This month, Dan Kois, David Haglund, and Emily Bazelon discuss James McBride’s National Book Award winner for fiction, The Good Lord Bird. The novel makes a farcical cross-dressing comedy of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, paints Frederick Douglass as a drunken letch, and generally takes an irreverent view of the entire pre–Civil War era. Dan wondered how McBride kept up that kind of verbal energy for 350 pages; Emily thought the novel had remarkable things to say about manhood in the slave era; and David wondered whether the novel suffered from an incomplete portrait of Old John Brown himself. Listen along! Continue reading at 'Slate'
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It’s safe to say Reese Witherspoon knows a thing or two about strong female characters. Over the past two decades, the actress Continue reading at The Huffington Post
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We spoke to Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-founder of the Black Girls Book Club, about the club's plans for the future and thoughts on diversity in the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book Hive in Norwich has teamed up with a local book club to help spread opposition to Donald Trump through literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While authors have appeared in person, via Skype or via telephone at book clubs before, Book the Writer has the clubs pay for the author's appearance. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One key to selling more books is to produce great books, and people will recommend and buy them. Don't be satisfied with the merely good. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Red magazine is launching the Red Book Club and doubling the amount of space it dedicates to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The gang is getting back together for a fourth Bridget Jones movie, Reese picks a five-year-old book for April, and more news. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The latest novels by Leif Enger, Abby Jimenez, and Claire Lombardo are among this month's picks by the nation's biggest book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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These historical fiction books are set during the Aztec empire, 1900s Manchuria, Meiji-era Japan, and more. Which eras do you like to rad about the most? Continue reading at Book Riot
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Subscription leads business models—some of them 'hybrid subscription— in sales channels that Dosdoce will report on at London Book Fair. The post At London Book Fair: Mapping 192 Audio Sales Channels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Just in time for the London Book Fair, Hello Sunshine has set up shop in the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane, a five-star Art Deco hotel just down the way from Buckingham Palace, where a new pop-up library and bookstore, Reese’s Book Club x Sheraton Lobby Library, has been installed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The organization held its soft launch party last night in Brooklyn, N.Y., which event coproduced by Hachette Book Group and Kundiman and featured six authors, including Curtis Chin and Kat Chow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bologna Book Plus, a generalist-publishing program, offers its first 'Audio Forum' on April 10 during Bologna Children's Book Fair. The post Bologna Book Plus Releases New Audio Forum Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Barnes & Noble and Jenna Bush Hager pick Kiley Reid's sophomore novel, 'Good Morning America' and 'Nerdette' spotlight Dolly Alderton's latest, and more of this month's selections from the nation's biggest book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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'Good Morning America' spotlights Vanessa Chan's debut novel, Jenna Hager Bush selects Bonnie Jo Campbell's latest, and more of this month's picks by the nation's biggest book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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On Dec. 12, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick talks about life on the road at the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Jenna Bush Hager selects Lauren Grodstein's 'We Must Not Think of Ourselves,' Reese Witherspoon spotlights Ella Berman's 'Before We Were Innocent,' and more of this month's picks by the nation's biggest book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The group in California started on the notoriously challenging novel by James Joyce in 1995. In October, it reached the end. Continue reading at The New York Times
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