What Are We Saying When We Grant a Movie ‘Universal’ Status?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a critic praising Lulu Wang’s The Farewell must describe it as “universal.” A close cousin to “accessible,” “anyone,” “everybody,” and “all families,” the word “universal” is used especially often to applaud the wide reach of culturally specific films like The Farewell, in which a Chinese American woman grapples […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-13 08:48:08 UTC ]
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Movie animal trainer Tottman pens series for Sphere

Movie animal trainer Julie Tottman has signed with Sphere to author two books, about two of the deserving animals she has rescued, loved and trained to appear in films over the past 20 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 21:16:42 UTC ]
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Society of Authors gives £185,000 in grants to writers

The Society of Authors (SoA) had awarded grants totalling £185,000 to writers including Derek Owusu and John Mapanje for their works in progress. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 14:46:48 UTC ]
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Waterstones closes university branches in Hull and Essex

Waterstones has announced its branches at Hull University and Essex University will not reopen and are to close permanently. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-02 19:59:27 UTC ]
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Mistry and Marleau promoted at Hardie Grant

Hardie Grant Books has announced a series of promotions, including Kajal Mistry's elevation to publisher and Eve Marleau's move to commissioning editor.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-02 17:14:44 UTC ]
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OECD wins University Press Redux Sustainability Award

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is the first recipient of the University Press Redux Sustainability Award, for its digital discovery tool SDG Pathfinder.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 00:46:47 UTC ]
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$3.5 Million in Grants Available for Nonprofit Publishers, Lit Orgs

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided $3.5 million to support the establishment of the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, which will support nonprofit literary publishers and organizations with $5,000-$50,000 emergency grants. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces €4 Million German Federal Grant

Stand fees will be reduced by up to 50 percent and digital development will be supported by funds from Germany's 'Neustart Kultur' stimulus package. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces €4 Million German Federal Grant appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-10 11:29:18 UTC ]
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Charlie Kaufman’s debut novel, ‘Antkind,’ is just as loopy and clever as his movies

The 720-page book by the writer of “Being John Malkovich” may be long but it’s never dull. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-09 15:28:19 UTC ]
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David Starkey dropped by publisher and university positions after racist remarks

HarperCollins will no longer publish books by the historian and is reviewing his backlist after he said ‘slavery was not genocide’HarperCollins has dropped David Starkey as an author, saying that the racist views the bestselling historian expressed in a recent interview were “abhorrent”.On... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-03 11:40:12 UTC ]
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Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Blocking Trump’s Niece's Memoir

In a victory for President Trump, New York State Supreme Court justice Hal B. Greenwald has issued an order to show cause and a temporary restraining order blocking publication of Mary L. Trump's forthcoming tell-all, 'Too Much and Never Enough.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hope you like horrifying CGI, because we’re getting an Animorphs movie.

After spending the week getting destroyed by Gen Z on TikTok, here’s some good news for millennials: every 90s kid’s favorite portmanteau-titled book series is finally(?) getting a film adaptation. For the unacquainted(/Irish), the Animorphs were a scrappy gang of teens who, according to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-18 18:44:19 UTC ]
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Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research

Today’s deal between the University of California and publisher Springer Nature is a big milestone on the path to dismantling paywalls around academic journals. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2020-06-16 15:00:00 UTC ]
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University of California, Springer Nature Sign Groundbreaking Open Access Deal

The University of California announced a groundbreaking open access publishing agreement with leading academic publisher Springer Nature, the largest open access agreement in North America to date, and the first for Springer Nature in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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ACE reveals it has granted nearly £2.5m to 'literature' sector in emergency fund

Arts Council England has revealed its emergency response funding breakdown, with a £2,463,882 grant to the successful individuals and organisations that applied from the literature discipline.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 18:27:48 UTC ]
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‘Valley of the Dolls’ may be the best bad movie — and novel. A new book explores Jacqueline Susann’s cult hit.

Stephen Rebello’s “Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!” is a more than just a gossipy look at the making of the film everyone loves to hate. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-12 12:12:21 UTC ]
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Asurion creates data-science scholarship at historically black university

One of Nashville’s largest privately owned companies is launching an initiative aimed at bringing more diversity into the tech industry.  Asurion has donated $200,000 to create a new data-science scholarship at historically black Fisk University in Nashville, according to a news release.  The... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-09 17:16:57 UTC ]
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Blackwell's to close five university branches following Covid-19 crisis

Blackwell's is closing five of its university campus branches to "protect the future health" of its business following the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-01 17:14:38 UTC ]
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2020 Amazon Literary Partnership Grant Recipients Announced

The Amazon Literary Partnership has announced $1 million in grant funding to 66 organizations across the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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University Presses must 'be part of solution' for Covid-hit institutions

University Presses need to make sure their institution's senior management teams think of them as part of the solution to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, a University Press Redux Online webinar heard last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-25 18:15:39 UTC ]
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In Elisabeth Thomas’s ‘Catherine House,’ an exclusive university harbors sinister secrets

With its cultlike fixation on control, it’s clear from the outset that something is deeply wrong with Catherine House. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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