When 15-year-old Alex Cooper told her Mormon parents she liked girls, she expected a bad reaction- but not eight months of captivity and abuse at the hands of a couple practicing ‘gay conversion therapy.' Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pinter & Martin is to publish Overdue: Birth, Burnout and a Blueprint for a Better NHS by midwife Amity Reed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 03:50:51 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has bought journalist Lorraine Candy's first book, a “candid, helpful and hilarious” guide to the many unexpected challenges of mothering teenage girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-16 16:51:35 UTC ]
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'Too Much and Never Enough,' Mary L. Trump's book on her uncle Donald Trump sets record for Simon & Schuster. But POTUS has nothing on Voldemort. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-07-16 16:14:02 UTC ]
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In ”A Very Punchable Face,” the comedian pulls back the curtain on 30 Rockefeller Plaza and shares sidesplitting anecdotes from an uncannily eventful life. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-15 13:15:00 UTC ]
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Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. In this week’s episode, Stephanie Danler reads an... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-14 08:48:18 UTC ]
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Write what you know, they say. This is what I know. On November 19, 2013, my younger sister, Sarah, died of a drug overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend’s home. She was 24 years old and an opiate addict. Her body wasn’t found for four days. Her dog was locked inside the house with […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-10 08:47:22 UTC ]
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Megastar Mariah Carey's memoir will be published by Pan Macmillan in the UK, promising to tell the “unfiltered” story of the singer's life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 12:52:18 UTC ]
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Publishers have been urged to put their money where their mics are when it comes to podcasting, to reap the most benefits. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 19:05:22 UTC ]
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Sceptre has pre-empted Consumed: A Sister’s Story by Guardian chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 16:54:24 UTC ]
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Rather than a straightforward memoir, the actor has delivered a baffling but mesmerizing novel about a fictionalized version of himself. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-08 15:01:20 UTC ]
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This is before, so I’m double-washing only because I’m about to head into the range where Manny, the ex-SWAT, ex-Navy firearms instructor my friend and I have hired, will have his hands around mine. We’ve been learning on decoys for two hours, and now it’s time to shoot for real. I mean to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-08 08:49:20 UTC ]
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Virago has acquired I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown in an eight-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 21:39:52 UTC ]
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Viking has pre-empted a “remarkable” memoir by lawyer Qian Julie Wang about her childhood spent in severe poverty as an undocumented Chinese immigrant in Brooklyn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 18:57:02 UTC ]
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The dubious genre of Trump tell-all memoirs has a new member: Melania & Me, written by a previous advisor to Melania Trump, which will be published by the Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books on September 1. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, once a confidante of the First Lady, fell out with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-07 18:28:06 UTC ]
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TV presenter Phillip Schofield has revealed he is publishing his autobiography with Michael Joseph this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 10:04:39 UTC ]
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Citing high demand and interest, the publisher has announced that it will release Mary L. Trump's tell-all early, on Tuesday, July 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A look at how people have engaged with “Huck Finn” and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” over time offers a snapshot of who we were and are. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-03 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Dirda is taking a vacation next month, and he’s already getting his to-be-read pile in order. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-01 16:17:23 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is to publish the memoir of renowned actor Sir Patrick Stewart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 10:22:58 UTC ]
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Transgender comics artist Bishakh Som’s 'Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir' is the story of a leap of faith: Som quits her job as an architect to work fulltime on a graphic novel. But it also evokes Som’s internal process of coming to terms with gender. This is a ten-page excerpt. The book will be... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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