The film director’s book Apropos of Nothing was dropped by its US publisher after staff walkouts, but the French publisher says ‘Allen is not Roman Polanski’Woody Allen’s controversial memoir will still be published in France despite its US publisher dropping it, with his French publisher saying that the film director is “not Roman Polanski” and that “the American situation is not ours”.Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing, was acquired last week by Hachette in the US. The move was quickly condemned by the author’s daughter Dylan Farrow, who has alleged that Allen sexually abused her as a child, allegations that Allen has denied. Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, whose book Catch and Kill – also published by Hachette – details his investigations into institutional sexual abuse in the media and Hollywood, also blasted the decision and announced he would no longer work with Hachette. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-03-09 14:57:23 UTC ]
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The novelist Kathryn Davis' memoir, 'Aurelia, Aurélia," is a Virginia Woolf-inspired whoosh of experiences in the aftermath of her husband's death. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 18:31:42 UTC ]
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Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-03-01 14:00:34 UTC ]
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In her new book, Amy Bloom writes about loving her husband and helping him to end his life after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-03-01 10:59:23 UTC ]
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Tell me about it, stud: Here are 12 exciting upcoming 2022 memoirs full of hot goss and amazing stories for you to add to your TBRs, including Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-02-28 11:37:00 UTC ]
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Until I was five years old, my mother and I lived with her parents in Flatbush, Brooklyn. We never talked about my father. We never said his name, which meant that we never said my full name, Sherry Zimmerman. I first saw my full name written out in an inscription in a children’s alphabet book […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-28 09:49:55 UTC ]
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In “One Damn Thing After Another,” the former attorney general suggests that Republicans move past Donald Trump and his “madcap rhetoric,” but saves his harshest words for the former president’s critics. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-02-27 19:50:52 UTC ]
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Interview: A new event—the in-person Paris Book Market—leads BIEF's spring calendar in French publishing-rights activities. The post Rights Edition: Nicolas Roche on BIEF’s New ‘Books From France’ and Paris Book Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-25 17:34:51 UTC ]
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Pop star’s memoir was subject of a massive bidding war, and comes weeks after she sent a cease-and-desist letter to her sister over her own autobiographyBritney Spears has landed a “record-breaking” publishing deal for a tell-all memoir about her rise to fame, her relationship with her family... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-02-22 01:12:57 UTC ]
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In the wake of the end of Britney Spears's 13 year long conservatorship, she is writing her own tell-all memoir. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-02-21 19:29:55 UTC ]
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Now here’s a celebrity memoir to get excited about. Elliot Page, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated star of Juno, Inception, and The Umbrella Academy, is currently working on his first memoir, which is due to be published by Flatiron in 2023. According to the publisher’s announcement, the memoir... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-02-18 17:08:00 UTC ]
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The memoir will delve into Page’s relationship with his body and his experiences as one of the most famous trans people in the world. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2022-02-17 20:19:36 UTC ]
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Iowa's Ice Cube Press finished 2021, its 30th anniversary, with a solid increase in sales over 2020. Steve Semken started the press to showcase local Iowa stories as well publishing books that document changes in rural America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Images are the perfect lexicon for Trump to articulate a fantastical revision of his four chaotic years in office. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-02-11 20:56:44 UTC ]
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In 'Home/Land: A Memoir of Departure and Return,' Rebecca Mead, who returned to England after decades as an expat, asks what it means to be home. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-09 14:00:23 UTC ]
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When Roku and Nielsen struck a strategic alliance last March, users of connected TV's most popular platform were promised a major advertising upgrade. Roku, whose platform now has 56.4 million active accounts, is adding Nielsen's Digital Ad Ratings audience guarantees to its ad platform OneView,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-02-01 14:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has landed Marvel star Simu Liu's "honest and inspiring" memoir. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-31 16:51:25 UTC ]
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Stephen Rubin, a consulting publisher at Simon & Schuster US, has written a behind the scenes memoir, Words and Music: Confessions of an Optimist, to be published by Applause Books in the US in January 2023. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-24 03:29:19 UTC ]
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I should preface this by saying that I’m a big fan of Steph Curry. He’s indisputably the greatest shooter of all time. He’s done more to revolutionize the game (for both good and ill I would argue, but that’s a discussion for another day…) than any other player of his generation. He proved the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-01-14 18:13:15 UTC ]
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