Day: August 31, 2017

John Lennon's 'Imagine' Now a Picture Book

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John Lennon's 'Imagine' Now a Picture Book

Frances Lincoln Children's Books in the U.K. is the originating publisher of Imagine, said Clarion senior editor Lynne Polvino, noting that Clarion has
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Caxton's primed balance sheet

he book printing division benefited from increased demand from educational publishers, based on a big increase in spending on text books by the
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New Kids' and YA Books: Week of September 4, 2017

Hitting shelves next week are a picture book in which a familiar 'fraidy-cat returns, a middle grade novel about the imaginations of the Brontë siblings,
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In Brief: August 31, 2017

Pictured is the NYC book publishing team, adult and children's, along with the first Rodale Kids titles, publishing this fall. Attendees also took home
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Candlewick Focuses on Branding at 25

Taken together, sales of books that were on the press's very first list in … have helped make Candlewick the largest independent children's publisher in
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Children's Books Celebrating Milestones in 2017

2017 represents a landmark year for a spate of children's books. From a decade in print for Cassandra Clare's YA fantasy City of Bones series, the
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Litfest: Nate Perlmeter's story 'Pretty Girl' shows that music and friends can be dangerous

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Litfest: Nate Perlmeter's story 'Pretty Girl' shows that music and friends can be dangerous

Teachers, parents and students, keep us informed about creative writing contests and projects and write to us at culture@montclairlocal.news.
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Amazon's discounts have minimal impact on Whole Foods prices, analysts say

… and found prices to be unchanged. In other words: While Amazon did cut prices on some staple products, it left many of its best sellers untouched.
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Beverly Public Library news

In this free workshop, participants will explore the art and craft of writing, using unique creative writing prompts to keep that pen moving. The library is
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In Memoriam: Jeremy Simon

His friends and faculty remembered Simon as a creative thinker, an avid writer and a genuine friend, even after he left Kenyon in the fall of 2016.
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eBay Promoted Listings Makes Regular Listings Harder to Find?

If a potential buyer on eBay cannot be shown all the best purchase options, the site is disservicing BOTH customers and sellers (who are also their
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BMG Music Parent Reports First Half 2017 Revenues Rise

BMG MUSIC GROUP parent company BERTELSMANN has reported financial … as well as the music publishing company MAGIC MUSTANG MUSIC.
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Collaborative exhibition opens at Isla Center

EXHIBITION: An opening reception for the collaborative project, “UOG Poetry Broadsides: A Printmaking and Creative Writing Collaboration and Print
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Let DirtyBird's Ciszak prepare you for Imagine Music Festival [Exclusive mix]

… as his tracks, “I Want” and “La Bomba” are some of DirtyBird's and Beatport's best sellers. Obviously, you'll be able to hear him live at IMF, but before
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Boulder's Sphero unveils new Star Wars droids

Boulder-based robotics company Sphero has unveiled new toys sure to be best-sellers this holiday season. Star Wars fans snapped up over a million
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Shane Koyczan comes to the Rockwood

That's what world-renowned spoken word artist, poet and author Shane Koyczan, is bringing to … Stanley holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.
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NetworkNewsWire Announces Publication Highlighting Innovative Public FINTECH Companies

The publication, titled, “Standout Fintech Companies Disrupt the Financial Services Landscape,” discusses several public companies carving out their
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Book tours are testing ground for 2020 race

Warren's “This Fight is Our Fight” reached the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list for hardcover and remained on the list for several weeks
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Double-Check Those "Best Seller" Tags on Amazon

Gaming Amazon's popularity ranking system and taking over the “Best Seller” tag—arguably a pretty important marker when it comes to buying
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Texas Tech and OLLI Kick Off Fall Semester for Senior Learners

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's newly appointed board members invite the public to an event Sept. 9 kicking off the fall semester with a former U.S.
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Zadie Smith wins CCNY's Langston Hughes Medal

She is a tenured professor of creative writing at New York University. … The Langston Hughes Medal is awarded to highly distinguished writers from
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Duarte's prestigious California School of the Arts is now open. Here's an inside look.

Under those categories, students can specialize in everything from creative writing to set design. For students who envision a future in the arts, the
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NICK STROBEL: Eclipse still looms over our thoughts

I've tried to describe it with words like “magnificently awesome” and “numinous” but my creative writing skills are not up to the task. I'm reminded of a
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The Wooden Spoon: Learning the truth leads to zucchini soup

Last week, I received a birthday card and a well-worn copy of the “New Delineator Recipes” book put out in 1930 by the Butterick Publishing Co.
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London Startup Uses Technology To Open Up The World Of Book Publishing

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London Startup Uses Technology To Open Up The World Of Book Publishing

Book publishing is becoming ever more so fixated on celebrities, noted authors, and influencers. Those who cannot command an audience before the
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Associate Editor / Children's Books

The associate editor will be an integral part of launching the children's book list at Page Street Publishing, distributed by Macmillan and named by
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Book sale scheduled

THOMASTON — A book sale will be held Sunday, September 10, starting at 10 a.m. in front of the Thomaston Public Library, 248 Main Street.
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Use my creative writing skills to your advantage

Writing with an ease and flow, not only requires the coherence in the ideas but also demands eloquence in the discourse. Writing skill has always…
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North Korea sentences South Korean reporters to death over review of book about country

SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean court sentenced two South Korean journalists and their publishers to death for “seriously insulting the dignity” of
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Times Group Books wins Excellence in Book Production Award

NEW DELHI: Times Group Books, which is the publishing division of The Times of India, has won the 2017 Excellence in Book Production Award at
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Meet the award-winning Penn lecturer with a 20-year history of advocating for black arts

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Meet the award-winning Penn lecturer with a 20-year history of advocating for black arts

As a schoolgirl in West Philadelphia, Penn Lecturer in Creative Writing Lorene Cary never thought she would be honored by the city for her work.
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How LA writer Ben Loory came to write his odd, beloved fables

The city at night is a city through the looking glass, perfect for writing, … penning his first short story at 34 after enrolling in a creative writing class at the
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So You're Thinking about a Low-Residency MFA

Low Residency MFA's in Creative Writing offer students a chance to study and practice writing without having to move or quit their jobs. There are
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Emrys Foundation raising money for Harvey relief

The Emrys Foundation will present Writers Helping Houston, a literary reading … Gould, who's chairman of the creative writing department at the South
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Manhattanville to hold food justice festival

A three-hour writing workshop called “Food for Thought,” for writers … Lori Soderlind, director of M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program at Manhattanville.
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PHOTO: Eighth-grader Jakeim Williams wins creative writing contest

Eighth-grader Jakeim Williams recently won the 2017 Creative Writing Summer Contest hosted by Timothy Walker Sr. of CitiTrends and Statesville
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Pathkeepers for Indigenous Knowledge, Hosts 5th Annual Native Youth Leadership Camp

Camp activities included exploring artistic expression like beading, Native flute, storytelling and Native logic and creative writing; Native horse culture;
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Author Nana Nkweti Kicks off Philip Roth Residency with On-campus Reading

Nkweti has begun a four-month stay in Bucknell's Poet's Cottage as the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing. “Coming to Bucknell and being part of
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The Women Of Democratic Socialism Prove The Movement Isn't Just A Bunch Of Angry White Guys

When Erin Goudreau began her freshman year at the University of Montana in Missoula, she registered for English and creative writing classes, but
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MSC Southeast adds psychology and creative writing

The college will also offer a 16-credit creative writing certificate designed for aspiring authors. The program, which is taught completely online,
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A different drummer: Claude Ranger's impact on Canadian jazz was deep. Then he disappeared.

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A different drummer: Claude Ranger's impact on Canadian jazz was deep. Then he disappeared.

… neglected – is such that, after having published ten titles with conventional companies, he has gone the self-publishing route with the new book.
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Indie Bestsellers for the week of Aug. 27

The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern
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The most popular backpack in Utah

Jet.com recently pulled together the most popular backpack sold in each state, showing the best-selling backpack brands for every continental state
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Entertainment Briefs – Aug. 31

Books cover of every genre and interest, from do it yourself to self-help to the latest best sellers and award winners will be on sale. The books will
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Amazon's discounts didn't make Whole Foods cheaper overall, analysts say

In other words: While Amazon did cut prices on some staple products, it left many of its best sellers untouched. “While we believe Amazon will
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Lush Is Discontinuing 29 Items in 2017, So Shop While You Can

There are even some best-sellers leaving the shop, including the Blackberry Bath Bomb, the Dreamwash Shower Smoothie, and two different flavors
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An Oral History of the World's Most Instagrammable Straw Hat

Like Halo Top and Glossier before it, this summer the Out of Office straw hat … Buppert: Best-sellers these days are probably Out of Office and Beach
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Angola: Book Crónica Do Bar Dos Canalhas to Be Released in Brazil

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Angola: Book Crónica Do Bar Dos Canalhas to Be Released in Brazil

Luanda — The book entitled “Crónica do Bar dos Canalhas”, to be released on September 7 in Brazil by the Drago Publishers at the Bienal of Rio de
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Annual gardening book donation

The Germantown Garden Club's annual gardening book donation to the … for Best Garden Book of 2016 from the Independent Publishers Awards.
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BISG Changes Governing Structure

The Association Advisory Council will be comprised of any book publishing industry association that wants to join. The objective is to create a venue
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Imaginary Mother or Real Mom? Hybrid Memoir to be Released on Memoir Day, August 31st

“It's a thrill to resurrect this wonderful press with its rich history,” Fahey … whose Australia-based publishing company Vine Leaves Press (http://www.
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Reflections on the history of ethics at Poynter

In 1980, the Washington Post published a story about an 8-year-old heroin addict. The paper won a Pulitzer Prize and returned it when the story
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'Aquaman' Star Willem Dafoe Discusses Working With Marvel And The DCEU

… with both Marvel and DC, the acclaimed actor has a few thoughts to share about what it was like to work for two biggest comic book publishers today
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Texas Teacher Launches Hurricane Harvey Book Club to Help Children

Many people in the Houston area are stepping up to assist their fellow residents as best they can while storms batter the region—including Kathryn
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Digital books make up just 1.1% of Brazil publishing market

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Digital books make up just 1.1% of Brazil publishing market

A study by the Foundation for Economic Research (Fipe) has revealed that 2.7 million digital books were sold in Brazil in 2016. The market turnover
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Articles

Fitreena Anis Amran, Ikhwan Sani Mohamad, Maya Mazuwin, Syed Hassan Syed Aziz, Zaidi Zakaria, Imran Abd Khalid Pages: 28-30 Published
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Stiffer penalties await publishers of fake news

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law amendments in the Revised Penal Code, which includes imposing stiffer penalties on publishing false
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Publishing national chemotherapy data has helped NHS hospitals improve treatment

It's often research into new drugs that makes headlines. But examining routine data can also help doctors continually improve how they use treatments
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People, Etc.

At Random House Children's, Stephanie McKinley has been promoted to senior digital developer; Kelly Mcgauley is now senior marketing manager,
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GDS promises to resume publishing quarterly Digital Marketplace spend data

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is due to resume publishing spend data for the Digital Marketplace after an eight month hiatus. The pause in
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BMG Continues Growth Spurt as Revenues Top $276 Million

The growth was driven primarily by the recording and music publishing business in the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as music
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Magnolia Revamps Its Publishing Experience with New Stories App

Magnolia unveiled its new Stories App content editor today, aimed at marketers and publishers working with a headless or decoupled content
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Linda LeGarde Grover Talks 'Onigamiising'

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Linda LeGarde Grover Talks 'Onigamiising'

What are you doing/teaching/writing these days? … How did you come to move from academic to nonacademic writing in the course of your career?
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BuySellAds: Publisher Recruitment Executive (Anywhere)

BuySellAds: Publisher Recruitment Executive (Anywhere). Posted: Aug 31, 2017. The Role. We need someone to help find and recruit awesome
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First day of school: An event marked by tradition

Some courses, including anatomy, dance, jazz band, creative writing and musical theater, will be given in the late afternoon or early evening to
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Union internship program jumpstarts college career pursuits

… a social work major from Bennett College; William Comer, a biological sciences major with a concentration in biology and a minor in creative writing
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Valentino by Mario Valentino

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Valentino by Mario Valentino

Valentino by Mario Valentino, Shoes & Bags, Best Sellers at saksoff5th.com, offering the modern energy, style and personalized service of Saks Off 5th
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Harper McDaniel a welcome new protagonist from a much-admired writer

James W. Hall is the author of 20 novels, 14 of which feature Thorn, the … credit, including several studies of war literature and a creative writing text.
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Australia's richest childrens writing comp closes tomorrow

… in 2000 to honour writer PL Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins who was born in Maryborough, and is for young creative writers and poets residing
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Literary festival welcomes Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh to Whanganui

… to graduate with a PhD in English from the University of Auckland, where she now lectures in creative writing and Māori and Pacific literary studies.
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Hillary Clinton charging big bucks for book tour events

The steep ticket prices have not gone unnoticed in the publishing industry. “It is standard for high profile authors to do book tours that sell tickets to
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Grove City begins year with major campus improvements

New minors beginning this fall also include accounting, chemical engineering, creative writing, data science, design, finance, international business,
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Inside The War On Drugs' bid for mainstream success

With this record, I knew from the minute we finished touring that I needed to start working and having ideas,” says Adam Granduciel. “I need to have a
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Library offers SAT prep workshops this fall

The library will host a blood drive on Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/makedonation or call 1-800-733-2767 to make an
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Second Intl Book Fair from Dec 22

Ramalingam and Secretary Murugan in a release today said that more than 100 book publishers, distributors and sellers from across the country and
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Author Ronald Wyenn's New Book "God's Sacred Plan For Life" is About Changing – Changing …

Page Publishing's new release solves the mystery of how human-nature … It may also be purchased as an ebook on Amazon, The iTunes Store,
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10 Excellent Romance Novels that Happen to be Self-Published

An excellent selection of romance novels that have found their readers through self-publishing.
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Publisher's Note September 2017

In the first half of 2017, 6.1GW of extra wind energy capacity was installed in Europe according to figures recently released by WindEurope. A total of
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12 Years After Katrina, Harvey Devastates Houston

Recently, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) issued an urgent national call to action for people who are being impacted by
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C-Suite Radio Adds "Living Fearlessly" To Its Talent Lineup

McDonald is the author of three best-selling children's books: Little Boy Gain: From Passion-Filled Everland, Reimburse the Universe, and Planet
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Creative Medical Writer

We're looking for doctor with an interest in combining medical writing with creative writing. We have a fast-paced and positive culture and are looking
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