Picture a teenager in a suburban Southern California Costco, lingering by the books tables while her parents shopped. There, between the boxed vacuums and party-size clamshells of croissants, I first encountered the writing of Ha Jin. His short story, “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,” had been included in The Best American Short Stories 2001, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate will publish a book about the "new Ice Age of politics" by one of Turkey’s best-known novelists and political commentators, Ece Temelkuran. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is to publish an “urgent” and “unapologetically radical” book on sexual consent, rape culture and the power of desire by writer and journalist Laurie Penny. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advocates for prison inmates remain concerned about restrictions on books available to prisoners—and for good reason. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jesuit scholar and moral theologian Thomas Massaro's book, "Mercy in Action," details the pontiff's urgent call for social change. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It was supposed to be the day that hordes of Kiwis would get their hands on the book everyone's talking about. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacLehose Press is publishing The Legends of the Condor Heroes by Chinese author Jin Yong (the pen name of Louis Cha), in an English translation from Anna Holmwood. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"It's funny, as people ask me that all the time, and I just wish I was more interesting." Min Jin Lee is talking about the similarities between herself and the main character in her 2007 debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires. Published again this month after the success earlier this year of... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rushed into print after the US president said there were ‘fine people on both sides’ of the Charlottesville clashes, Mark Bray’s guide provides tactics for those hoping to ‘defeat the resurgent far right’When US president Donald Trump drew a parallel between the far-right protestors in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since Piper Kerman published her memoir Orange is the New Black, the former felon has become a staunch activist for the rights of prisoners and system reform. Jenji Kohan’s Netflix adaptation has certainly hit on very real topics like the privatization of prisons and poorly trained officers, but... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abstract: The author of ‘Help, Thanks, Wow’ highlights the life-changing qualities of mercy in her new book, ‘Hallelujah Anyway.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph is publishing a new cookbook from Jamie Oliver, Jamie’s Quick & Easy 5-Ingredient Food, this autumn to tie in with an eight-part primetime TV series on Channel 4 of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Poland, publishing stakeholders stay the need for protective regulation—liked fixed book prices—and IP protection are needed to curb declining book sales. The post A Cold Start to the Year for Poland’s Publishers: Waiting for Regulatory Help appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan c.e.o. John Sargent and Nielsen’s Jonathan Stolper kicked off the Digital Book World conference in New York on a positive note about the survival of print, both men reminding us that it could easily have been very different, as the decimated music and video businesses well know. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre has acquired two titles in a new series by thriller writer Martyn Waites (aka Tania Carver). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press has signed An American Decade, the new novel from author Richard Aronowitz. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) has held the UK Official number one spot for a fifth non-consecutive week, the longest-running fiction number one since E L James’ Grey (Arrow). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a debut, Waiting for Monsieur Bellivier by Britta Röstlund. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This debut novel, about a child with eccentric parents, has sold over 120,000 copies in France since its January release and has benefited greatly from early support from booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK's Foreign Office has confirmed that one of the five missing Hong Kong book publishers is a British citizen and has said it is "deeply concerned" over the publishers' apparent abduction and detention. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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