Twitter users put 'adorkable' into Collins

"Adorkable" will be added to the next edition of the Collins English Dictionary, after... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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When Boeing put profit over quality in the 737 Max, the result was tragedy

Reporter Peter Robison explores the compromises and flaws that led to fatal crashes. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Vaughan | 'I am fascinated by why people are willing to put themselves in the public eye'

Sarah Vaughan returns to the corridors of Westminster in a thrilling new story of power plays. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-10 05:20:09 UTC ]
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Chris Cuomo Book Pulled by Harper Collins

The decision by HarperCollins comes after the anchor was fired by CNN and exited his daily satellite radio talk show. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-12-07 22:18:47 UTC ]
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News Of Donald Trump's MAGA Picture Book Gets Shredded On Twitter

“Our Journey Together" promises to capture “the greatness" of the Trump White House, but critics aren't convinced. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2021-11-20 12:07:31 UTC ]
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Creative Access launches bursary as financial obstacles put off publishing hopefuls

Creative Access is launching a career development bursary with McLaren Racing following research showing 70% of people interested in a publishing job have not applied because of financial obstacles.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 01:54:56 UTC ]
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Questlove puts his obsessive music expertise on full display

In “Music Is History,” Questlove examines pivotal songs from each of the last 50 years, creating a hybrid of American history, musicology and memoir. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-20 13:45:00 UTC ]
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William Collins lands new history on the Interregnum by Keay

William Collins has landed a new history on the Interregnum period by Anna Keay, the director of the Landmark Trust, a charity which rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then makes them available for holiday rental. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-17 19:09:49 UTC ]
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William Collins lands book on Britain's lost rainforests by Shrubsole

William Collins has landed a book by environmental campaigner Guy Shrubsole looking at Britain's lost rainforests.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-08 15:11:28 UTC ]
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Phelps to adapt Jackie Collins' Lovers & Gamblers for TV

Sarah Phelps will adapt Jackie Collins’ Lovers & Gamblers (S&S) as a major new television series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 21:38:50 UTC ]
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Haruki Murakami makes friends with Americans by wearing his “I Put Ketchup On My Ketchup” shirt.

Haruki Murakami is a collector: of vinyl records, T-shirts, and short stories (ha ha ha). He’s donated his collection of over 10,000 vinyl records to Waseda University, but keeps his T-shirts in cardboard boxes at his home. According to Murakami, his collection came about somewhat by accident:... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-21 16:25:57 UTC ]
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William Collins scores two on £25k British Academy Book Prize shortlist

The shortlist for the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding has been revealed with William Collins titles making up half the nominated books.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-06 23:47:10 UTC ]
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New Scottish library strategy aims to put them at heart of pandemic recovery

A new public library strategy for Scotland has been published, developed with the help of countries all over the world, including Denmark, Australia and the US, and seeking to make libraries key to helping people and their communities recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-24 05:25:24 UTC ]
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Revue, Twitter Test Newsletter Subscription Option Directly via Publishers’ Profiles

Twitter acquired newsletter publishing platform Revue in January, allowing it to continue to run as a stand-alone service, and the two companies began testing a way to integrate their respective platforms Thursday. Revue said in a tweet that all of its creators can begin enabling people to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-08-19 22:40:00 UTC ]
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Instagram user accused of capitalising from Ijeoma Oluo’s anti-racist book

The white woman behind the popular Instagram account @soyouwanttotalkabout has apologised after claims that she has co-opted the black author’s brandThe white woman behind an Instagram account with almost three million followers has apologised for the “harm” she caused to bestselling black... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-08-16 16:19:00 UTC ]
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No, Cormac McCarthy Isn’t on Twitter. Don’t Be Fooled by the Check Mark.

An account posing as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Road,” “No Country for Old Men” and “All the Pretty Horses” was mistakenly verified by Twitter. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-08-02 21:48:56 UTC ]
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William Collins pre-empts Finkelstein's family memoir of war-time persecution

Williams Collins has pre-empted a memoir by political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein uncovering his family’s devastating experiences of persecution during the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-05 16:01:10 UTC ]
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$40,000 Swindle Puts Spotlight on Literary Prize Scams

The organizers of at least five British awards received emails asking them to transfer prize money to a PayPal account. One of them paid out. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-04-16 17:53:34 UTC ]
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Mateo Askaripour | 'The lines are intentionally blurred, which puts the responsibility on the reader to decide what’s what'

On publication in January, Iranian-Jamaican  Brooklynite Mateo Askaripour’s Black Buck became an instant New York Times bestseller. Described as “a crackling, satirical début novel”, and informed by the author’s own experiences in the tech world, the book has been compared to The Great Gatsby... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-09 04:51:31 UTC ]
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‘Raft of Stars’ takes a cue from Hemingway, then puts a less macho spin on the adventure tale

Andrew J. Graff’s novel is an earthy coming-of-age story set in rural Wisconsin in the ‘90s. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-08 14:13:27 UTC ]
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William Collins pre-empts Prasad's history of silk

William Collins has pre-empted Aarathi Prasad’s book Silk, a history of “the natural world’s most extraordinary invention”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-04-01 08:45:54 UTC ]
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