Turning a spotlight on the Hollywood doyenne who gave refuge to artists fleeing Hitler

Donna Rifkind’s “The Sun and Her Stars” explores the unusual career of Salka Viertel. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Westchester stops Fairfax as singer Chris Brown, Flea turn up L.A. moment

It was one of those only in Los Angeles moments. Early in the second quarter of Friday night's City Section basketball showdown between Westchester and host Fairfax, fans from both sides of the sold-out bleachers started standing and screaming. And it wasn't because of a player. Singer Chris... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Delight at U-turn on Welsh Book Council cuts

Following protests from writers and publishers, plans to cut £374,000 from the Welsh Book Council's budget have been axed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Turn Both Paper and Digital Text Into an E-Book

Give your paperbacks new life on a screen. The post How to Turn Both Paper and Digital Text Into an E-Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Publisher to Artist: Drawn and Quarterly Founder Chris Oliveros’s ‘The Envelope Manufacturer’

After 25 years running Drawn and Quarterly, publisher and founder Chris Oliveros retired to write and draw his own graphic novel; 'The Envelope Manufacturer' will be published in January. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Not bound by history, L.A.'s Caravan Book Store continues to turn pages

A shuffling step carries Leonard Bernstein onto Grand Avenue. The pilasters and garlands of the PacMutual Building rise above him. Nearly 70, a balding man with a gray cattle-catcher mustache, he finds his keys and stoops to the lock in the threshold. Two bells tied to a red ribbon jingle as the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Affair' and the Top Five Hollywood Takes on Book Publishing

The Showtime series, which ended its second season on Sunday night, has become a favorite topic of water cooler chat among book industry types. With so many delighting in the travails of Brooklyn-high-school-English-teacher-turned-successful-novelist Noah Solloway, we dug up five of our favorite... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Canadian Imprint Spotlights Quebec Authors

QC Fiction, from Montreal-based publisher Baraka Books, will release English translations of contemporary French novels by young Quebec authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hitler's Mein Kampf to be republished in Germany

Adolf Hitler’s political manifesto Mein Kampf is to be published for the first time in Germany since the end of the Second World War, the BBC has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lord Weidenfeld helps Christian Syrians fleeing ISIS

British publisher Lord George Weidenfeld is helping to fund 2,000 Christian Syrians fleeing ISIS to repay a personal debt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Men behaving better: how the lads’ mags gave way to digital

Closure of Zoo and FHM signals end to an era after new websites replaced magazines aimed at young menOver the past two decades, magazines such as FHM, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo have surfed the wave of laddish culture brought to life in the 1990s sitcom, Men Behaving Badly.But Nuts closed its print... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and artist to open Highbury bookshop

Author Betsy Tobin and artist Tessa Shaw are to open Ink@84, the “independent bookshop of the future” in London's Highbury next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brickie-turned-astronomer memoir to Century

Century is publishing an astronomer Gary Fildes' memoir for readers “ready to escape the humdrum of office life”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter And Facebook Are Turning Publishers Into Ghost Writers

Publishers are in danger of becoming dumb content in the smart pipes of platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The quest for smoother user experience seems to pose actually visiting a publisher’s site as friction. With content consumption bei ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazenhead: New York's speakeasy bookstore turns a new page

For years, Michael Seidenberg had sold books from his Upper East Side apartment, but received an eviction notice in July. Literary New York mourned – but recently the shop has shown new signs of lifeThis past Independence Day, several dozen bookish New Yorkers eschewed the fireworks and chose,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer Tells Bild Readers to Turn Off Ad Blockers or Pay

Axel Springer has told the readers of Germany's most popular online news site to turn off their ad blockers or pay a fee as Europe's biggest newspaper publisher steps up efforts to protect advertising income.Readers of Bild.de, the Web version of Europe's top-selling newspaper, have to disable... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite the heat, thousands turn out for 31st annual AIDS Walk

Thousands of Angelenos braved the heat Sunday to participate in the 31st annual AIDS Walk in Los Angeles. The 6.2-mile walk began at 10 a.m. at West Hollywood Park, with the route continuing along Santa Monica Boulevard and through the Fairfax district. More than 20,000 people registered to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unison condemns proposale to turn libraries into 'gyms'

Lambeth Unison has condemned Lambeth Council plans to keep three libraries open by turning them into health centres. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Super Thursday helped publishers turn over a new leaf

The editor of the Bookseller charts how publicist’s lament over one day’s glut of titles has become a PR triumph for the industry Super Thursday contenders: The good, the bad and the doggone awfulPut down your newspaper, turn away from your screen, and head to your nearest bookshop, for today is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Disney Research app turns colored drawings into 3D characters

A new Disney Research project can make coloring books more exciting for those of us with limited art skills. The team has built an interactive Android and iOS coloring book app using the Unity game engine that can take a colored drawing and turn it... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf turns 100 at a grand New York party

Two white Borzoi hounds greeted the hundreds and hundreds of guests ascending the majestic marble rain-slicked steps of the New York Public Library Thursday (1st October) night, come to join chairman and editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Alfred A. Knopf. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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