I’ve been watching the Extremely Sad Show for Extremely Sad People for a few months now. I only learned this a few weeks ago, though. At an editorial meeting for the literary magazine where I’m a columnist, someone said she was watching “the extremely sad show for extremely sad people.” Another editor immediately asked, “You […] The post “The Leftovers” Is Teaching Me Who I Want to Be After Covid appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'
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After shaky start in lockdown, Bloomsbury sales soar as people pick books over box setsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury, has reported its most profitable first half in more than a decade, after a nation tiring of box sets fuelled... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-27 12:22:12 UTC ]
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Leaders from 2U, Global Citizen Year, Minerva, and Pearson reveal which elements of the higher-ed ecosystem are getting stronger and which are poised to collapse. For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2020-10-27 07:00:15 UTC ]
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The cuts are the biggest since the surge in employees at the time of the Time Warner acquisition in 2018. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-10-26 17:04:42 UTC ]
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A selection of memoirs and novels that can help connect and lift us through these scary and sad times. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-07 05:22:15 UTC ]
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Val McDermid, Brad Parks and Ann Cleeves have new novels to distract readers from reality. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The Victoria & Albert Museum is closing its dedicated bookshop and making 103 roles redundant across its retail and visitor experience teams as the Covid-19 crisis hits its finances. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 09:58:53 UTC ]
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Scribner is to publish The Decameron Project, an anthology of 29 stories about a modern plague, written by authors including Margaret Atwood, Andrew O’Hagan, Colm Tóibín, Kamila Shamsie, Rachel Kushner and David Mitchell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 08:28:47 UTC ]
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Taylor & Francis owner Informa is issuing £640m worth of Euro bonds as part of its Covid-19 action plan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 12:55:05 UTC ]
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Almost two years ago, I bought my mother an Alexa Show. Recently, I’ve been thinking about it and how it played a huge role during my lockdown, alongside other technology. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 03:35:40 UTC ]
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UK staffers at Penguin Random House have already been told they should again work from home if they can, following the step-change in government guidance as coronavirus infection rates rise. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 00:00:21 UTC ]
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This November Chatto & Windus will publish a collection of lockdown stories and experiences from BBC Radio 4’s "PM", with a foreword from the programme's presenter Evan Davis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:23:06 UTC ]
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It's no secret that most authors are introverts. That doesn't mean that we don't enjoy bookshop events and literary festivals. Who doesn't love talking about their books or their writing process? But afterwards, we are spent, drained of energy, and need to recharge. Writing is a solitary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 01:39:18 UTC ]
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Honford Star will delay the publication of two titles until next year because of "Covid circumstances", the publisher has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-13 19:10:05 UTC ]
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Yesterday, NPR, along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published a bleak poll on the economic health of the nation since the pandemic began. Nearly half of respondents said their household has experienced “serious financial problems” linked... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-10 12:00:40 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will publish the pontiff's vision of a better future post-pandemic December 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster is to publish Let Us Dream from Pope Francis in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 17:32:34 UTC ]
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Campaign will have a "large paid traditional and digital media component" including TV, radio and out of home ads, document states. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2020-09-02 14:20:09 UTC ]
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Independent Bookstore Day is going to be a quite different celebration of books and authors this year. While some bookstores are organizing hybrid festivities, at least one is holding a completely virtual event. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With most bookstores and libraries still closed, some are turning to the neighborhood boxes, others avoiding the risk. Jay Duplass is on the fence. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-20 14:00:35 UTC ]
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In considering whether staff are being protected as libraries reopen during the pandemic, we take a look at some Arizona libraries. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-08-18 10:35:00 UTC ]
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