Titan Entertainment: Pop Culture Any Way You Like

Best known as the publisher of such global comics hits as the Doctor Who series and gritty bestsellers from its Hard Case Crime imprint, Titan Entertainment Group is a sprawling, multifaceted family-owned media company focused on pop culture. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The government has announced a Cultural Renewal Taskforce to help the creative sector bounce back from the coronavirus crisis—but book trade leaders have said they are "baffled" that no current representative of the industry has been appointed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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“Becoming Wild” shows us that humans are much more intrinsically linked to other species than we realize. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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