First published 13 years ago, Phoebe Gloeckner’s acclaimed graphic novel 'Diary of a Teenage Girl' is getting a new, revised edition in anticipation of the August release of an independent film based on the book. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rolf Grisebach has become the chair of classical music publishers Edition Peters. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 14:31:49 UTC ]
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Survival mode; that’s how lockdown began for me, coming, as it did, off the back of two close family tragedies - the loss of both of my sisters in February and March respectively. “If only,” one family gag went, “we can get through April without anybody kicking the bucket we’ll be okay.” Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 19:53:35 UTC ]
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Taika Waititi’s production company Piki Films has optioned New Zealand writer Tina Makereti’s novel The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke (Lightning Books, 2019) for adaptation as a feature film. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 17:50:39 UTC ]
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I have always had an interesting relationship with books as a result of my dyslexia. As a child I hated reading and it was not until I was fifteen that I started to enjoy it. I decided I wanted to work in publishing, which felt like a pipe dream for several years. So, when I got my job at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-24 06:28:10 UTC ]
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Jill Wine-Banks tells of her role as a young lawyer working with Archibald Cox during the trials of those involved in the Watergate cover-up. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-18 21:48:36 UTC ]
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Jill Wine-Banks tells of her role as a young lawyer working with Archibald Cox during the trials of those involved in the Watergate cover-up. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-18 21:48:36 UTC ]
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Jill Wine-Banks tells of her role as a young lawyer working with Archibald Cox during the trials of those involved in the Watergate cover-up. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-18 21:48:36 UTC ]
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It may come as a surprise, but when I heard about the lockdown, the anxiety that the world seemed to be feeling did not grip me. I never felt worried or confined by the limitations placed on us. For introvert like me, it felt like a long weekend with the same cycle of activities consisting of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 05:58:38 UTC ]
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Invisibility is part and parcel of being a ghostwriter. But somehow I’ve felt it more acutely during lockdown. In normal times, on publication of a book I’ve ghosted, there’s the launch party to which I am invited as ‘part’ of the publishing team, or a place around the table at the celebratory... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 18:28:32 UTC ]
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It was Sunday 22nd March when I emailed Carrie, my literary agent, telling her I’d had an idea in the bath and although it felt far-fetched, I wanted to explore it and could she please call me on Monday for a quick chat. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-12 11:19:54 UTC ]
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At some point or another most apprentices will have suffered from an inferiority complex. Caught in a no man’s land between employed and yet not fully employed, we occupy a precarious position. So when the coronavirus pandemic hit home, quite literally, you can imagine how that voice which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 23:02:05 UTC ]
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As Sanaë Lemoine’s debut novel progresses, its narrator falls increasingly in thrall to the only people who seem interested in her inner life. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-09 19:07:44 UTC ]
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After six years and 40 issues, The California Sunday Magazine is saying goodbye to print. The bimonthly title produced by parent company Pop-Up Magazine Productions, which in its relatively short life has garnered national acclaim for its design, photography and long-form feature writing, will... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-08 20:18:29 UTC ]
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“The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope,” by C.W. Grafton, first published in 1943, is an offbeat, old-school suspense story. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-05 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish The Cummings Files: Confidential–Thoughts, Ideas, Actions by Dominic Cummings, written by Arthur Mathews. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 11:59:15 UTC ]
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If you’d asked me how I was coping a month ago, the truth would have been not so well actually. I let the anxiety that so many of us have been feeling overwhelm me, and I was tired of all the Zoom. SO TIRED. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 17:53:34 UTC ]
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Warner Bros. film JUST MERCY, based on the nonfiction book by Bryan Stevenson, is available for free streaming in the month of June. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-03 13:32:47 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions is embarking on a new audiobook programme, starting with its first two audiobooks produced in house in partnership with Cast Iron. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-03 02:23:23 UTC ]
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I have a clear memory of the day that Covid-19 became a reality to me. My daughter, Matilda, was five months old, and Katie Espiner, MD of Orion, had just told me two things: that Hachette were planning to trial a full company work from home day, and that Italian book sales had dropped... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 18:59:04 UTC ]
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Agents are often described as friends and therapists as well as a tough negotiators. The former really came into its own when COVID-19 hit. We work solely for our clients; we are the somewhat invisible middlemen (or women) whose role it is to put our authors’ needs first. But a global pandemic... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 12:50:32 UTC ]
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