As Crown Publishing predicted, readers eagerly anticipated Michelle Obama’s Becoming. Autobiography and memoir are best selling categories because virtually everyone enjoys learning about the private life of public figures. In this case, many were curious about the woman who seemed to rise above peculiar controversies and non-stop criticism. How had Mrs. Obama felt about being […] The post The Delicate Balancing Act of Black Women’s Memoir appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
[ Electric Literature | 2020-08-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#black women
#private life
#public figures
#electric literature
#memoir
A copyright row has erupted over an unpublished autobiography of late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
New books on religious and spiritual practices have the capacity to teach and inspire. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#spiritual practices
Kings Road Publishing imprint Lagom is set to publish a “hopeful and honest” memoir of baby loss by Elle Wright. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lagom signs
#baby loss
'My colleagues and I are suffering real-time damage triggered by this act.' Glenn Rollans and Kate Edwards of the Association of Canadian Publishers, along with John Degen of the Writers' Union, testify in hearings on the Copyright Modernization Act. The post ‘Fix Our Marketplace,’ Canadian... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#canadian publishers
#kate edwards
Hodder & Stoughton has signed a "beauty bible" aimed at women of colour by Vogue contributing beauty editor Funmi Fetto. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hodder stoughton
Founder W. Paul Coates looks back at 40 years in independent book publishing, for which he feels a great deal of gratitude. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#paul coates
#great deal
The first title in Prima Games’ newly announced Gaming and Pop Culture line is 'Women in Gaming: 100 Pioneers of Play' by Meagan Marie, a 352-page celebration of women who have made a mark in the male-dominated video game industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prima games
BBC's Radio 4 will broadcast dramatisations of six of Maya Angelou’s memoirs for the first time, 90 years after her birth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#maya angelou
Quadrille is to publish Black Sea, a new book by writer and journalist Caroline Eden. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Michael Arlen Davis’ briskly informative, convincing documentary “The Test & the Art of Thinking” takes aim at those gantlets of supposed aptitude measurement, the SAT and ACT (originally, the Scholastic Aptitude Test and American College Testing, respectively; now known by their acronyms).... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Sarah Braybrooke and Marika Webb-Pullman at Scribe have acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to A Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene by Tallulah Pomeroy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#scribe signs
#acquired uk
Analysis of more than 2m titles shows that on average, male authors’ work is strikingly better valuedA study of more than 2m books has revealed that titles by female authors are on average sold at just over half the price of those written by men. The research, by sociologist Dana Beth Weinberg... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#study finds
#female authors
#queens college-cuny
Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race beat books by Germaine Greer and Simone de BeauvoirReni Eddo-Lodge’s book Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race has been named the most influential book written by a woman. The 2017 book bested titles including Mary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#reni eddo-lodge
#longer talking
#white people
#germaine greer
#female eunuch
Lindy West's memoir "Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman" might be headed to the small screen, with "Saturday Night Live" actress Aidy Bryant slated to star as the Seattle-based comedian and author. The Hollywood Reporter reports that actress Elizabeth Banks is set to executive produce a comedy... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#small screen
#executive produce
#comedy series
Debuts by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Jessie Greengrass and Elif Batuman have been shortlisted for 2018’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#prize shortlist
#jessie greengrass
#hermes gowar
#elif batuman
Outbrain, Taboola and Revcontent have launched new products aimed at premium publishers in the past three months. The post Content recommendation networks look for a second act appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#premium publishers
PEN International president Jennifer Clement's fourth novel, 'Gun Love,' is focused on the United States' firearm culture and is set in Florida. At London Book Fair, she focused on that and on challenges in women's equality. The post PEN’s Jennifer Clement on ‘Gun Love’ and Women’s Rights... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
“When you’re living your life, it doesn’t feel like a story. It only feels like a story when you look back on it,” says Benjamin Taylor. In the style of his memoir, “The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered,” winner of The Times’ 2018 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#benjamin taylor
Mammoth Screen has optioned TV rights to Strangeways (Pan Macmillan) by Neil Samworth, “a jaw-dropping, page-turning account of life in one of the country's most notorious jails” from a former prison officer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Former FBI Director James Comey has a book dropping on Tuesday, so prepare for the president of the United States to be tweetin’. The Republican Party is already gearing up for a fight with a Trumpspeak-inspired “Lyin’ Comey” website. While it will surely be interesting and instructive to hear... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#american history
#higher loyalty
#advance copy