Amid calls for a boycott and public pressure to follow The New Yorker in canceling a speaking gig the magazine booked for Steve Bannon, The Economist is standing by its decision to include the controversial former White House strategist in its upcoming Open Future Festival, citing the need to "invite views from all sides—and challenge those views." "The future of open societies will not be secured by like-minded people speaking in an echo chamber, but by subjecting ideas and individuals from all sides to rigorous questioning and debate," wrote The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, in a Tuesday afternoon letter addressing the backlash. Although the speaker lineup for the festival—meant to "host discussions on the most urgent issues of our time .... with speakers representing many sides of the debate"—was first revealed in early August, Bannon's inclusion received minimal scrutiny until Labor Day Weekend, when a similar decision by The New Yorker to include Bannon in its own festival was quickly reversed after a flood of outrage, including from some of those who would be sharing the stage with the former Breitbart chairman, who has repeatedly called the media "the opposition party" while facing criticism for associating with or promoting figures known for anti-semitism, Islamophobia, and white nationalism. "The Economist also gave a stage to Steve Bannon at the Open Fest in New York where I’ll be speaking," wrote immigration advocate Julissa Arce in a tweet... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News and Events WLT Margarita Engle will deliver the keynote address for the Neustadt Lit Fest at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 560 Parrington Oval, on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. The event is free and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-10-01 19:25:31 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House says claims by Boris Pasternak’s great niece that parts of Lara Prescott’s debut novel plagiarise her work are “unfounded” and will be “robustly defended”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 13:11:52 UTC ]
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Steve Fisher is joining Adams Publishing Group as regional president of APG Media of Southern Minnesota. Before joining APG, Fisher Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-27 20:19:01 UTC ]
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Steve Fisher is joining Adams Publishing Group as regional president of APG Media of Southern Minnesota. Before joining APG, Fisher Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-09-27 20:19:01 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has signed a series of picture books written and illustrated by animator Steve Small. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 23:19:42 UTC ]
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Joanne Harris has spoken out against an “absurd” focus on debuts in the publishing world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 16:30:46 UTC ]
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Cairo-born, London-raised journalist Alya Mooro talks to us about her first book The Greater Freedom, in which she examines life as a Middle Eastern woman outside the stereotypes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 14:36:25 UTC ]
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Dive into these 15 LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE book club questions for a lively group discussion that will stay with you for days. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-23 10:34:41 UTC ]
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From policy to dating, seeing issues through this lens has ill effects, Binyamin Appelbaum writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-20 01:24:30 UTC ]
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Award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave talks to us about her reimagining of Dracula, The Deathless Girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 13:55:19 UTC ]
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In “Because Internet,” a linguist looks at the way online conversation is shaping all conversation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-13 02:02:24 UTC ]
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Shockwaves rippled across the book industry last Wednesday after Amazon sent customers a copy of The Testaments almost a week early, which it later apologised for and attributed to "technical error". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 13:11:07 UTC ]
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Jemma Neville talks about her non-fiction debut, which explores real-life stories from one street in Edinburgh and reveals ideas, hopes and fears about today’s constitutional crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 18:53:03 UTC ]
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An August 12 letter, signed by three senators raised concerns that the data harvested and maintained by digital educational publishers today “could pose a serious risk to students, parents, and educational institutions" if "stolen, collected, or sold without their permission or knowledge.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press has struck a six-figure deal with Harvard economist Claudia Goldin for her "urgent" book on gender disparity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-12 13:03:07 UTC ]
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American thriller writer David Baldacci is releasing a new novel this month and then headlining literary festivals Bloody Scotland and Capital Crime in the autumn. He speaks to us about his upcoming projects. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 00:20:22 UTC ]
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Spain’s publishers’ federation, in a series of meetings with government, educational, and cultural leadership, hammer out an approach to invigorate reading domestically and promote Spanish literature internationally. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Toward a ‘State Pact’... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-24 01:16:59 UTC ]
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Lily Allen, who once wrote a song about what a loser her brother Theon Greyjoy was, took The Guardian‘s “Books That Made Me” questionnaire, and landed on the objectively correct answer to the question of which book she wishes she’d written: “All of the Harry Potter books, for obvious reasons.” I... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-19 14:57:05 UTC ]
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Poet Peggy O’Brien talks about her newest collection, Tongues, a radical retelling of 12th-century intellectual giants Héloïse and Abélard’s passionate, forbidden love. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-19 04:28:18 UTC ]
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