Wattpad, an online writing and reading community, has acquired the Red Room, an online community originally described as a “Facebook for authors.” The site will be subsumed into Wattpad. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Footwear Plus and 103-year-old Earnshaw's magazines join Wainscot's growing roster of titles. The post Wainscot Media Acquires Pair of Fashion Industry B2B Magazines appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-28 20:57:54 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has landed the memoir of "Porridge" and "The Likely Lads" screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 09:14:50 UTC ]
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Quercus has acquired the “provocative” 28-day guide to anti-racism and recognising white privilege by Layla Saad. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 07:07:07 UTC ]
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RED Production Company has optioned Everywoman: One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth (Random House) by Labour MP Jess Phillips, to be developed into a TV drama. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 02:36:52 UTC ]
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David Higham Associates has selected a 12-strong shortlist of authors to attend its second open day for writers from under-represented backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 13:34:49 UTC ]
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Without George RR Martin, the last seasons of the TV spectacular lost their way, says the Observer columnist and GoT enthusiastGame of Thrones final episode review – epic ending corrects some major wrongsThe failure of the final season of Game of Thrones has its cheerful side. Despite the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-19 08:00:13 UTC ]
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Andrew Holgate reflects on Sally Rooney's meteoric—and well deserved—rise to the top, after second novel Normal People scooped the Book of the Year prize at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Wednesday, May 29, from 2:00-3:00 p.m., join Sourcebooks in the Librarians' Lounge (booth 557) to meet the author famous for explaining big ideas to little kids. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s has acquired a YA novel by Akwaeke Emezi, whose adult book Freshwater (Faber) was longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s a lot of debate about diversity in publishing—but how exactly can working class writers overcome the barriers? Kia Abdullah offers five tools that made a difference for her. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion's immersive events space The Incident Room will run in tandem with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival's main programme to deliver exclusive events with some of the publisher's authors, including Ian Rankin and Steve Cavanagh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Library has welcomed 38 authors onto its inaugural Emerging Writers Programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of Spain's most prominent independent houses, Ediciones Salamandra brings some 500 authors to Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. The post Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Acquires Ediciones Salamandra appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers will play at Glastonbury, in what lead singer Val McDermid described as “a bit like a fairy story”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The hunt is on for up-and-coming writers who could scoop this year’s £1,000 Guardian/Fourth Estate prize A Chinese villager with no arms becomes a Paralympian swimming champion; a dapper elderly Jamaican spends New Year’s Eve in a south London police cell under suspicion of domestic abuse; a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spread the Word has urged for greater investment in under-represented authors from the trade, as it reopens its London Writers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ambitious proposal echoes the legendary 1930s-era New Deal project that employed such greats as Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, and Zora Neale Hurston. Any collective plan to avert planetary disaster will first need to harness the full powers of storytelling and mythology if it’s going to stand... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad Studios' screen development portfolio adds France's Lagardère Studios, a sister company to Hachette Livre. The post France’s Lagardère Studios Announces a Book-to-Screen Deal With Wattpad appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning Pages Bookshop in east London is opening a sister shop, dedicated to titles by women and non-binary writers, in the former space of French-English bookshop Caravansérail. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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