The story behind ‘The Great Realisation,’ a post-pandemic bedtime tale that has captured the hearts of millions

A video-poem by Tom Roberts has caught the attention of Hollywood and will likely become a children’s book. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-14 11:00:00 UTC ]
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‘I wanted to write a suburban Reacher’: Richard Osman talks to Lee Child about class, success and the secret to great crime writing

The two bestselling authors who both started in TV discuss writing as a second career, natural justice – and what they really think of literary fictionIn the four years since Richard Osman published his first Thursday Murder Club novel he has consistently topped the bestseller lists, and now his... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-09-14 09:00:23 UTC ]
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Tracy O’Neill’s Mid-Pandemic Search for Her Birth Mother Became A Globe-Trotting Memoir

Tracy O’Neill’s Woman of Interest is a quest memoir: a voyage there and back, out and in. The book recounts the author’s search for her birth mother during the frightening heights of covid, “a pandemic that had miniaturized life.” Enlisting the help of a PI named Joe, a former CIA operative,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 67 Million Viewers Watched ABC News’ Presidential Debate

The heavily-anticipated showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night was seen by 67.135 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Hosted by ABC News and simulcast across 17 networks, the Harris/Trump... Continue reading at AdWeek

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HBO posts casting call for next-generation Harry Potter TV series

Studio advertises for British and Irish children aged 9-11 to play Hogwarts heroes in ‘decade-long’ TV adaptationsHBO has kicked off its search for the next Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, with the studio posting an open casting call for its forthcoming TV adaptation.The casting... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Striding the Borderlands: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s Great Fear on the Mountain, by Alice-Catherine Carls

Striding the Borderlands: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz’s Great Fear on the Mountain, by Alice-Catherine Carls Book Reviews [email protected] Thu, 09/05/2024 - 14:03 Caroline Cingria, C. F. Ramuz, pastel (1903) / Images courtesy of Noël CordonierLumen... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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A Fall Harvest of Titles for Kids and Teens: 10 Great New Children’s Books Out in September

I’d rather not acknowledge that fall is approaching, mostly because I’ve made an embarrassingly small dent in my summer reading pile over the past three months. But the signs of autumn are unmistakable. Kids are going back to school, political ads are ramping up on swing state TV screens, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Week’s Most Popular Stories

Sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, the best book club books of August, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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10 great ‘beach reads’ for art and design lovers

It’s summer vacation season! Here’s a (hefty) list of the season’s best new design books you should take with you. A “beach read” means different things to different people. There are those who simply shove a couple paperback thrillers or romance novels into their vacation bag and call it a... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir scheduled for this fall

Former first lady, who has been mostly absent as her husband campaigns, has never told her own story at length beforeThe former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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6 Major Post-Roe Books on Abortion and American History

With Vice President Kamala Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee, the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade may be the second in U.S. history with a woman atop a major party ballot. These six books, published post-Dobbs, provide insight into an issue... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Suzanne Scanlon’s Memoir Confronts the Stories We Don’t Tell About Women and Madness

Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness, is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s.... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-07-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Jo Callaghan wins crime novel of the year with story of an AI detective

In the Blink of an Eye was praised at the Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival as ‘changing the way we think about policing forever’A “boundary-pushing take on the police procedural” which features a human detective working with an AI sleuth in order to solve a missing persons case has... Continue reading at The Guardian

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The Most Popular Book Riot Posts of 2024 So Far

Our most popular post of 2024 so far, on feeling like an unserious reader, Robin Hood retellings, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Most Popular Book Riot Posts of 2024 So Far

The most popular posts on Book Riot so far in 2024 offer a glimpse into the trends happening in books and reading this year. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Best tech deals for Prime Day 2024: Great sales chosen by experts

Amazon’s Prime Day sales event has arrived, offering many great tech deals throughout its two-day run (July 16 and 17). Luckily for tech enthusiasts, discounts are available across a range of popular categories, from laptop and desktop PCs, to power banks and phones chargers, to both... Continue reading at PC World

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Best laptop deals for Prime Day 2024: Juicy sales on great notebooks

Amazon Prime Day 2024 is finally here and so is the deluge of laptop deals. Whether you need a lightweight notebook for school or a lightning-fast rig for marathon gaming sessions, these discounted laptops are primed (ha!) and ready to meet every need. You will need a Prime subscription,... Continue reading at PC World

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Best laptop deals for Prime Day 2024: Juicy sales on great notebooks

With Amazon Prime Day 2024 right around the corner, we’re seeing loads of laptop deals popping up all over the place like wild daisies. That means you don’t have to wait until the official event arrives on July 16th. Prime Day sales are exclusive to Prime members, so make sure you’ve... Continue reading at PC World

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Customer Traffic Improving at Books-A-Million, Half Price Books

Data from Placer.ai shows that, while both bookstore chains have had some successes in increasing customer traffic, their gains in 2024 trail that of Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Off the Beaten Path: Unusual Tales from Children’s Publishers

Sometimes a book’s journey to publication is straightforward. Other times, it’s a bit more circuitous. We asked publishers to tell us their fun or unusual behind-the-scenes stories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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