Why a ‘Strange and Nerdy’ Book About Eels Is Making Waves

Patrik Svensson mixed natural history with memoir for his debut, which has become a surprise best seller and award winner in his native Sweden. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-05-22 09:00:23 UTC ]

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Every Tory MP sent This Is Going to Hurt as reminder of Jeremy Hunt's record

Adam Kay is sending his exposé of life as a junior doctor during the leadership candidate’s time as health secretary to highlight how he ‘left the NHS in tatters’Adam Kay is sending a copy of his bestselling memoir about life as a junior doctor, This Is Going to Hurt, to all 330 Conservative MPs... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-06-12 11:40:05 UTC ]
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Last minute Father’s Day gifts for 7 different kinds of book-loving dads

Books are a go-to gift for Father's Day, but if you rely on chain bookstore displays, you'll probably find a lot of the same things: cookbooks with recipes for grilling obscenely large hunks of meat, ghostwritten memoirs by pro athletes, and techno-thrillers featuring very long descriptions... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-11 17:30:00 UTC ]
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Former NBA star Dwyane Wade to publish a memoir this fall

Newly retired NBA star Dwyane Wade will tell the story of his life and celebrated basketball career in a new memoir. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 17:29:40 UTC ]
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Review: Colin Dayan's 'In the Belly of Her Ghost' exorcises memories of mother after she's gone

Colin Dayan's brief but explosive memoir of her relationship to her mother should find a place among the more indelible life histories of the last several years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-05 16:00:01 UTC ]
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Rob Zabrecky's memoir 'Strange Cures' is an ode to a forgotten L.A.

In musician and magician Rob Zabrecky's new memoir, "Strange Cures," the Los Angeles of the 1980s and early '90s is an alien landscape of raucous underground nightclubs, seedy Hollywood crack dens and low-rent Silver Lake duplexes; and the Valley is a place where errant teens roam free, sans... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-30 18:01:20 UTC ]
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Debbie Harry of Blondie to release her first memoir

Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry will tell the story of her career as a musician and actress in a new memoir set for release this fall. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-30 16:44:35 UTC ]
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Jonas Brothers announce a memoir for fall release

Pop sensations the Jonas Brothers will tell the story of their lives in the music world in a new memoir. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-29 17:59:56 UTC ]
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What We're Reading – April 2019

Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado I've absolutely loved this collection of short stories, which floats between the weird and the queer, passing horror, black comedy and feminism along the way. Doubles and others are especially important: a wife enters her wife’s dream when they... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2019-04-11 08:49:28 UTC ]
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Art Connects Us: Sarah Odedina

As a recipient of the Arts Connects Us Grant I travelled to Ghana and Sierra Leone to meet with writers and publishing professionals working in the field of books for young readers to foster creative and collaborative exchanges between those contacts and publishing professionals and readers in... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2019-03-19 11:10:28 UTC ]
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Endeavour Media: making waves

A year after going into liquidation, digital indie Endeavour Media (the new iteration of Endeavour Press) is "sailing on as before" and now has its sights set on audio. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's new videoconferencing tool encroaches on LogMeIn's turf

Amazon.com became one of the most valuable companies in the world by disrupting other people's businesses — first book stores, then retailers more generally and then large-scale data storage providers (and next maybe blimp operators). With its announcement this week of Chime, a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a new videoconferencing tool, Amazon disrupts the competition (again)

Amazon.com became one of the most valuable companies in the world by disrupting other people's businesses — first book stores, then retailers more generally and then large-scale data storage providers (and next maybe blimp operators). With its announcement this week of Chime, a... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

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Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word or a Boon to the Industry?

A few months ago, after I picked up and devoured a beautifully written memoir by Elisa Hategan and was left with a serious Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2017-01-03 15:48:11 UTC ]
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of June 8, 2015

A new crime series written by a Polish author is making waves this week, along with a Swedish novel that its new U.S. publisher is likening to the podcast phenomenon, Serial. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of May 25, 2015

A Christopher Nolan-esque Argentinean thriller, two literary Spanish novels, a Finnish YA series, and more are making waves in the global rights scene this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades up for book award

Erotic tale earns nomination for the National Book Award, while another surprisingly sexy tale is also making waves in Britain. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

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