Today, Simon & Schuster announced their acquisition of the first book by Michael Schur, creator of postmodern morality play and philosophical sitcom The Good Place, otherwise known as the best thing on television for a while there. How to Be Good: A Definitive Answer for Exactly What to Do, In Every Possible Situation “will use humor […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Continue reading at The New York Times
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How to prepare for Pride month in the library, both as library workers and library lovers. That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-10 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Photo by Miria-Sabina Maciągiewicz. As Emerson said to Whitman: “I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which yet must have had a long foreground somewhere, for such a start.” The same words my editor said to me when I published my first novel in—good God—1982! Although I have to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Atria lands a memoir by ‘Ted Lasso’ costar Brendan Hunt; Viking takes Lindsay Owens’s exploration of price gouging, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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After a string of wins, potentially significant developments now loom in several key book-banning lawsuits. PW rounded up the status of some of the more closely watched book banning cases. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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For the first time on record, the United Kingdom's book publishing industry exceeded £7billion in 2023, downloaded audio jumping 24 percent. The post UK: Book Revenues Surpassed £7 Billion Pounds in 2023 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Before releasing new memoir "Down With the System" on May 14, Tankian spoke about why he's optimistic about Armenia, and whether we might see another album from System of a Down. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Kaliane Bradley's debut, Colm Tóibín's latest, and Rachel Khong's sophomore effort are among the novels chosen this month by the nation's biggest book clubs, from Oprah and Jenna to 'Good Morning America.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The inaugural Amazon Book Sale will run May 15–20 and feature deep discounts on thousands of books, including 50% off print bestsellers. The e-retailer is touting the event as "The Book Sale of Your Dreams." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With Mother's Day fast approaching, perhaps you have forgotten to get a gift for the mother or maternal figure in your life—or perhaps you are a mother and are mulling the multivarious meanings of motherhood. If either is true, perhaps this list is for you. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The rights center having opened today (May 8), the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino opens its public-facing fair on Thursday (May 9). The post Torino’s 2024 Book Fair Expands Its Professional Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his Washington Post columns about Russian politics and society — all of which he wrote in prison. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2024-05-08 19:11:21 UTC ]
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A satirical confession, from an imagined designer who unleashed the style of book cover with “amorphous shapes of suggestive colors” on the world. I’ve created a monster. I’m the designer who first created the colorful blob book cover. You know the ones: the vaguely egg-like, kidney-bean-like... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 12, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Gathering together writers and translators who withdrew from PEN America's Literary Awards and World Voices Festival, the event, held in New York City on May 7, featured stirring readings, offered sharp critiques, and raised money for the Gaza-based nonprofit We Are Not Numbers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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To help achieve Hachette's corporate goal of creating a unified English-language publishing structure, CEO David Shelley has promoted Ben Sevier to head the newly-formed Grand Central Publishing Group, combined the U.K. and U.S. distribution businesses under one leader, and divided Hachette UK... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Oftentimes, a reader asks what it’s like to publish a memoir with family members in it. How do you seek permission? What do you do when someone in your family protests your storytelling? Do you write it anyway? In this transmission, the radio delivers the questions as something else: Where is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips, journalist Nathan Thrall, and biographer Jonathan Eig were among the winners of the 108th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and in Arts and Letters, announced May 6. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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