The Loft Announces Wordplay Literary Fest Will Be Virtual This Spring

The Loft literary center in Minneapolis is not canceling its second annual Wordplay literary festival. Instead, it is partnering with other literary organizations to hold a two-month virtual celebration of books and authors. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Watch Chanel Miller’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize speech, delivered in Brock Turner’s hometown.

On Sunday night, both the 2020 and 2021 winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize accepted their awards in an in-person ceremony—including Chanel Miller, who won the 2020 Prize for nonfiction for her memoir Know My Name. Dayton, Ohio is the hometown of Brock Turner, who was convicted of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-19 18:22:33 UTC ]
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GLIBA Holds Virtual Meeting; Members Look Forward to In-Person Gatherings

Much of the discussion during GLIBA's annual membership meeting, held virtually, centered upon upcoming in-person gatherings. GLIBA also reported a spike in new members, with 205 stores, the highest in many years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Libro.fm Announces Their Top 10 Bestselling Audiobooks of 2021

Here are Libro.fm's top 10 bestselling audiobooks of 2021, including book club picks, mysteries, memoirs, nonfiction, and literary fiction. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-11-18 15:24:26 UTC ]
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2021 National Book Award Winners Announced

Here are the 2021 winners of the National Book Award across five different categories. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-11-18 12:21:03 UTC ]
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May and Garmus among key debuts at Doubleday spring showcase

Nikki May’s hotly anticipated Wahala and Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry were among the key titles at Doubleday’s spring showcase on 17th November.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-18 02:13:49 UTC ]
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Longlist for Nan Shepherd Prize announced

Canongate has announced an 18-strong longlist for this year's Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented voices in nature writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-15 18:59:08 UTC ]
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Here's every Marvel show announced during Disney+ Day

Disney held its first-ever Disney+ Day on Friday, and wouldn’t you know it, new content from Marvel Studios dominated the slate, with the company announcing or providing updates on 12 different live-action and animated shows. You can see an early look at footage from some of the upcoming shows... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2021-11-12 18:47:14 UTC ]
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Ali and Egan headline Little, Brown spring 2022 showcase

Monica Ali, Jennifer Egan and Laline Paull were among those headlining the Little, Brown Literary Fiction Spring Showcase 2022.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 16:38:57 UTC ]
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Cocker and Hadley headline Vintage 2022 Spring and Summer Preview

Jarvis Cocker, Julian Barnes and the founders of the Everyday Racism project Naomi and Natalie Evans were among those headlining the Vintage 2022 Spring and Summer Preview.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 13:25:30 UTC ]
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Aspen Institute Names Its 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist

Now in its fifth award cycle, the $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize names 16 books to its 2022 longlist, with a shortlist to come February 23. The post Aspen Institute Names Its 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-10 20:01:06 UTC ]
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ALA Announces Finalists for 2022 Carnegie Medals

The ALA’s prestigious adult literary award, the Carnegie Medals are given to the previous year’s best adult fiction and nonfiction books published in the United States. The winners will be announced on January 23, during the ALA’s LibLearnX conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Guillory launches the Underline Literary Agency in Glasgow

Robbie Guillory is leaving the Kate Nash Literary Agency to start his own agency in Glasgow. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 13:20:05 UTC ]
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A Case for Football as the Most Literary of American Sports

An embarrassing thing to admit to, but it’s the truth—for the past five years, I have been haunted by a blurb. One night in the summer of 2016, I was scanning the fiction shelves at Unnameable Books in Prospect Heights when I came across the hardcover of Chris Bachelder’s The Throwback Special,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-02 08:53:35 UTC ]
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Children's book on Governor General's Literary Award short list a win for Indigenous publishing, author says

A children's book shortlisted for a 2021 Governor General's Literary Award was written by a University of Guelph associate professor who specializes in the history of Indigenous Peoples and illustrated by an Ojibway multidisciplinary artist. ... Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2021-11-02 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Osei promoted to junior agent at The Good Literary Agency

The Good Literary Agency (TGLA) has promoted Gyamfia Osei to junior literary agent to build a commercial and upmarket fiction list alongside one for non-fiction authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 05:38:45 UTC ]
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Lockwood leads the Booker shortlist on sales ahead of announcement

With days to go before the winner is announced, Patricia Lockwood’s No One is Talking About This (Bloomsbury Circus) leads the Booker Prize shortlist in sales terms, though all six nominated titles have sold within 5,000 copies of each other outside of lockdown periods. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-31 21:25:54 UTC ]
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Forget Billionaires! The Future Of Literary Magazines Depends On Us

Dear Readers, In what feels like a never ending cycle of disappointing media news, last week we in the literary community were astonished to learn that after two decades The Believer magazine will discontinue publication. (Since 2017, The Believer has been published by the Black Mountain... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2021-10-28 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Pre-COP26: Springer Nature Announces ‘Climate Research in Action’

The quickening approach to the UN Climate Change Conference gets a boost in a new compilation from Holtzbrinck's Springer Nature. The post Pre-COP26: Springer Nature Announces ‘Climate Research in Action’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-26 22:33:49 UTC ]
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What makes a good literary hoax? A political point, for starters

A true hoax provokes. It questions cultural biases, shattering conventions. But the curious case of the three men writing as a female author Carmen Mola does none of this. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2021-10-26 05:02:08 UTC ]
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Arvon appoints Long as first virtual writer in residence

Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Rachel Long as its first virtual writer in residence for its online programme, Arvon at Home. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 00:33:48 UTC ]
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