We need more modesty, more money and more collaboration

We are in a time of major change – following the brutal, televised murder of George Floyd – and it goes without saying that the book trade supports a movement that must succeed in establishing once and for all that black lives matter. For my new book, Slow Road to San Francisco, I drove from East to West coast stopping frequently to take the pulse of Trump's America, and I have never been so aware of the need and hunger for change - in the media, in politics, in society, in the book trade. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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