Support for Seven Stories as it fights funding cut

Seven Stories, the national centre for children's books, is making a final push to galvanise... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A ghost story about new motherhood? A TV writer's debut novel explores the female psyche

Jacquie Walters' debut, 'Dearest,' is a horror novel about new motherhood, including the demands of a breastfeeding infant, as well as how postpartum hormones affect a woman's psyche. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-16 10:00:29 UTC ]
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Modern Day McCarthyists: The Fight Against Book Bans in Llano County

The Texas county, with a population about 3,000, has become an epicenter in the fight against book banning. Leila Green Little explains the echoes of history are playing out in rural Texas—and in communities across the across the nation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Murdoch courtroom fight to be a verdict on Lachlan's leadership

The succession battle playing out in a Nevada courtroom this month between Rupert Murdoch’s four oldest children could ultimately decide who controls Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, two of the most influential U.S. news outlets.Murdoch, 93, is seeking to change an irrevocable family trust... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-09-10 19:49:08 UTC ]
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Censorship Through Centuries: Rebecca L. Davis on the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

More than one hundred children and adults walked through metal detectors and past bomb-­sniffing dogs to attend Drag Queen Story Hour at a community church in northeastern Ohio in December 2022. Drag Queen Story Hour began in San Francisco in 2015 as an effort to encourage literacy and provide... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-09 08:55:57 UTC ]
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Why Vox Media’s The Cut Made a Print Issue for September

Vox Media is expanding its print offerings. This year, the digital media company is launching The Cut's first-ever Fall Fashion Issue. The Cut, part of New York Magazine, is competing for lucrative print ad dollars that fashion-focused publications like Vogue and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-09-04 17:00:06 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: 'Deep Cuts' by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark

'Deep Cuts,' written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark and featuring a diverse group of artists, is a richly imagined and illustrated anthology that uses fictional vignettes to recreate the history of Jazz. An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Booksellers Association Is Publishing a Handbook for Fighting Book Bans

The 'ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters' is scheduled for a September 16 release. All profits will support ABFE’s efforts against book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dark Vampire Fantasy, Scads of SFF Stories, and More Great Recommendations

Set your phasers to fun! Fly into this week's latest in science fiction and fantasy releases, plus a pair of can't-miss backlist titles. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-16 15:45:00 UTC ]
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TikTok fights the DOJ on the First Amendment, compares itself to these American news outlets

TikTok argued that it should still have free speech protections like foreign-owned American news outlets Politico and Business Insider. TikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment, comparing its... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-08-16 12:30:37 UTC ]
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Open Road Launches Geo-Targeting Service to Fight Book Bans

In an effort to help consumers find and read books that have been banned in their localities, Open Road Integrated Media has started a new marketing service, the Free Voices Geo-Targeting initiative, focusing on 10 states where book banning is most prevalent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Week’s Most Popular Stories

Sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, the best book club books of August, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-03 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir scheduled for this fall

Former first lady, who has been mostly absent as her husband campaigns, has never told her own story at length beforeThe former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-26 13:42:09 UTC ]
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Suzanne Scanlon’s Memoir Confronts the Stories We Don’t Tell About Women and Madness

Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness, is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s.... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-07-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Jo Callaghan wins crime novel of the year with story of an AI detective

In the Blink of an Eye was praised at the Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival as ‘changing the way we think about policing forever’A “boundary-pushing take on the police procedural” which features a human detective working with an AI sleuth in order to solve a missing persons case has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-19 16:29:44 UTC ]
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Alice Munro's daughter says her mother supported stepfather who sexually abused her as a child

The youngest daughter of celebrated Canadian author Alice Munro has opened up about sexual abuse by her stepfather and the deep hurt she felt when her mother chose to support her husband instead of her child. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-07-08 00:13:38 UTC ]
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City’s new $112B budget undoes cuts as Adams looks to re-election

Mayor Eric Adams announced a deal on a $112 billion budget with the City Council on Friday, reversing a small but notable fraction of his unpopular cuts as he looks toward a difficult re-election bid next year.The spending plan for Fiscal Year 2025 also makes some new investments at the urging... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-28 21:14:47 UTC ]
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NYC libraries are getting their funding back.

As the saying goes, you know you’ve fucked up when the librarians start protesting—and while New York City makes a sport out of hating its mayors, current problematic mayor Eric Adams really stepped in it when he announced cuts to the city’s libraries in the mid-year budget last fall. As we... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-28 14:01:00 UTC ]
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City budget deal allocates $2B for housing, restores library funding

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has reached a deal with the City Council on a budget that undoes at least some of the cuts he had previously imposed and adds new funding for housing construction, according to City Hall and a person familiar with negotiations.The mayor’s office announced... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-27 23:09:36 UTC ]
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Toys 'R' Us uses OpenAI's Sora to make a brand film about its origin story and it’s horrifying

The rise of artificial intelligence in our media and entertainment industries has raised a lot of concerns about programs like Open Al’s text-to-video maker Sora replacing the artistic endeavors and aspirations of humans. If those AI made movies are anything like a new brand film about the Toys... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-25 21:47:30 UTC ]
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Spotify’s Basic plan returns to $11 a month by cutting audiobooks

Spotify has a new plan for US subscribers that keeps you on the old $11 monthly pricing — as long as you don’t mind ditching audiobooks. The new Basic tier includes the music and podcast content you get from Premium but without 15 hours of audiobook access, a recently added feature we suspect... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-21 18:36:40 UTC ]
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