House buys a Lincoln bio from Jon Meacham, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 11, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Melissa Chadburn, Lisa Hsiao Chen, and Séamas O’Reilly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Murder in the Red Light District Sparks a Reckoning of Power and Injustice in Lahore

Aamina Ahmad’s debut novel The Return of Faraz Ali begins with a moment of no return. Born and raised in Lahore’s old city, the young Faraz is forced to leave behind his mother and his sister Rozina. It isn’t until Faraz is an adult in 1968 working as a policeman, that he goes back to […] The... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-04-07 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Alan J. Hruska, a Founder of Soho Press, Dies at 88

A litigator for 44 years, he was also a novelist; a writer, director and producer of plays and films; and helped establish the independent publishing house Soho Press. Continue reading at The New York Times

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This Week's Bestsellers: April 4, 2022

After the release of the film trailer for 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' the year-old trade paper edition soars to #1 in the country. Plus Janet Evanovich introduces a new globetrotting heroine, and Ibram X. Kendi's 'Antiracist Baby' gets a boost from an unlikely corner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, April 4, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Lauren Rankin, Kate Folk, and Elizabeth Alexander. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of April 04, 2022

Riverhead buys a debut novel about a Georgian father and son fleeing the Russian occupation of South Ossetia in 2008, Joe Abercrombie sells a new trilogy to Tor, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Plummeted by Nearly 20% Last Week

The release of a new Dav Pilkey title and the approach of Easter last year combined to sink unit sales of print books 19.8% last week compared to the week ended March 27, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's AirPods Pro drop to $175, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals

A slew of gadgets went on sale this week and many remain discounted as we head into the weekend. A number of Apple devices are on sale right now, including the AirPods Pro for $175, the iPad mini for $459 and the new iPad Air with the M1 chipset for $570. Elsewhere, Amazon's Fire HD 8 table is... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-03-25 15:45:31 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of March 28, 2022

Doubleday buys a novel from Kate Atkinson set in 1920s London, Elizabeth Strout sells a Lucy Barton–in-lockdown book to Random House, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, March 28, 2022

The books we love coming out this week include new titles by John Lescroart, Andrew Mayne, and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: March 28, 2022

'Lessons from the Edge' by Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, debuts and #6 on our hardcover nonfiction list. Plus a pair of science fiction titles land on our hardcover fiction list, and comedian Seth Meyers makes his picture book debut. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Declined 12.8% Last Week

The impact of an earlier Easter and a kerfuffle surrounding Dr. Seuss titles that sold many books last year proved impossible to overcome last week, when unit sales of print books were down 12.8% compared to the week ended March 20, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Why the BBC drama Then Barbara Met Alan brought tears to my eyes | Frances Ryan

To see on primetime television the activists who fought for disability rights in the 1990s was a profoundly moving momentBefore we even reach the opening titles of Then Barbara Met Alan – the BBC’s one-off drama depicting the fight for the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which aired on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-03-22 06:00:48 UTC ]
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Cheryl Strayed releases a cut scene from Wild in honor of the memoir’s 10th anniversary.

It’s been ten years since the release of Wild, Cheryl Strayed’s bracingly honest memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail as a young adult after her mother’s death with no experience or training—and to ccelebrate the anniversary, Strayed has released a cut scene from Wild, free to read... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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