Tom Hanks announces ‘wildly ambitious’ first novel

The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece spans 80 years and is said to be ‘thoughtful, poignant and hugely entertaining’Oscar winner Tom Hanks’s debut novel has been announced, and is due out next year. The book, Hanks’s second foray into fiction – he published a short story collection in 2017 – has been described by its publisher as a “wildly ambitious” story about the making of a film.The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece spans 80 years, and culminates in the opening of the titular movie, which is a “colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film” inspired by a comic book. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-09-27 14:01:40 UTC ]
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Hanks and Howard to reunite for 'Inferno' film

Tom Hanks and Ron Howard are set to reunite to produce a film based on Dan Brown's Inferno.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BiblioBoard Announces New Partnership Deals

New partners include ePubDirect, Independent Publishers Group, CoreSource and Firebrand Technologies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 PEN Literary Award Winners Announced

PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s leading literary and human rights organization, today announced the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“A Wild Murakami Chase” Continues with Kafka on the Shore!

Publishing Perspectives' online book club covering the works of Haruki Murakami starts "Kafka on the Shore," perhaps the Japanese author's most beloved novel. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Wild' movie adaptation gets a new trailer

'Wild' stars Reese Witherspoon as memoir author Cheryl Strayed, who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail after experiencing various personal crises. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Announces Third Image Expo for Comic-Con

Hoping to counter the glut of show-biz razzle dazzle at Comic-Con in San Diego with some comic book firepower, Image Comics has announced the third Image Expo, an all-Image Comics media day. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cable announces £16m creative skills programme

A publishing training programme led by Oxford Brookes University in partnership with publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath children’s festival line-up announced

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher of JK Rowling, Colbert announces layoffs

J.K. Rowling's publisher is laying off some employees amid a dispute with the industry's biggest book seller. Hachette Book Group cites a "changing marketplace" for layoffs that will affect less than... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WeNeedDiverseBooks Announces Initiatives

The grassroots group, WeNeedDiverseBooks, announced at BookCon that it is launching several new initiatives to promote multicultural books and authors. Plans include the first Children's Literature Diversity Festival in Washington, D.C. in 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Dig In: Four Wild Recipes from Barton G. Weiss's 'The Big Dish'

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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#WeNeedDiverseBooks Announces Initiatives

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Facebook announces listening feature

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[ BBC World | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Announces Board of Directors

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[ Folio Magazine | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WBN U.S. Announces Essay Contest

The grand prize-winner receiving a pair of domestic travel airplane tickets to BEA in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memorial Held for CBSD's Tom Oaks

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Program Announced for CCC’s OnCopyright 2014 Event

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ASME Announces National Magazine Awards Finalists

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