The women who made the skies a lot friendlier for flight attendants

In the 1960s and 1970s, stewardesses organized to fight sexism and transformed the airline industry, Nell McShane Wulfhart writes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Two Store Employees Buy Women & Children First

Lynn Mooney and Sarah Hollenbeck, two Women & Children First employees, have purchased the 35-year-old Chicago feminist bookstore from its founders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infinite Sky bags Branford Boase

Author C J Flood and editor Venetia Gosling have won this year’s Branford Boase Award,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jerome made non-fiction publisher at HC

Natalie Jerome has been promoted to non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins, taking on the role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Tarted-Up Book Covers Belittle Women's Fiction

The publishing industry's packaging of women's literary fiction in stereotypically girly covers makes great books seem trashy.If you take a look at the cover of Alice Munro's latest Nobel Prize-winning short fiction collection, The View From Castle Rock, you probably wouldn't guess it includes... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Burtenshaw made Arvon chair

Alistair Burtenshaw, former director of the London Book Fair, has been appointed as the new chair... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Powers, The First TV Show Made Exclusively For PlayStation, Is About Superhero Detectives

The new series is based on a comic book and graphic novel imprint of the same name.At E3 yesterday, Sony announced a new TV show produced exclusively for the PlayStation Network. The new animated show, Powers, is "based on the comic book and graphic novel series of the same name," said its... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dutilleul made FEP president

French publisher Pierre Dutilleul has been elected as the new president of the Federation of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McBride wins Bailey's Women's Prize

Irish author Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing (Galley Beggar/Faber &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Khurshid Khan made Britannica UK m.d.

Encyclopaedia Britannica division Britannica Digital Learning has appointed Khurshid Khan as m.d... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness: Magical Flights of Fantasy

As Lev Grossman celebrates the August release of The Magician’s Land, the final volume in his Magicians trilogy, and Deborah Harkness celebrates the July release of The Book of Life, the final volume in her All Souls trilogy, the two credit the zeitgeist, as well as the skills they honed in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Blue Skies Ahead: M.O. Walsh

Louisiana writer M.O. Walsh (known as Neal) wonders whether the Buzz Books editors were confused or had a head injury when they picked his debut novel (My Sunshine Away, Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books, Jan. 2015) to be a BEA Buzz Book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's fiction is a sign of a sexist book industry

Joanne Harris says the book industry is sexist. Why else are there categories for 'women writers' and no equivalents for writers who happen to be men?This is the year of reading women, people, remember? We're all reading female writers and helping address the literary gender imbalance which is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Inspirational' women choose favourite books for Baileys

Nineteen "inspirational" women, including Caitlin Moran, Dawn O’Porter, Tanni... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North made Quercus m.d.

David North has been appointed the new m.d. of Quercus. The publisher has been bought by Hodder... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2014: Salomonsson Goes All Out for 'Made In Sweden'

Tthe Swedish super-agency came out in a big way with its top title at the London Book Fair, a crime novel called "Made In Sweden." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tartt, Lahiri, Adichie on Baileys Women's shortlist

Debut novelists Eimear McBride, Audrey Magee and Hannah Kent join Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Donna... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Project Black Sky: Superheroes, The Dark Horse Way

In a comics marketplace crowded with works by The Big Two, is there room for another superhero universe, let alone another superhero publisher? Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson thinks so. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Future of Books Looks a Lot Like Netflix

The book business is merging into the magazine business as more publishers sell literature via subscription to highly targeted clusters of readers. High-profile literary studio Plympton is leading the charge with its $5-a-month iOS service Rooster. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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