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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Four sci-fi authors—Charlie Jane Anders, Seth Dickinson, S.L. Huang, and V.E. Schwab—will appear in not one but two panel discussions. Riffing on the panel titles, we asked them how reality, identity, and fearless female characters influence their work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The duo behind the Princess in Black series have created a worldwhere princesses can throw tea parties and fight monsters Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kara Thomas (The Cheerleaders), Kiersten White (The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein), and Marisha Pessl, whose first YA novel is Neverworld Wake, talk about the benefits of reading scary books, navigating boundaries in YA fiction, and finding their stories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Camp is in session! Writer and graphic novelist Mariko Tam-aki and illustrator Brooklyn Allen are at BookCon to discuss their chapter book series based on the Lumberjanes comics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning authors Kwame Alexander, Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, and Jacqueline Woodson will join podcaster and activist DeRay Mckesson to discuss social justice and positive representation in young adult literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The actor and his lifelong friend have channeled their deep bond into a series of powerful and passionate picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No book industry gathering would be complete without food—or books about food—for both adults and kids who want to learn how to cook or get new techniques for doing it faster, with healthy ingredients and bigger flavors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a catalogue that includes'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' and 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,' Quirk Books fits solidly in the nerd/pop culture niche. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deborah Harkness, history professor at the University of Southern California, was riveted by the alternate world of the Twilight series, a free-spirited departure from the 16th-century Elizabethan era that was her specialty. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With 'The Boneless Mercies' (FSG, Oct.), a reimagining of the Beowulf legend in which four mercenary girls set out to defeat a marauding monster, Tucholke is making her first foray into fantasy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning actress and director Sally Field has kept personal journals for decades and always intended to keep her writing private. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite fears of a physical store "retail apocalypse," NPD BookScan's Kristen McLean outlined a future for indie booksellers driven by experimentation and selling books in more places. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just weeks before the Harvey Weinstein scandal hit and the #MeToo movement went viral, actress, writer, and film director Amber Tamblyn wrote an ardent 'New York Times' editorial about how she was done with not being believed about her own harassment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This summer Hoopla, the digital arm of Midwest Tape, which provides digital media lending services for more than 1,600 U.S. and Canadian public libraries, is marking its fifth year since startup. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Jonathan Lethem (the author of 'Motherless Brooklyn' and many other books), who works at his craft every day, is so upset he doesn’t want to write, something is very, very wrong. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders was named Audiobook of the year at the annual Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association in the US. The post George Saunders’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Tops 2018 Audie Awards for Random House appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Political books have been a particularly hot category in 2018, starting with the publication of Michael Wolff’s 'Fire and Fury' at the beginning of January and continuing with James Comey’s 'A Higher Loyalty.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emcee Jacqueline Woodson set the tone right away for Friday morning’s children’s book and authors breakfast at BookExpo, explaining, “Through our narratives, we’re trying to change this crazy world.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The audiobook boom is most prominent in North America, and it is spreading across the world, as discussed in a panel on Wednesday at the New York Rights Fair entitled “The Audiobook Heard ‘Round the World.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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