Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him

President Obama in the Oval Office on Friday during an interview with Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for The New York Times. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2017-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him

President Obama in the Oval Office on Friday during an interview with Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for The New York Times. Continue reading at The New York Times

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How to watch former President Obama and Ava DuVernay at the L.A. Times Book Club

Former President Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay discuss "A Promised Land" at the L.A. Times Community Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-21 21:09:15 UTC ]
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President Obama, Ava DuVernay bring 'A Promised Land' to L.A. Times Community Book Club

Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay will discuss the former president's memoir "A Promised Land" April 21 in a livestreamed event for the L.A. Times Community Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-16 01:25:03 UTC ]
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Obama names books which helped his presidency

Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad (Little, Brown), Liu Cixin's apocalyptic sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem (Head of Zeus) and V S Naipaul's A Bend in the River (Picador) are some of the novels which helped Barack Obama during his time in the White House, he has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here are the 6 books on President Obama's summer reading list

President Barack Obama is on Martha's Vineyard for his annual two-week summer holiday, and the White House has released his reading list. Continue reading at Stuff

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PRH US donates up to 30,000 books to First Book charity in Obamas' name

Penguin Random House US will donate up to 300,000 more children’s books to First Book, the literacy charity, on behalf of former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Michelle Obama book vies with Trump exposé at book awards

Michelle Obama’s Becoming goes up against Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Obama's 2024 Summer Reading List, Reviewed

Check out what 'PW' had to say about the books on the former president's much-anticipated annual summer reading list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Taiwan’s President Opens Taipei Book Exhibition

At the opening ceremony for the 2024 edition of Taipei's book fair, Taiwan's president speaks of 'democratic partners.' The post Taiwan’s President Opens Taipei Book Exhibition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2023

From history books to award-winning literary fiction to memoirs, here are the books Barack Obama named as his favorites of 2023. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Ukraine’s wartime President Zelenskyy to address the Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday.

I can’t recall a wartime leader ever addressing an international book fair while his country is under attack but, hey, it’s already been a hell of a decade, so why not? This coming Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make video remarks to the Frankfurt Book Fair, which is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Michelle Obama announces second book: ‘a toolbox to stay centred’

The Light We Carry, to be published in November, compiles the former first lady’s best strategies for surviving in the face of a ‘rising tide of bigotry and intolerance’A new book by former first lady Michelle Obama will offer readers “fresh stories and insightful reflections on change,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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PRH Announces Michelle Obama's New Book

Former First Lady and bestselling author Michelle Obama's next book, 'The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,' will be released on November 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Video: From Barack Obama to Billie Jean King, L.A. Times Book Club looks back on an eventful 2021

The L.A. Times Book Club dove into stories across the world and close to home in 2021. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Auma Obama To Give the German Book Trade Peace Prize Lecture

The sociologist and activist Auma Obama gives the October address as Tsitsi Dangarembga wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize. The post Auma Obama To Give the German Book Trade Peace Prize Lecture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-30 13:05:41 UTC ]
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Lutkus Named President of Diamond Book Distributors

Diamond Book Distributors, the trade book distribution division of Diamond Comic Distributors, has named Tony Lutkus as its new president, effective August 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen and former President Barack Obama have written a book based on their podcast conversations, to be published globally by Penguin Random House in partnership with Higher Ground. The book chronicles, as Obama said in the book’s introduction, the men’s “shared... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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'Oh, how earnest I was then': President Obama's political awakening in 'A Promised Land' excerpt

Former President Obama joins the L.A. Times Community Book Club April 21 to discuss "A Promised Land" with filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-16 01:17:49 UTC ]
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Young Authors Associated with President Biden Land Book Deals

Amanda Gorman, who wrote and recited the official Biden Inaugural Poem, and Brayden Harrington, the teen who spoke at the Democratic Convention of bonding with Biden over stuttering, both landed book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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