Waterstones is set to open a store in Welwyn Garden City next month after being “petitioned” by the town’s residents. The chain will open a branch in Howardsgate on 25th July, with a special Peter Rabbit family fun day. The shop will include a cafe as well as a stock of close to 20,000 titles. Waterstones m.d, James Daunt, said: “We are very pleased to have found such a nicely sized and well positioned shop in which to restore to Welwyn Garden City a dedicated bookshop. “We have been assiduously petitioned over the last year by Welwyn readers to open in the town and it i Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The purchase of Meredith Corp.'s magazine publishing operations is expected to close by the end of the year. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2021-10-06 23:04:39 UTC ]
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Shah Muhammad Rais, who was made famous in The Bookseller of Kabul, has vowed to keep his bookshop open, despite having had only two customers since the Taliban retook the country in the middle of August. Founded in 1974 Rais’s store has seen regimes (along with foreign powers) come and go, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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After a gripping opening, Jon McGregor’s novel turns into a meditation on language and caregiving. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Submissions are now open for the 2021 Barbellion Prize, launched last year for the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-24 09:04:18 UTC ]
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The children's publisher Kids Can Press has partnered with Nelvana to develop content from Black writers, submissions opening now. The post Canada’s Kids Can Press Opens a ‘Black Write’ Incubator with Nelvana appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-16 14:11:34 UTC ]
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Postponed for three weeks on the order of health authorities, the Beijing International Book Fair is running this week. The post Beijing International Book Fair Now Open, After COVID-19 Delay appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-09-15 17:29:36 UTC ]
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Sally Rooney’s latest novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) is already the biggest-selling hardback fiction title of 2021 at Waterstones after just three days on sale, the chain's m.d. James Daunt has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Peninsula Press has opened submissions for fiction this September, inviting writers to enter their work for the chance to be part of the publisher's "experimental, boundary-pushing" list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Children's publisher Chicken House is opening submissions for finished or unfinished children's novels for a period of 24 hours, inviting selected writers to gain mentorship from its editors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Fifty bookshops, including independents and selected Waterstones across the UK and Ireland, are opening early on 7th September to mark the publication of Sally Rooney's new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Amazon plans to open several large physical retail locations in the US that will operate like department stores, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-20 23:13:54 UTC ]
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The US online storytelling subsidiary of China's COL Digital Publishing Group announces gamification techniques for user-generated content. The post ChineseALL USA’s ‘Crazy Maple Studio’ Opens a ‘Gamification Platform’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-16 22:46:28 UTC ]
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More than 60 bookshops launched in the UK and Ireland in the past 18 months – but who would open one in a pandemic? We asked five to share their stories, while bestselling author Val McDermid remembers the bookshops of her youthWhen I was growing up in a small Scottish town, we had a bookshop... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-08-15 11:00:06 UTC ]
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In unsparing detail, the “Ten Thousand Saints” author chronicles life with a chronically ill husband. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-12 12:00:00 UTC ]
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An open letter, signed by more than 150 figures from the book industry, has condemned the abuse suffered by Monisha Rajesh, Professor Sunny Singh and Chimene Suleyman following their criticisms of Kate Clanchy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-11 17:31:27 UTC ]
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An independent bookshop spotlighting women’s writing is opening in Edinburgh today (6th August), inspired by a successful book club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 19:47:21 UTC ]
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“Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows” and “Empire’s Eagles: The Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America” show unexpected sides of the military upstart Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-04 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The seventh annual PW Star Watch is now open for nominations. The deadline for nominations is September 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road Integrated Media has acquired Bloodhound Books, a U.K.-based publisher of e-books and print titles. Founded in 2014, Bloodhound has a backlist of about 600 fiction titles, and has sold approximately six million copies of its books worldwide. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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