Fashion legend says: 'The living deserve respect. The dead deserve the truth... this will be my story'Doyenne of British fashion Dame Vivienne Westwood, credited with inventing punk style then bringing it to the catwalk, has sold rights to an autobiography. It will be co-written by Ian Kelly, a writer and actor who played Hermione's father in film versions of the chidren's bestseller Harry Potter.Westwood, 72, said: "The living deserve respect. The dead deserve the truth; Ian and I are working together on this and I am excited that this will be my story, the story nobody ever did before."Kelly's previous books include a biography of Beau Brummell, a Regency figure who revolutionised men's fashion, introducing full-length trousers in the place of knee breeches. His 2008 account of the life of legendary lover, traveller and memoirist Casanova won the Sunday Times biography of the year award.Kelly said that he wanted "to tell the truth" about a "warm and witty individual, whose face and clothes are known the world over, but who is also recognisably the Derbyshire primary school teacher who met and fell in love with Malcolm McLaren." The story will be told by Kelly partly through Westwood's own input and partly through contributions from family, friends, and associates including Prince Charles, Jerry Hall, Bob Geldof and Julian Assange.Westwood was born Vivienne Swire in Derbyshire, and moved to London in her late teens. She was married, divorced and was bringing up her... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Girl band Little Mix is releasing a new "behind-the-scenes" autobiography with Penguin this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lenovo's new Yoga Book will be a sleek folding laptop with stunning secrets inside.Opening up the device reveals a big surprise: It has no hard keyboard. The keyboard area instead has a versatile touch panel that turns into a smartphone-like virtual keyboard, a draw pad, or a digital notepad.The... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A driverless air taxi to carry you over traffic in congested urban centers, ordered at the push of a button from your smartphone, may sound like science fiction, but Airbus believes it’s much closer to reality than you think. So close, in fact, that it hopes to test such a vehicle by the end of... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners plan to gather this Saturday to protest the £1m cuts to Lewisham Council’s library budget, which will see staff removed from four libraries across the borough. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sun’s fantasy football site, Dream Team, has been a publisher in its own right for nearly a year. Like other publishers, it’s working out the route to monetizing social video, which means branded content. It has changed several things in its editorial strategy to help build a smoother path... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath-based Parragon plans to “grow significantly” in the next five years, including boosting its business in the US, with a new American publishing team starting up next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing, the English-language book publishing division of Sweden’s Bonnier Group, has formed Bonnier Publishing USA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Derby city council intends to transfer 11 libraries over to volunteers in a bid to save £648,000 - but campaigners say this is the same as "destroying" them. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A spokesperson for Pearson UK has said the company is "80% of the way there and ahead of plan" on its latest job-cutting restructure, as the wider company looks to make £250m annualised cost savings globally this year plus a further £100m in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wrexham Council is scrapping plans to hand over its libraries to a trust after a review revealed it would cost it £200,000 a year less to continue running the facilities itself. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries across the country continue to be threatened with closure, with councils proposing to close 22 venues altogether across Swindon, Gateshead and Coventry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jojo Moyes has toppled clean eating behemoth Joe Wicks, as After You (Penguin), the sequel to bestseller Me Before You (Michael Joseph), sold 53,867 copies for £214,008 to hit the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, according to Nielsen BookScan’s TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attendance at the International Christian Retail Show, held June 26-29 in Cincinnati, fell 29.5% from last year, but the CBA president revealed a new merchandising plan to help boost Christian retailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In early April, Medium, the platform founded by Ev Williams, made a pitch to the publishing community: come to Medium, and we'll help you make money. There's not a publisher these days that isn't looking for new revenue streams, so it's not surprising that nearly 400 publishers have applied to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Publishing Group is planning a "bumper year" for Neil Gaiman with eight titles publishing in 2016, plus a live broadcast event scheduled in London for the publication of The View from the Cheap Seats. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twisted is looking for Facebook food fame. After launching six weeks ago, the London-based food page is getting 220 million views on its videos, according to Tubular Labs. But there are many successful food publishers on Facebook. To differentiate, Twisted looks for oddball combinations like... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told shareholders at the company's annual meeting on Tuesday that the company is "definitely going to open additional stores." Bezos did not, however, specify the number of new outlets Amazon plans to open. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The i’s arts editor Alice Jones has outlined the newspaper’s plans for book reviews under the newspaper’s new ownership. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Heinemann is publishing songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson’s autobiography. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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