The Swedish Academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature has confirmed that it plans to postpone this year's award following the sexual assault scandal which has rocked the organisation and led to nearly half the 18-strong Academy resigning their posts. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: new books from Michael Ondaatje, Zora Neale Hurston, and Rachel Kushner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH nabs a Brit’s debut rom-com, S&S buys a nonfiction book from the creator of a forthcoming BET dramedy, Andrews McMeel invests in another Instagram poet, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle McNamara’s ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ has a surge in sales after an arrest in the Golden State Killer cold case. Plus ‘Magnolia Table’ by Joanna Gaines sets a place at the top of the list, and CNN’s Jake Tapper publishes a novel about the McCarthy era. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although the stock market went through some wild gyrations in April, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the month only 2.5% higher than the start of April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural Portobello Prize has been awarded to "electrifying new voice" Samira Shackle for Karachi Vice, a "fresh and thrilling" non-fiction exploration of Pakistan’s largest city. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Bristol librarian has won the inaugural Cheltenham Literature Festival First Novel competition with her “clever, pulsing story”, scooping a book deal with Borough Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish journalist Mark O’Connell’s “passionate, entertaining and cogent examination” into the use of technology to cheat death and push the human body beyond its current limitations has won the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize for 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark O'Connell wins the Wellcome Book Prize for surveying transhumanist ideas of "improving our bodies and minds to the point where we become something other, and better." The post Wellcome Book Prize Goes to Mark O’Connell for ‘To Be a Machine’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Student Riko Sekiguchi has won the Carmelite Picture Book Prize with her illustrations for a picture book text by Peter Bently. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'In an industry where everything is returnable, why are we out of stock so often?' is the kind of question tackled at the Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting last week, focus on the supply chain. The post BISG’s Annual Meeting: Making 2018 Our ‘Metadata Year’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 500 bookstores participated in this year's Independent Bookstore Day, which took place across the U.S. this past Saturday, April 28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hope and cross-cultural understanding were big themes at the official ceremony honoring the winners of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Honors 2018 Winners and Cultural Personality of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended April 22, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the 72nd Edgars Banquet, held last night at Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt Hotel, 'Murder, She Wrote' creator William Link was honored, alongside novelists Jane Langton and Peter Lovesey. Attica Locke took home Best Novel for 'Bluebird, Bluebird.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: inside the epic first mission to Pluto, plus Sheila Heti's meditation on motherhood. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wendy Lamb nabs a middle grade novel about a teen living in a camper, Thomas Dunne buys a new thriller series, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 357K print copies sold in a single week, 'A Higher Loyalty' by James Comey is #1 in the country. Meanwhile, 'New Yorker' staff writer and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Lawrence Wright debuts at #19 with 'God Save Texas,' and more in this week's bestseller news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sweden's laws require libraries to serve citizens in their native tongues, something supported by the now-distributed donation of thousands of Arabic books from Sharjah's Kalimat Foundation. The post Stockholm Librarian Elisabet Risberg on Arabic Literature in Sweden appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even with sales in its online store rising only 18% in the first quarter of 2018 over the comparable period in 2017, total revenue at the company jumped 43% and earnings soared 92%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lightning Books has bought the second novel by the Scottish-born winner of Australia’s richest literary prize, Ryan O’Neill, about a 19th century short story reimagined 99 times. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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