Natalie Jenner’s debut novel is no Jane Austen work, but it does offer plenty of delights. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-09 16:11:41 UTC ]
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Books are a go-to gift for Father's Day, but if you rely on chain bookstore displays, you'll probably find a lot of the same things: cookbooks with recipes for grilling obscenely large hunks of meat, ghostwritten memoirs by pro athletes, and techno-thrillers featuring very long descriptions... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-11 17:30:00 UTC ]
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Are you a Harry Potter fan who also wears shoes? Harry Potter, but make it fashion.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-07 12:17:16 UTC ]
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Colin Dayan's brief but explosive memoir of her relationship to her mother should find a place among the more indelible life histories of the last several years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 16:00:01 UTC ]
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Colin Dayan’s brief but explosive memoir of her relationship to her mother should find a place among the more indelible life histories of the last several years. Unlike Jeannette Wall’s “The Glass Castle” or Tara Westover’s “Educated,” riveting accounts of tormented childhoods, and unlike... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 16:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's BookCon literary fan fest drew mixed reviews from attendees, some of whom felt that publishers focused more on merchandising rather than on providing booklovers with an experience or giving them free swag. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Thomas Harris fan has won a one-off gold edition of the author's latest thriller in a nationwide social media treasure hunt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 00:02:18 UTC ]
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PEN World Voices marks 15 years of hosting literary events with a human rights focus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Set in the 1920s and ’30s, the works of Dornford Yates feature witty crime-fighters zipping around Europe. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-15 16:32:00 UTC ]
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Author Jonathan Stroud is working with Read On, a four-year project funded in part by the EU, to encourage young people across Europe to write fan fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"The Baby-Sitters Club," the blockbuster middle-school series that enchanted young readers in the 1980s and '90s, is finally getting audiobook versions. Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook producer and retailer, announced Tuesday that all 131 titles in Ann M. Martin's bestselling series will be... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling all “SpongeBob SquarePants” super fans: It’s game time. Viacom Digital Studios is creating a game show based on the popular animated series, the company announced Monday. The “SpongeBob Smarty Pants Game Show” will debut later this year on Facebook and the SpongeBob-branded YouTube... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The MoCCA Arts Festival, an annual indie and self-published comics and graphic novels show organized by the Society of Illustrators, attracted another big crowd to the Metropolitan West Event space in Manhattan April 6-7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Book piracy threatens authors' livelihoods' according to a new appeal from the Society of Authors to the British government to help protect copyright. The post Society of Authors Calls on UK Government to Fight Online Book Piracy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flemish author Bart Moeyaert is the winner of the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier adult fiction imprint Zaffre has signed debut authors Shirley Mann, Katie Hutton, and Gillie Holmes to its Memory Lane list of saga-writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An interest in ‘how women reframe stories in a feminist framework’ and more was part of the discussion in a Market Focus Indonesia panel at the London Book Fair earlier this month. Editor’s Note: As we look today at comments from women authors, particularly in the Indonesian market, we’d like to... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink imprint 535 has acquired the first Royal Geographical Society Puzzle Book, telling the story of explorers through a set of increasingly difficult brainteasers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors have praised Francis Spufford’s novel set in the world of Narnia, with some suggesting the C S Lewis estate should allow the book to be printed but others maintaining the work is fan fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elly McCausland and Dan Saladino have won the Jane Grigson Trust prize, marking the first time the judges have decided to award the prize to two shortlisted authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Lawson, Kate Mosse and Anita Sethi will judge the inaugural Paul Torday Memorial Prize, celebrating first time novelists over the age of 60. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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