Matthew De Abaitua’s Self & I covers the six-month period he spent reading, drinking and rolling ‘special cigarettes’ as assistant to the Booker-shortlisted author in the early 1990sFrom an interview involving shooting whisky bottles and smoking “special” cigarettes to an attempt to take a short cut through Sizewell’s nuclear power stations, the novelist Matthew De Abaitua is set to lift the curtain on the six months he spent as Will Self’s amanuensis in Suffolk 20 years ago.De Abaitua’s memoir Self & I has just been acquired by Aardvark Bureau, a new imprint at independent publisher Gallic Books, which will publish it next May. It details the half-year period in the early 1990s when De Abaitua worked as a live-in assistant for Self: at the time, the novelist had just published My Idea of Fun, while De Abaitua was 21, and had recently completed the creative writing MA at the University of East Anglia. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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As reported by Publishers Weekly earlier this morning, Random House will publish Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, on April 16, 2024. The book will mark Rushdie’s first time speaking at length about the brutal attack he suffered while onstage at the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-11 15:03:03 UTC ]
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The tech company’s latest proposal about generative AI turns copyright law on its head, and could especially hurt smaller content creators, say expertsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPublishers should... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-08 23:00:40 UTC ]
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Paul Reubens 'finished a first draft' of a memoir about his life and career before he died, a representative for the Pee-wee Herman actor has confirmed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-01 18:13:09 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books will publish 'The Woman in Me' on October 24. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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These eight eye-opening graphic nonfiction and memoirs focus on politics and identity, and they're all published in the last few years, including The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-06-22 10:32:00 UTC ]
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In The Race to Be Myself, the Olympian athlete will detail her battle for permission to compete as a woman with hyperandrogenismStormzy’s #Merky Books is to publish Olympian Caster Semenya’s memoir this year.South African athlete Semenya, whose book is titled The Race to Be Myself, was just 18... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-06-02 12:52:34 UTC ]
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Shattered, out in 2024, will expand on the material the Buddha of Suburbia author has been sharing on social media from his hospital bed since a fall in Rome last yearThe novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi will publish a memoir in 2024 about the accident that left him paralysed last year.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-18 11:05:08 UTC ]
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Brittney Griner's memoir is set to be published by Knopf. The memoir will be intimate and moving," and will detail her detainment in Russia. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-04-12 16:24:45 UTC ]
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The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interestPublishers will be clamouring to buy a memoir by Nicola Sturgeon, with any deal expected to involve a six-figure advance, literary agents have... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-18 08:00:35 UTC ]
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'My Name Is Barbra,' the memoir that superstar Barbra Streisand said she's been working on for more than a decade, will be published this fall. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-08 20:02:43 UTC ]
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In ‘one of the greatest tales of the creative life ever told’, the singer, actor and director recounts her life and 60-year career, in which she won scores of awards, many times as the first woman to do soBarbra Streisand will publish her first memoir later this year, her publisher has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-07 16:11:50 UTC ]
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Micro-publisher Martin Riker has just published a novel of his own, 'The Guest Lecture,' that proves fiction can be experimental and rigorous at once. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-26 14:00:20 UTC ]
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The book, which so far has no title or publication date, was announced by publisher William Collins, who did not reveal how much Johnson will be paidA memoir by former prime minister Boris Johnson, covering his years as leader, will be published by HarperCollins, it has been announced.The book,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-16 16:38:43 UTC ]
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A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged incident as consensual. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-12-09 19:13:28 UTC ]
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The book, to be written with her husband Richard Ratcliffe, will detail her six years in prison and the campaign for her releaseNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in jail in Iran, is to write a memoir with her husband Richard Ratcliffe.The book, which is currently untitled, will tell... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-18 09:45:58 UTC ]
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Anne Heche died in August of injuries she sustained from a fiery car crash. She published her first memoir, "Call Me Crazy," in 2001. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-15 21:01:10 UTC ]
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Start Publishing’s Viva Editions imprint will release Anne Heche’s memoir 'Call Me Anne' on January 24. An award-winning actress, Heche died in August in a car crash in Los Angeles just as she was completing the book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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St. Martin's Press will publish former German chancellor Angela Merkel's political memoirs, written with her longtime political advisor Beate Baumann, in the fall of 2024 in the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The book world can be opaque to outsiders. A case offered an unusual glimpse into it, revealing curiosities about the business and details about book deals. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-08-19 14:50:05 UTC ]
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While we do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Skyhorse, publisher of Sandy Hook deniers, anti-vaxxers, January 6th conspiracy theorists, and Woody Allen—their brand is extremely consistent. To wit: they will be publishing another book by disgraced biographer Blake Bailey (they... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-26 20:31:25 UTC ]
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