Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society’s heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him. A black suburban dispatched by MSNBC’s Morning Joe is idling outside best-selling author Anand Giridharadas’s Brooklyn apartment when I arrive just after dawn one morning in August. Giridharadas, dressed for TV in a pin-striped blazer and with a swoop of carefully styled hair, hops into a bucket seat and greets our driver by name as we glide down empty streets toward Rockefeller Center.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-21 07:00:57 UTC ]
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The public is invited to choose a ‘Golden Booker’ from five decades of winners. Time will tell if future readers agreeThe passage of time, 50 years of literary hoo-ha, has been both cruel and kind to the Man Booker prize, which will next month celebrate its half-century (the majority of those... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming thriller The Whisper Man has been optioned for film as part of a major Hollywood deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Far from a nostalgia tour, speakers at the ModMag NY summit celebrate the enduring power of magazines past, present, and future. The post Amid Financial and Digital Disruption, Print Remains a Powerful Medium for Human Emotion appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 50th anniversary 'Golden Man Booker Prize' will go to one of the five titles shortlisted from five decades of previous winners. The public now is voting to determine which of these books will be most 'golden' of all. The post At the Hay Festival, the Man Booker Prize Announces Its... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Saunders, Hilary Mantel and Michael Ondaatje are among the names to have been shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize, created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the coveted literary award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers and libraries have revealed their plans to support the Golden Man Booker Prize, a one-off award crowning a winner among winners after five decades of the prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olga Tokarczuk has become the first Polish author to scoop the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize for Flights, "brilliantly translated" by Jennifer Croft and published by independent press Fitzcarraldo Editions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book jurors say ‘flies us through a galaxy of departures and arrivals’ is named the Man Booker International Prize in London, author Olga Tokarczuk and translator Jennifer Croft sharing the £50,000 purse. The post Interview: Man Booker International Winners Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melissa Broder’s first full length novel, The Pisces (Bloomsbury Circus), follows heartbroken PHD student Lucy as she moves to her sister's house in Venice Beach and subsequently falls in love with a merman. With glowing reviews from Roxane Gay and "Parks & Recreation" writer Megan Amram... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Members of the book trade are supporting author Charles Sprawson with a fundraising iniative to raise money for care fees, as Vintage prepares to reissue his “cult swimming classic” Haunts of the Black Masseur. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Beazley has acquired a book by the senior commissioning editor of British GQ, Charlie Burton, pitched as "the definitive handbook of skills for the modern man". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has snapped up the "definitive self-help gospel on how to understand, overcome and overthrow the White Man", by Penguin WriteNow graduate Nels Abbey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On this week’s show, Claire and Sian return from wandering around the London book fair to chat about the big books snapped up at this year’s event. What will we be reading in 2019 and 2020? The shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker International prize for translated fiction was also announced, and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Workshops and masterclasses are part of the plan for events in July's three-day 'Man Booker 50' celebration of a half-century of Man Booker Prize for Fiction awards. Tickets now are on sale. The post ‘Man Booker 50’ Celebration Features Stars, Commentary, Workshops appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Previous Man Booker International Prize winners Deborah Smith, Han Kang and László Krasznahorkai have made the shortlist once again. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2018 Man Booker International shortlist spans four European languages: French, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish, and includes Han Kang and Deborah Smith, who won in 2016. The post Man Booker International Prize Announces 2018 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “star-studded” line up for the announcement of the Golden Man Booker prize, including authors such as Hilary Mantel and Kazuo Ishiguro, as well as special BBC broadcasts and seven publishing masterclasses will be among the events featured in the Man Booker’s 50th anniversary festival in July. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Man Booker International Prize has drawn controversy for changing the nationality of one of its longlisted authors from “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Members of the Folio Prize Academy have spoken out against the Man Booker Prize's expanded eligibility criteria, with author Tessa Hadley suggesting British and Commonwealth writing has become “lost in the margins” of US fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book from South Korean author Han Kang and translator Deborah Smith has made the 13-strong longlist of titles competing for the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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