Transworld pre-empts memoir by Jewish Dutch resistance fighter

Transworld has pre-empted a memoir by Jewish Dutch resistance fighter and Ravensbruck survivor Selma van der Perre.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Mayo leaves Radio 2 to write contemporary thriller for Transworld

Simon Mayo has left BBC Radio 2 to concentrate on his writing following a newly inked two-book deal with Transworld, including a contemporary thriller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Critic's Notebook: Why is the Petersen Museum ignoring Von Dutch’s racist past?

If an art museum today were to open a group exhibition that featured, without comment, the work of an avowedly racist and anti-Semitic contemporary artist, all hell would break loose. The anger would be justified. Surely stern requests for an explanation would follow, or even furious demands for... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Jewish Future May Be Found in the Margins

Author Jack Wertheimer examined how American Jews practice their religion and is heartened by how quickly mainstream congregations are adapting to new ways of worship. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Busy Philipps accuses James Franco of assault in upcoming memoir

President Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a ceremonial swearing-in event at the White House on Monday. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suede's Brett Anderson pens sequel to memoir

Suede frontman Brett Anderson has written a follow-up to his memoir, Coal Black Mornings (Little, Brown), called Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn, to be published by Little, Brown next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ABA Pre-Order Initiative Off to Promising Start

The American Bookseller Association’s Pre-Order Task Force, an initiative to encourage customers to pre-order books at 22 indie bookstores around the country, shared encouraging early results at the NCIBA Fall Discovery Show. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New direction for 'literary chameleon' Jo Baker to Transworld

Transworld has acquired a new, contemporary novel by Jo Baker, author of Longbourn and A Country Road, A Tree, about a female creative writing school tutor whose relationship with an intense student goes badly wrong. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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History, popular science and memoir compete for £30k Baillie Gifford

Books spanning history, popular science and memoir are in contention for the £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, with themes of shortlisted books ranging from "the many facets of identity" to "the algorithmic forces that increasingly govern our world". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I am barely alive': war reporter's Angola memoir made into animated film

Another Day of Life also uses documentary to translate the horror and poetry of Ryszard Kapuściński’s book In November 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński telexed his editor in Warsaw to plead for permission to return home from Angola. The era of Portuguese colonialism was ending, the fight for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Her Memoir, Stormy Daniels Trumps the President

“Okay, so did you just skip to this chapter?” That’s how the adult-film actress and director Stormy Daniels starts Chapter 3 of her new memoir, Full Disclosure, a book rushed out at impressive speed since the story of Daniels’ 2006 sexual liaison with Donald Trump broke wide earlier this year.... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs debut Scottish police procedural series

Transworld has signed a "tense and compelling" Scottish police procedural series by debut author Deborah Masson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trigger to publish memoir from adventurer Staniforth

Independent mental health publisher Trigger has acquired a new memoir on the synergy between outdoor adventure and mental wellbeing from adventurer, athlete and inspirational speaker Alex Staniforth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell review – memoir

A proprietor’s journey from ‘amenable and friendly’ to ‘intolerant and antisocial’According to George Orwell, “there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops”. Bythell’s diary suggests that not much has changed, in this... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton buys rugby memoir by Ian Robertson

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired world rights to a memoir by rugby commentator and former international player Ian Robertson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury to publish 'inspiring memoir' from fashion designer Jenny Packham

Ebury Press has acquired the first book by fashion designer Jenny Packham - a meditation on the power of clothes and why we love them, titled How to Make a Dress. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Fear’ Storms the Week: 750,000 Copies at Launch, Largest Pre-Order in Simon’s History

Topping 1.15 million hardcovers in a ninth printing, Bob Woodward's 'Fear' is predicted by some booksellers to surpass sales of other Trump-related titles. The post ‘Fear’ Storms the Week: 750,000 Copies at Launch, Largest Pre-Order in Simon’s History appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac to publish Stormy Daniels memoir

A tell-all memoir from adult film star Stormy Daniels, who is alleged to have had an affair with Donald Trump, is to be published next month by Pan Macmillan in the UK and Macmillan Group stablemate St Martin’s Press in America. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2018 Pre-Fair News Conference: ‘Held in Political Times’

At the annual pre-fair news conference, Frankfurter Buchmesse officials stress the importance of the freedom to publish and the international book industry's role in a politically charged era. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2018 Pre-Fair News Conference: ‘Held in Political Times’ appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S UK snaps up Eccleston's memoir

Simon & Schuster UK is to publish actor Christopher Eccleston’s memoir, charting his own acting career plus the impact on him and his family of his late father’s struggle with dementia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memoir from 'moneyless man' Mark Boyle to Oneworld

Oneworld has signed a memoir by "moneyless man" Mark Boyle, recounting his life without modern technology on a smallholding in Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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