The producers of “Fleabag” are reportedly developing a TV show based on Matt Haig’s memoir Reasons To Stay Alive (Canongate). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University of Queensland Press denies author Gavin King’s allegation the book was rejected because Newman’s government axed the Premier’s Literary AwardsThe University of Queensland Press has rejected Campbell Newman’s proposed tell-all memoir.The book’s author, Gavin King, claimed UQP knocked... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink Publishing has acquired world rights to the autobiography of former boxing promoter, Kellie Maloney. Clare Tillyer, acquisitions and rights director, acquired the book, titled Frankly Kellie, from Tim Bates at Pollinger Limited. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dark Horse has provided an exclusive first look at the new work by the acclaimed creators of Daytripper. 'Two Brothers' adapts Milton Hatoum's 'Dois Irmãos'—an intense look at family relations viewed through the experience of twin brothers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Thrillist, remnant advertising is non-existent and ads aren't sold programmatically. Instead, the digital publisher embraced ecommerce. That business is now three times the size of its ad business. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Robson Press has signed the memoir of novelist and screenwriter Frederic Raphael. Publisher Jeremy Robson signed UK and Commonwealth rights to Going Up in a deal with Maggie Phillips at Ed Victor. The book follows Raphael from his schooldays at Charterhouse, through to his time at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a graphic novel by YouTuber Joe Sugg, the younger brother of Zoella. Senior editor Briony Gowlett bought world rights to the book from Lucy Lendrem at Gleam Futures. Sugg runs the ThatcherJoe YouTube channel, which has more than 3.6m subscribers, and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Baldwin recently appeared in the films 'Still Alice' and 'Blue Jasmine,' among other work. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Research shows median income for all authors is now below $5,000, though ‘hybrid’ authors who use both traditional and self-publishing are doing bestAlmost a third of published authors make less than $500 (£350) a year from their writing, according to a new survey, with around a half of writers... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Every Day I Fight,' originally slated for a May publication, will now go on sale March 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lawyers for free speech groups have argued that a ban placed on a performing artist preventing him from publishing his memoir is an “unpredictable threat to freedom of expression”. The artist’s ex-wife was granted a temporary injunction after saying that the contents of the memoir would be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For 12 years, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been a prisoner in Guantánamo. In 2005, he began to write his memoirs of his time in captivity. His handwritten 466-page manuscript is a harrowing account of his detention, interrogation, and abuse. Edited by Larry Siems, the Guantánamo Diary was finally... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Artist is appealing against temporary injunction obtained by his ex-wife, who says book will be distressing for his son to readAn attempt to prevent a performing artist from publishing his memoir on the grounds that its contents would be distressing for his son to read has opened up “a new,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex-mayor of Doncaster Martin Winter claims ‘bumbling oddball’ Miliband knew about 2008 economic crash before it happenedMail on Sunday executives are standing behind the newspaper’s extensive serialisation of the memoirs of an ex-mayor of Doncaster, which claimed to give “a worrying glimpse of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has acquired the memoir of young transgender activist Paris Lees. The book, which is as yet untitled, is “an original literary endeavour throwing light on feminism, sexuality, upbringing and class”, said the publisher. Helen Conford, publishing director at Penguin Press, acquired the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A cartoonist, musician, designer and filmmaker, Richard McGuire talks with PW about the making of his acclaimed new graphic novel 'Here,' just published by Pantheon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google executives believe the company’s ebook program is on the right course, after some early missteps, as it enters its fifth year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Henry Holt has inked a deal with actress Diane Guerrero for her memoir, 'In The Country We Love,' which will tell the story of her family's struggles as undocumented residents in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline is to publish a special fan edition of musician Frank Turner’s touring memoir The Road Beneath My Feet. The publisher has teamed up with PledgeMusic, a direct-to-fan music platform, to offer the £30 hardback. Fans are being asked to provide their own personal reminiscences of seeing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights groups back challenge, claiming injunction on British performing artist’s book is serious risk to freedom of expressionA British performing artist who has been prevented from publishing his memoir as a result of legal action brought by his ex-wife is to ask the supreme court to overturn... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It looks like Zoe Sugg’s bestselling super hit Girl Online may have been written with the help of a ghostwriter – but does that even matter? Teen author Matt Haig makes his case in Zoella’s defenceThis week there has been a lot of debate surrounding the success of make-up vlogger Zoe “Zoella”... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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