May 21, 2019
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1. Sally Rooney trumps Michelle Obama to book of the year title 2. New Booker Prize sponsors Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Hayman make Sunday Times Rich List 3. George RR Martin scorns ‘absurd’ claims he’s finished writing Game of Thrones … Continue reading
September 4, 2018
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1. Amazon removes blueprint for a 3-D-printed gun that was uploaded in book form 2. Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp sells publishing, film rights for first book 3. Libraries in Kerala devastated by floods 4. J.R.R. Tolkien’s final posthumous book … Continue reading
June 5, 2018
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1. Golden Man Booker Prize shortlist 2. Original Winnie-the-Pooh map to be auctioned in London 3. Chuck Palahniuk ‘close to broke’ as agent’s accountant faces fraud charges 4. New publisher plans to offer budding authors £24,000 salary 5. AI-Generated Harry … Continue reading
November 14, 2017
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1. Macmillan’s Pronoun Self-Publishing Platform Signs Off 2. Netflix Gets Into The Comic Book Publishing Game With Mark Millar’s ‘The Magic Order’ 3. Tencent’s online publishing arm set to raise $1B in Hong Kong IPO 4. Harry Potter Coming to the Real World via … Continue reading
August 15, 2017
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1. JK Rowling’s return to Harry Potter makes her world’s richest author in 2017 2. Audiobooks for dogs? 3. Shocking figures: US academics find ‘dramatic’ growth of swearing in books 4. Not the Booker shortlist 5. German kids choose books over YouTube
May 23, 2017
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1.The Orwell prize for books 2017 shortlist 2.Burglars steal Harry Potter prequel written on postcard 3.George RR Martin says Game of Thrones spin-offs will all be prequels – and announces a fifth 4.Channel 4 Acquires MGM’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ for … Continue reading
December 5, 2016
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While history can not hide the truth, books can make the truth bearable. Nidhi spoke about The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. The story revolves around the life of Kamila Sidiqi, a woman who lives through the Taliban … Continue reading
November 14, 2016
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Not surprisingly some graphic novels and fantasy made an appearance at this BYOB Party. Siddharth got Green Lantern/ New Gods Godhead by Robert Venditti. To understand Green Lantern, you need to know a lot of back story. For instance you … Continue reading
October 20, 2016
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In Books for Life by Adam Gidwitz talks about the secret appeal of some books. Why are some books always on the bestseller lists? We now have algorithms that can predict how well a book can sell and what kind … Continue reading
August 9, 2016
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1.Done with Harry Potter 2.Game of Thrones illustrated version coming soon 3.29 Publishers shut in Turkey 4.Michael Crichton fans, watch out for new book in 2017 5.Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins into world’s richest author list