The novelist drew upon his experience as a journalist and activist to create the sweeping, emotionally resonant novel "Correspondents." Continue reading at 'The Huffington Post'
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-05 04:01:20 UTC ]
His books about the Great Chicago Fire and America’s first epidemic were Newbery Honor winners. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-19 22:43:48 UTC ]
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In the summer of 2018, 'New Yorker' Cartoonist Sofia Warren emailed Julia Salazar, a young democratic socialist running for the New York state senate, a request to follow her around and create a nonfiction comics account of her campaign. The result is the graphic memoir 'Radical: My Year with a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning children's book author Jim Murphy, best known for his carefully researched nonfiction documenting dramatic events in history, died suddenly on May 1; he was 74. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While arguing against intolerance, Azar Nafisi draws parallels between literary dystopias and contemporary America. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-29 12:00:16 UTC ]
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With her new approach to learning, the Italian educator sought to help the underprivileged, Cristina De Stefano writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 12:00:43 UTC ]
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In “The Emergency,” Thomas Fisher writes about his work at a Chicago hospital and the inequities of American health care. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-03-21 18:46:34 UTC ]
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PW sat down to chat with acclaimed actor Oscar Isaac, veteran comics author Brian Buccellato, and illustrator Christian Ward about their new graphic novel, Head Wounds: Sparrow, creative collaboration, and a whole lot more. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A late baby-boomer, I spent my tweens and adolescence in the 1970s under the Tolkien-woven spell of heroic fantasy, immersed in the imagined worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy (1968-72), Patricia A. McKillip’s Riddlemaster trilogy (1976-79), and Evangeline Walton’s Welsh-myth-remix... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-01-26 09:55:39 UTC ]
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Gina Miller and Theresa May are happy to be in Bloody Difficult Women, but the Mail man wanted his lawyers to vet the scriptThe Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday have been banging on a lot lately about freedom of expression. An editorial declared it to be a “dark day” when the newspaper group... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-01-25 08:00:39 UTC ]
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Record sales show that even the ability to carry thousands of books in one portable electronic device is not enoughIn 2009, when Amazon’s Kindle ebook was launched in the UK, it seemed impossible to imagine that a dozen years later booksellers would be reporting a record year of sales of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-01-15 17:00:27 UTC ]
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Pearson reunites with Colin Gottlieb to lead its branded content and client solutions teams. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2022-01-10 17:21:08 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has signed journalist Sebastian Murphy-Bates' book on serial killer Stephen Port. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-04 10:18:42 UTC ]
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In his new book, 'Future Morality,' David Edmonds collects writings of contemporary philosophers focused on the moral issues we may face in the near future, including changes to medicine, communication, and humans’ relationship to machines. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellen Clifford has won the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing with her book The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe (Zed Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-29 01:12:22 UTC ]
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Harriet Murphy has joined Ameet Publishing, the strategic publishing partner for the Lego Group, in the newly created role of market development director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-09 18:14:33 UTC ]
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Nine publishers including Hachette, Penguin Random House Children's and Nosy Crow have launched a manifesto committing themselves to increased empathy-building strategies over the next three years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-22 19:09:14 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has snapped up two books from debut author and former family lawyer Nora Murphy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-12 17:22:46 UTC ]
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Studio Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired More is More Décor by interior designer and Instagrammer Siobhan Murphy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 17:12:14 UTC ]
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A new independent bookshop which nods to Bristol’s “radical past and present” has opened in the city’s Harbourside area, near where Edward Colston's statue was brought down last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 11:33:12 UTC ]
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Children’s author and illustrator Jill Murphy, best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Family picture books, has died aged 72. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-20 03:26:07 UTC ]
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