Culture A still image from the film White Tiger (Netflix, 2021). After watching White Tiger, a writer contemplates the film alongside revolution in Egypt, Black Lives Matter protests, the film Parasite, and literary “complicated works of conscience.” Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, I felt a familiar sorrow watching the deprivations and heartache depicted in Netflix’s The White Tiger (2021). Based on the debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga—which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008―the movie is compellingly adapted by acclaimed screenwriter and director Ramin Bahrani (in turn, a good friend of Adiga’s and to whom the novel was dedicated). As close and imaginative readers know, it is notoriously difficult for movies to do justice to books, especially to make intelligent films that are faithful to the text. White Tiger is one of those happy exceptions, a work of art in its own right, where much of the force of the novel is not lost in its translation. White Tiger is one of those happy exceptions, a work of art in its own right, where much of the force of the novel is not lost in its translation. Ostensibly, this difficult film exploring difficult realities is about modern-day India, in a changing, global world, the attendant systemic injustices of its caste system and corruption of ideals at every level: moral, political, spiritual. Really, however, it’s a meditation on poverty and its sins, the abuses of those in power,... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2021-01-27 20:33:27 UTC ]
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Key figures in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US embargo of Cuba as it pertains to books. The post Cuba’s Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A deep dive into hiring practices across the industry shows that publishers care about diversity, but many haven’t taken effective steps to bring about lasting change. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A canny fiction strategy is paying dividends for Scottish indie Black & White. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired a new novel by Irish writer and actress Caroline Grace-Cassidy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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#1000BlackGirlBooks is a project headed by an 11-year-old in Philadelphia who wants to promote diversity in children's books. The post ‘Sick of Reading about White Boys and Dogs,’ 11-Year-Old Launches #1000BlackGirlBooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Survey of workforce at 34 book publishers and eight review journals in US reveals 79% of staff are white and 78% female – with UK numbers still unmonitoredMan Booker winner Marlon James: ‘Writers of colour pander to the white woman’A survey of American publishing has found that it is blindingly... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More from Trail Guide Jan. 22 Chris Christie heads back to New Jersey as blizzard approaches Jan. 21 Donald Trump and Ted Cruz try to debunk each other's outsider image Jan. 20 Sarah Palin, on the trail with Donald Trump, talks of son's domestic violence arrest Jan. 19 Sarah Palin endorses Donald... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired the global publishing rights to Dinosaur Roar! from entertainment company Nurture Rights. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sydney Morning Herald report taken down from website as editor-in-chief concedes they understated money paid out by Humpty Dumpty FoundationFairfax Media has apologised to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, a children’s charity, for an article that underestimated the charity’s return on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The absence of any black, Asian or minority ethnic writers on next year’s World Book Night list provoked an outcry and a Twitterstorm. We asked writers and leading figures within the industry what can be done to encourage greater diversity in British publishingLatest work: Meatspace (Friday... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yes, book publishers have a problem with writers of colour – it’s just not the one Man Booker prizewinner Marlon James describesThere are so few ethnic minority voices in publishing and the media that when one criticises another it has come to be regarded as a form of strike-breaking. Knowing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired two psychological thrillers set in a "claustrophobic, close-knit community full of secrets and lies" by crime author SJI Holliday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our annual salary survey drew responses from a younger group than in years past, though the industry still is very white, with 89% of respondents reporting as caucasian. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Michael Derrick Hudson adopted an Asian pseudonym, he landed a poem in the 'Best American Poetry' anthology, prompting anger, recrimination and debate. The post Yi-Fen Chou: The White Author Who Went Asian to Get Published appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has signed a psychological thriller, Abigale Hall, by the winner of Faber and Faber Creative Writing MA Prize, Lauren A. Forry. Managing director of Black & White Publishing, Campbell Brown, acquired World English rights for the publication from Sandra Sawicka... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson is to reissue T H White’s The Goshawk, with a forward by award-winning author Helen Macdonald. First published in 1951, White’s memoir is an account of how he came to train a wild goshawk. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kitty Empire talks to Stephen Witt about his eagerly awaited book charting the rise of the MP3 file, the online pirates who exploited it and the record industry that ignored its cultural impact until it was far too lateExtract: Going for a song: the hidden history of music piracy How Music Got... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kara Richardson Whitely, author of 'Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds' (Seal Press, 9781580055598), will appear on 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday, May 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission has a grand plan to create a single market for digital content across all the member states of the EU, so it can be bought and sold without barriers such as the administrative burden of different VAT rates. The creation of that market will help entrepreneurial start-up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s bitchy, fun and avoids the worst of the publishing industry’s most recent clichesWe are at what seems like a low point in the history of book titles. Good titles are hard to find, but they make all the difference. Take Timothy Caulfield’s new book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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