Top-selling Canadian cookbook author Jean Paré dies in Edmonton at age 95

Jean Paré, a farm girl from a small village in rural Alberta, and who gained worldwide fame for her Company's Coming cookbook series, has died. Continue reading at 'CBC'

[ CBC | 2022-12-27 15:54:46 UTC ]
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Barry Holmes, Cassell editor for Poems on the Underground, dies

Barry Holmes, former senior commissioning editor at Cassell, has died after a long illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: top marks for Night School

Lee Child’s Night School has reclaimed its pole position in the Weekly E-Book Ranking, after a brief week in second place when Scott Mariani’s The Devil’s Kingdom upset the apple cart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rushdie urges Chinese authorities to release jailed writers

Salman Rushdie has put his name to an open letter, alongside J M Coetzee, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman, calling on Chinese president Xi Jinping to reverse his state crackdown on dissidents. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why top publishers are still stuck distributing fake news

Fake news doesn't just get airplay on Facebook. Ads for such bogus stories have wound up in unexpected places, including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Even big publishers like them are limited in their ability to completely wipe out such ads. “It really exposes the inherent flaw of... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goosebumps Author R.L. Stine to Write Series of Marvel's Man-Thing Comics

Stine is achieving a "lifelong dream" by writing the comics, a five-issue series that debuts in February and will feature plenty of interdimensional weirdness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning romantic novelist Claire Lorrimer dies

Romance novelist Patricia Robins – who wrote under the penname Claire Lorrimer – has died aged 95. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teaming Up: London Book Fair and Nielsen, Authors Guild and Media Coalition

The London Book Fair's Quantum Conference and Nielsen's BookInsights merge, while the Authors Guild and Media Coalition get together on freedom of speech. The post Teaming Up: London Book Fair and Nielsen, Authors Guild and Media Coalition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber launches competition for BAME children’s authors

Faber & Faber is launching an award to find BAME children’s writers and illustrators in partnership with the Andlyn Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top women in arts seek explanation for veto of Channel 4 candidate

Bonnie Greer, Tessa Jowell and Valerie Amos demand to know why government blocked Althea Efunshile from boardA dozen of the most respected female figures in the arts and creative industries, including Bonnie Greer, the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, Valerie Amos and Gail Rebuck, the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark sells out after Trump victory

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[ The Guardian | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strange, Surreal Cookbook by Salvador Dalí an Improbable Holiday Bestseller

A reissue of an opulent and bizarre 40-year-old cookbook by surrealist master Salvador Dalí is flying off the shelves. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere acquires debut The Ruin by Irish author McTiernan

Sphere has acquired The Ruin by debut author Dervla McTiernan in a two-book deal with Curtis Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What marketers can learn from Facebook Live’s top brand videos

Brands had barely adjusted to the idea that they increasingly need to be publishers in this day and age. Now they're being expected to become broadcasters on platforms like Facebook Live, too. Live video is demanding and requires meticulous preparation and the ability to adapt if things go wrong... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors slam Libraries Ambition report as 'too little, too late'

Authors Val McDermid [pictured], Joanna Trollope and Francesca Simon have criticised the government's Ambition report for Public Libraries as "too little, too late". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Sell More, Serve More’: FutureBook’s Bracing Message

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tripathi, Ghosh Top India’s Raymond Crossword Book Awards

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beano tops annual market despite huge Pokémon boost

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh pen Sweet cookbook

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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