Dave Eggers partners with illustrator Tucker Nichols on a new children's book detailing the Golden Gate Bridge's surprising color history.Imagine this: It's 1933 and construction has begun on the world's longest and tallest suspension bridge over the Golden Gate Strait, the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Years of planning, rigorous engineering, and debate have gone into the design. The 80 miles of galvanized steel needed for the two main towers of the bridge have been ordered, as well as the 1.2 million steel rivets that will hold the bridge together. Workers have started to plunge the towers into the foundation in the sea floor, and yet, there's one important detail still missing. The color.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators announced its annual Golden Kite Awards on February 24, along with the annual Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Washington state–based independent publisher has assembled a celebratory poetry anthology, ‘A House Called Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Poetry,’ that reintroduces milestone works by the press's many beloved poets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2023 Golden Globes nominations today. Streaming services dominated television categories, while direct-to-streaming films were recognized as well. Netflix and HBO Max had the best showings among streamers, tallying 14 television... Continue reading at Engadget
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Photographer Carell Augustus' book recasts classic Hollywood films with Black actors. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-10-04 21:56:02 UTC ]
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It seems like everyone (ahem) has a summer reading list for you this week—even Bill Gates. As you probably know, Gates loves to read—and he also loves to write about books on his blog, GatesNotes, where today he published a list of his recommendations for the season. But don’t expect any beach... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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"Bitter Orange Tree," written by Jokha Alharthi and translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth, offers a moving portrait of an Omani woman grieving and struggling to find her way in a British university. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Lawrence Jackson grew up in a mostly Black neighborhood, Park Heights; now he lives in a mostly White one, Homeland. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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“The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.” I’ve always found these words by E.L. Doctorow a compelling argument for the unique power of fiction to enliven the past. Yet when thinking about the lives of people of color in America, you can’t count on... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-04-29 08:49:53 UTC ]
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L.A. transplant Stanley Rose's short-lived 1930s bookstore and boozy backroom became a literary haven for Chandler, Fante, Faulkner, West and many more. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Rather than reveal this year's Golden Kite Award winners during its winter conference, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators presented the awards in a stand-alone program on March 15; the event featured remarks from National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A memoir by a man who has drawn caricatures for the greatest editors is a treasure trove of the American mid-century modernAt 92, Edward Sorel is the grand old man of New York magazines. For 60 years, his blistering caricatures have lit up the pages of Harper’s, the Atlantic, Esquire, Time,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Scholastic has landed a new Tom Gates book by Liz Pichon which aims to get everyone drawing in the UK as part of a national campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-13 08:19:08 UTC ]
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IVP is addressing misunderstandings and cross-discipline tension with two complementary volumes: 'Five Things Theologians Wish Biblical Scholars Knew' by Hans Boersma and 'Five Things Biblical Scholars Wish Theologians Knew' by Scot McKnight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The ’80s and ’90s were great time to be a manga fan. For your retro-reading pleasure, here are the best story arcs from manga’s golden age, including the Martial Arts Figure Skating Arc from Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi. Continue reading at Book Riot
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How often do we hear an engineer’s voice in books? Roma Agrawal and her critically-acclaimed Built - The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures (Bloomsbury Press), comes to mind, but I’m struggling to think of many others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A book series from Penguin will feature leading writers on the legacy of Black figures including W.E.B. DuBois, John Hope Franklin, Toni Morrison and Stevie Wonder. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-10-20 13:00:14 UTC ]
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Melinda French Gates will launch Moment of Lift Books, a new nonfiction imprint, at Flatiron Books. The imprint's first three titles are due in 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Quibi tried and failed to create much of a buzz last year with its mobile video streaming service. But there was at least one thing from the ill-fated platform that went viral: a scene from a show where Rachel Brosnahan, of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel fame, plays a woman with a golden arm. You'll... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-09-29 16:00:04 UTC ]
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An author’s historical fiction novel connects the past with the present. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates have won the Richard Jefferies Society & the White Horse Bookshop's Literary Prize for nature writing with their book Orchard: A Year in England's Eden (William Collins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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