Tennis star, fashion designer, integration advocate . . . spy?

Robert Weintraub explores the mystery of the glamorous, groundbreaking Alice Marble. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Lightning strikes back-catalogue deal with self-published star May

Lightning Books has acquired bestselling self-published novelist Nicola May's back catalogue. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-30 19:55:17 UTC ]
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Sustainable is the new black: top editors launch new-wave fashion titles

Glossy magazines get a makeover with focus on vintage clothing, creativity and recycling Former editors and directors at Britain’s glossiest fashion magazines are carving out a niche for themselves with print titles and websites that focus on sustainable clothing.Later this month, Calendar will... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-09-26 05:45:03 UTC ]
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Rock Stars and Author Trading Cards: Tales from a Decade of Bookstore Events

For more than 20 years, I worked at the Booksmith, an independent bookstore located in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. For half that time, I ran the events program. I worked with publishers in selecting authors, creating a monthly schedule, and banging the drum to make sure... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-24 08:50:35 UTC ]
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Karl Ove Knausgaard's 'The Morning Star' Reaches the U.S.

The My Struggle series author's first full novel since 2004’s 'A Time for Everything' has hit American shelves—and Knausgaard, his translator, and his publisher are all hoping it'll make a splash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime fiction stars team up to support Barnardos

This Halloween, a group of crime writers including Peter James, M W Craven, T M Logan and Trevor Wood are publishing a spooky crime anthology to help raise funds for the Barnardos Children in Crisis Appeal, set up in the wake of the "shadow pandemic" created by Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 02:35:23 UTC ]
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Hodder lands Pottery Throwdown star's memoir

Hodder & Stoughton has landed a memoir by Keith Brymer Jones, star judge of Channel Four’s “The Great Pottery Throwdown”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-23 20:55:02 UTC ]
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Stevenson in all-star cast of Sphere's The Haunting Season

Juliet Stevenson and Rory Kinnear are among those starring in the audio edition of The Haunting Season (Sphere), a collection of eight original ghost stories.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-22 08:09:36 UTC ]
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How HarperCollins Will Integrate HMH Trade

As part of the integration of the former HMH trade divisions, the new organization will place the bulk of the adult properties in the William Morrow group under Liate Stehlik, while the two children’s imprints, as well as HarperCollins Productions, will become part of HarperCollins Children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cover design round-up: August 2021

Hello, and welcome to the long-overdue (apologies!) round-up of the best UK book covers released in August. As is usual for these round-ups, a few designs were uncredited when this post went live (thankfully, now rectified).To that end, a quick pointer to a recent tweet by Ebyan Egal, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-13 10:42:04 UTC ]
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Studio Press acquires guide to maximalism from interiors star Murphy

Studio Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired More is More Décor by interior designer and Instagrammer Siobhan Murphy.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 17:12:14 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver TV series searches for cookbook star with PMJ and Channel 4

​Jamie Oliver is aiming to find the next big cookbook star in a TV series from Channel 4 and Penguin Michael Joseph, with the winner securing their own book deal.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 11:26:19 UTC ]
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Balancing on the Edge of Fashion and Art: A Conversation with Amber Ambrose Aurèle, by Margaret Larmuth

Culture Photo by Deborah Vaia Amber Ambrose Aurèle is a shoe designer, teacher, and art historicist. In 2012 she graduated as one of the first-generation Master Shoe Design at ArtEZ Fashion Masters. She searches for the boundaries between fashion... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-09-03 14:43:50 UTC ]
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Lambeth Libraries’ Rising Star Dixon on partnerships and community in lockdown

Zoey Dixon, named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2020, has been a leading light in making libraries more accessible, both before and during Covid, in her development role at Lambeth Libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-03 01:24:28 UTC ]
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James Whiteside isn’t a typical ballet star, and his memoir isn’t a typical ballet story

The American Ballet Theatre star has written a thoughtful collection of essays that gives readers insight into what it means to defy categorization. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Sissay, Osman and Slimani to star at hybrid Durham Book Festival

Durham's annual literary festival will be headlined by authors including Lemn Sissay, Richard Osman and Leïla Slimani, as the event pivots to a hybrid model following last year's fully digital experience. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 05:59:34 UTC ]
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Scholastic snaps up 12-year-old documentary star's debut

Scholastic has snapped up the debut middle-grade novel of 12-year-old Cara Mailey, in the same week as a BBC One documentary airs about her and her family. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 23:35:29 UTC ]
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‘Two Spies in Caracas’ conjures international intrigue in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela

Moisés Na�m draws on his deep knowledge of Venezuela and years of observing Chávez in his debut novel. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 06:48:08 UTC ]
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2021 PW Star Watch Submissions Open

The seventh annual PW Star Watch is now open for nominations. The deadline for nominations is September 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Ohlin, Adrian, Jin, and More

Our own Thom Beckwith takes a look as some notable books publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Ohlin, Adrian, Jin, and More appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2021-07-27 09:59:45 UTC ]
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World Literature Today Announces 2021 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

News and Events The first-place winning design in the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest poster design project by Sydney Sleeper University of Oklahoma students Sydney Sleeper, Andie Trillo and Jamie McCarley have been awarded first, second and third place,... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-07-21 14:32:49 UTC ]
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