With Port Harcourt, Nigeria serving as UNESCO World Book Capital 2014, African book publishers consider the future for Africa's writers. The post “The West is Running Out of Stories,” say Africans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Cornerstone has acquired the rights to the “gripping” inside story of the “the last swashbucklers of global capitalism”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gingko is publishing two books marking the 200th anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s great poem sequence the West-Eastern Divan, including the work’s first complete bilingual edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Griffith’s new graphic biography 'Nobody’s Fool' tells the life story of Schlitzie, the microcephalic sideshow performer who inspired Griffith’s iconic cartoon character Zippy the Pinhead. Along the way, the book offers a look into the vanished world of circuses and sideshows. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dialogue Books has signed an "electrifying" memoir on race and class from writer Mitchell S. Jackson in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nicholas Schmidle, a staff writer at the New Yorker, is to draw on four years of reporting on Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic for a new book about the venture, to be published by Hutchinson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Europa Editions has snapped up the latest collection of short stories by American writer Deborah Eisenberg. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strike another one off the long list of possible Democratic 2020 hopefuls: Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he will not run for president. “I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election,” the former New York City mayor wrote in an op-ed published by the news outlet that... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To read a Helen Oyeyemi novel is to willingly enter a tangled wood, where the paths wander and circle, and the way out isn’t always clear, but the scenery is full of an alarming and brilliant beauty. A one-time prodigy (the British daughter of Nigerian immigrants, she published her first novel,... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Octopus has signed a book by Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, telling the inside story of how the business was built and changed the way people watch film and TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has landed a second book of short stories by acclaimed science fiction writer Ted Chiang, Exhalation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flexible and functional, bright and inviting, the new 'German Stories' collective stand made its debut at the 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition, with packed author events and a range of specialized areas. The post New ‘German Stories’ Stand Debuts at Taipei International Book Exhibition... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has scooped a “moving and unforgettable high-concept love story” by Holly Miller in a pre-emptive two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some writers turn to fiction as a way to escape the nonstop onslaught of (mostly bad) news that Americans are subjected to constantly these days. Karen E. Bender, the novelist and short story writer, is not that kind of writer. Bender’s new short story collection, “The New Order,” takes on a host... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'German Stories' theme goes live at at Germany's Guest of Honor program during the 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition. The post Germany’s Guest of Honor Program Opens in Taipei: ‘German Stories,’ Warm Relations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Books has acquired a real-life “genetic detective story” by Dani Shapiro, stemming from the writer’s discovery her father was not her biological parent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three of West Hollywood’s five City Council members on Tuesday called for Mayor John Duran to resign amid allegations that he sexually harassed fellow members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. In similar statements posted to their individual Facebook pages, Lindsey Horvath, Lauren Meister... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books by African American authors, the role of women in children’s literature and publishing for toddlers are amongst the themes of this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new novel by Hannah Beckerman traces the impact of a family secret upon three generations of women. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With programming on African-American culture, women’s achievement, and a resurgence of handwriting, Bologna Book Fair plans an ambitious first look at its physical renovations, too. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A New 33,000 Square Meters Added n its 56th edition, the... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Cressida Cowell is backing Book Aid International calls for schools to share a story and change a life on World Book Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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