Time 100 adds Haruki Murakami to list of world's most influential figures

Japanese novelist is joined by Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in famous ranking of the people ‘shaping the future’Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has been named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine, backed by Yoko Ono as “a valuable voice for peace” as Japan’s government becomes “more conservative”.Alongside Pope Francis, Kanye West, Kim Jong-un and Hillary Clinton, there are two novelists on a list of 100 names Time has dubbed “the most influential people in the world: the titans, pioneers, artists, icons and leaders who are shaping the future” - Murakami, and the Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“The Small Press World is About to Fall Apart.” On the Collapse of Small Press Distribution

Last week, Diane Goettel was on vacation in Florida when she saw an alarming email on her phone. After 55 years, Small Press Distribution (SPD)—one of the last remaining independent book distributors in the US—was shutting down immediately, with no advance notice or transitional support. Its... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Council seeks to add billions to mayor's budget thanks to rosier forecast

The City Council said it has found an additional $6 billion in newly identified city dollars to undo many of Mayor Eric Adams’ spending cuts and make new investments in affordable housing construction and education.Lawmakers on Monday released their official response to the mayor’s $109 billion... Continue reading at Crains New York

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I Don’t Have To Choose Between Writing About Myself And Writing About The World

I was balancing a plate of honeydew in the green room of a book festival when I walked by a white man bemoaning the state of the publishing industry. The man wore a suit, and he spoke to a white woman; both of them looked to be in their 40s. As the man speared a […] The post I Don’t Have To... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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Bologna 2024: Embracing More of the World

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London: Tom Crewe Wins the Sunday Times’ Young Writer Award

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Influential 'Publishers Weekly' Editor Sybil Steinberg Dies at 90

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Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

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A Bee’s-Eye View of the World

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The Many Worlds of Anna May Wong: A Conversation with Katie Gee Salisbury, by Susan Blumberg-Kason

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