Staff Pick: 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches' by Matsuo Bashō

Assistant news editor John Maher recommends 17th Century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō's haibun, or travel essays mixed with haiku, including perhaps his best-known work, 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North.' Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Foyle family selling leasehold to Charing Cross Road

The Foyle family investment vehicle Noved Investment Holdings is selling the leasehold to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Roads acquires The Stockholm Octavo

Two Roads has acquired a historical debut novel, The Stockholm Octavo, set in 18th century Sweden... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate wins auction for traveller tale

Fourth Estate has acquired the story of a young Irish traveller after a four-way auction. Claire... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Media Decoder Blog: Time Warner Picks New Head for Time Inc. Magazine Unit

The selection of Laura Lang, the head of the digital ad agency Digitas, would add online expertise to the country’s largest magazine publisher. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Time-travel romance for Piccadilly

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 14/11/2011 - 15:07 Piccadilly Press has bought a time-travelling young adult romance story, which will be a lead title for autumn 2012. Managing director Brenda Gardner bought world rights to two books in the Timedance series from Bob Markel. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head buys book from Blair's ex-chief of staff

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bodley Head buys title from Blair's ex-chief of staff

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Conroy Scott m.d. at Charles Pick

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 08/11/2011 - 12:11 Kevin Conroy Scott has been appointed m.d. of the Charles Pick Consultancy. CPC's owner Martin Pick continues to be Wilbur Smith's agent and also to be executive chairman of the agency. Meanwhile Pick becomes chairman of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Austen and Dickens among WBN 2012 picks

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 14:56 Classics including Pride and Prejudice and A Tale of Two Cities, as well as more recent bestsellers such as Room and Misery, will be among the 25 titles given out at next year's World Book Night. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Dawson staff to wait on consultation decision

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 15:00 Dawson Books staff will have to wait longer to hear how they will be affected by the merger of their company with book wholesaler Bertrams, which was finalised last month. Any details about Dawson staff transferring to Norwich... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road launches Iconic E-Books

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 15:19 Digital publisher Open Road is launching a new imprint, Iconic E-books, with Erica Jong's Fear of Flying and Alice Walker's The Color Purple to be among its first titles. The Iconic E-Books titles will be those that have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Vintage launches 'deep-reading' collection

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 26/09/2011 - 08:45 Zadie Smith, Jeanette Winterson, Blake Morrison and Mark Haddon are among the big names contributing to a Vintage essay collection described as a "mission statement about the paramount importance of reading to our quality of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Book Warehouse takes over Travel Bookshop site

Written By: Benedicte Page and Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 10:14 The Travel Bookshop premises in Notting Hill will reopen as a bookshop this week after The Book Warehouse acquired the lease to one-half of the building from the Travel Bookshop's founder Sarah Anderson. read... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Condé Nast Publisher Moves: Kremins to Condé Nast Traveler, Myers to Brides, Bloom to Lucky

This story appears first on FOLIO: sister publication, minonline. Today (Sept. 16), Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend and president Bob Sauerberg announced the shuffling of these executives: Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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AA Publishing expands into narrative travel

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 16/09/2011 - 16:15 Travel guide and maps specialist AA Publishing is moving into narrative travel writing for the first time, with publisher Helen Brocklehurst acquiring several titles in the area. The publisher also plans to publish in new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five picked for BBC National Short Story Award

Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 19:30 Stories from Jon McGregor and M J Hyland have been shortlisted for the sixth BBC National Short Story Award, announced this evening (9th September) on BBC Radio’s “Front Row”. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Waterstone's in pay row with 'legacy' staff

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 08:00 Waterstone's has refused 100 of its longest-serving staff a pay rise given to the rest of the company. The bookselling chain wrote to 100 staff on a "legacy contract" last Friday (26th August) informing them that they would... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Orwell prize to blog "hop-picking" stories

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 25/08/2011 - 07:00 The Orwell Prize is to blog George Orwell’s “hop-picking” diary entries, which went on to form part of his novel A Clergyman’s Daughter. Starting today, the political writing award will post a daily blog 80 years to the day that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marinker to retire from W H Smith's travel business

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 24/08/2011 - 08:25 Simon Marinker, managing director of W H Smith's travel shops, is to retire from the business at the end of this year. He will be replaced by Simon Smith, chief operating officer of the travel business, who will report... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Travel Bookshop to close in two weeks

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 23/08/2011 - 09:15 The Travel Bookshop in west London, which was made famous by the Hugh Grant film "Notting Hill", is closing down in two weeks' time. The London shop on Blenheim Crescent was founded 32 years ago and is owned by European... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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