British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer Tanith Lee has died at the age of 67. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gloria Ferris, the former London literary agent behind Scott Ferris Associates, has died aged 84. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former editor-in-chief of Abrams and founding member of the National Book Critics' Circle, who also wrote and edited more than three dozen books (many of them celebrity memoirs), died on September 26. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samuel "Si" Newhouse Jr., the publishing billionaire who oversaw some of America's best-known magazines, including Vogue, the New Yorker, GQ and Vanity Fair as head of the closely held media empire built by his father, has died. He was 89.He died Sunday at his home, the New York Times reported,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curt Stewart, a key account executive at Macmillan, died suddenly on September 11 after a short illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Group that pledges to introduce cocaine on prescription has gathered more new Facebook fans than AfD or Merkel’s CDUA German political party that promises to legalise drink driving, introduce cocaine on prescription and kidnap Turkey’s president is winning the social media race ahead of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"It's funny, as people ask me that all the time, and I just wish I was more interesting." Min Jin Lee is talking about the similarities between herself and the main character in her 2007 debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires. Published again this month after the success earlier this year of... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.P. Donleavy, the incorrigible Irish American author and playwright whose ribald debut novel "The Ginger Man" met scorn, censorship and eventually celebration as a groundbreaking classic, has died at age 91. Donleavy, a native New Yorker who lived his final years on an estate west of Dublin,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Len Wein, second from right. during a panel discussion in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2013. With him, from left, were the executive producer Michael Kantor and the comic book writers Todd McFarlane and Gerry Conway. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Hay, the founder of self-help publisher Hay House, has died of natural causes aged 90. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Hay, author and founder of self-help publisher Hay House, has died of natural causes. She was 90. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Kranz, author of the novel 'Leaps of Faith' (FSG) and a prolific ghostwriter and co-author, died on Monday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aldiss helped shape and elevate the science fiction genre, but he recognized its mutability. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Extraordinary” science fiction writer Brian Aldiss died on Saturday (19th August) after celebrating his 92nd birthday the previous day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr Gordon Ostlere, who wrote novels under the penname Richard Gordon, has died aged 95. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Rabinovitch, the founder of Canada's richest prize for English-language fiction, the C$100,000 Giller Prize, died on Sunday. He was 87. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An American literary editor “legend” who saved Anne Frank’s diary from a publisher’s rejection pile has passed away aged 93, it has been reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hector Martinez, a national accounts manager at Hachette Book Group, died on July 27 of cancer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sam Shepard, paragon playwright of the American West, was born to roam. With a father who was an Army officer and sometime farmer and a mother who was a teacher, Shepard — born in 1943, the oldest of three — spent his childhood bouncing around the heartland. This would later inform his writing,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The legendary comics creator is teaming with Amazon's Audible platform to produce a full cast multi-voice audiobook that will be aired as a serialized podcast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adobe Flash, one of the most controversial elements of the web, will be phased out by 2020, Adobe said Tuesday. Browser makers, including Microsoft and Google, simultaneously announced plans for a gradual phaseout over the next few years.Adobe said that enough progress had been made within open... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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