Whiskey, the Classic American Drink

Clay Risen, author of the guidebook American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye talks about nostalgia and character. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Havana Book Fair Opens with First Contingent of American Publishers

The 25th annual Havana Book Fair, held February 11-21, opened with a new feature this year: a display of books published by nearly 40 American houses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'To Kill a Mockingbird': Aaron Sorkin will adapt the classic novel for Broadway

A new stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel 'Mockingbird' will reportedly be written by Sorkin. 'Mockingbird' was adapted as an Oscar-winning film in 1962 starring Gregory Peck. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC Books reissues seven Doctor Who 'classics'

BBC Books has reissued seven classic Doctor Who novelisations from the original range by Target Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac launches pocket-sized classics imprint

Pan Macmillan has launched a new hardback classics imprint: Macmillan Collector’s Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age

750 artists redesigned the covers of classic books. Now 50 of them are going on tour. The post Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Yearling to become Virago Modern Classic

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings will become a Virago Modern Classic in September 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Haida's tale: Margaret Atwood helps bring Native American literature to the UK

Robert Bringhurst’s translations of Haida stories in A Story as Sharp as a Knife are published in the UK for the first time, thanks to the Booker winner’s championing of this ‘book of wonders’A book which preserves in print the almost lost oral literature of the Native American Haida people has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Americans are Going to Start Using Adblockers in Next 3 Months, Trade Group Warns

The number of Americans using adblockers will grow over the next three months, according to a report released today by Digital Content Next, a trade group representing online publishers.   The study estimates that about a third of Amer ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'American Horror Story: Hotel' recap: 'She Wants Revenge'

Aren’t we all kind of relieved this episode of "American Horror Story: Hotel" isn’t a flashback? After two consecutive backstory-heavy installments, the prospect of some small amount of forward momentum on existing storylines feels great. There’s probably not a self-help book for this. The... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American debut to Fourth Estate after eight-way auction

HarperCollins imprint Fourth Estate has signed My Absolute Darling, a debut novel from American author Gabriel Tallent, after an eight-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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African-American Publishing, 2015

As race continues to be a hot topic in America, academic presses that have long specialized in African-American nonfiction are finding new opportunities in the trade market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Twain's turkey tale – perhaps the funniest in American literature

What Twain eventually learned, after an interminable time on the trail, is that turkeys have a genius for feigning injury. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Younge's book on American child shootings to Guardian Faber

Guardian Faber has signed a non-fiction title called A Day in the Death of America by the Guardian's editor-at-large Gary Younge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers answer minister's call to offer schools cheap classics

Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’Classic novels such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre should be available in secondary schools for all pupils to read,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FX renews 'American Horror Story' for a sixth installment

They’ve done ghosts and zombies and vampires and ghosts and freaks and witches and also ghosts, but co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk will have to come up with a brand-new spooky concept as FX renews “American Horror Story” for a sixth season. The first four seasons of the popular... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Launches SF/F List Curated by 'Best American' Series Editor

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has unveiled a new line of curated science fiction and fantasy titles. The eponymous line will be overseen by one of the editors of the publisher's Best American series, John Joseph Adams. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American Writers Museum Settles in Chicago

The American Writers Museum, which has been in the planning stages for five years, has leased a space in Chicago and announced that it will open in early 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder to republish 1970s 'classic'

Hodder & Stoughton is to republish its 1970 bestseller The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall, to coincide with the film adaptation to be released in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon

When sickly Bostonian Edward J. O'Brien put together the first "Best American Short Stories" anthology in 1915, short stories were considered junky pop culture. He was hoping that his project would elevate the short-story form. He had no idea he was launching a series that would last a century... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Classic children's books on coding reprogrammed for a new generation

Author Lisa Watts, who helped to teach a generation of children about computers a quarter of a century ago, hopes new books will inspire tomorrow’s programmers“Back in the 1980s, the big question was: what are we going to do with these computers? We were empowered – we had a ZX81 or a BBC Micro... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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