Day: February 7, 2018

Jennifer Baumgardner

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Jennifer Baumgardner

Dottir Press is a New York City-based feminist publisher that works to fill the absences in both our history and present culture through storytelling in all forms and … As a publisher, my biggest projects are The Crunk Feminist Collection, Black Wave (by Michelle Tea), and SLUT: A Play and Guidebook for
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Sam: Facebook Changes Challenge Small and Independent Publishers

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Sam: Facebook Changes Challenge Small and Independent Publishers

But recently Facebook has been putting the squeeze on publishers, reducing the number of people who see their posts for free (their posts' “organic reach”). At Dublin Inquirer, between the first and second halves of 2017, we saw a 42 percent decline in the organic reach of our Facebook posts.
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'Star Wars': 96% of Its Film Universe Writers and Directors Are White Men

Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Dee Rees, Michelle MacLaren, Rick Famuyiwa, Mimi Leder, Shonda Rhimes, Rachel Talalay and Gina Prince-Bythewood are just a few of the creative minds that could be writing, directing or shepherding stories in the “Star Wars” universe. Most of them have been ready to
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Sale of Los Angeles Times to billionaire being negotiated

The Los Angeles Times is reporting its parent company is in talks to be sold to Soon-Shiong. … 6, 2018 that the sale was being negotiated by Tronc Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing. … He owns more than a quarter of shares in Chicago-based Tronc, the company formerly known as Tribune Publishing.
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Small-sized desserts in Abilene are full of love for Valentine's Day

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Small-sized desserts in Abilene are full of love for Valentine's Day

“Cherry Lime was one of our best sellers,” Wallace said. Bakeries also will have available chocolate-covered strawberries, heart-shaped iced cookies, large slices of decadent specialty cakes and cheesecakes and much more to tickle taste buds and spark talk of love. But love favors those who are bold,
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Genius who invented the lamb doughnut

Recently out of university she's now associate editor of a magazine, Iota, which publishes poetry, pictures and creative writing. I assumed she'd been interviewed about the mag and been (typically) funny. I know there are few white English Parrises and lots of black ones from Barbados but I'm little
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Scholastic stands out on Waterstones Children's shortlist

Titles by Matt Carr, Lisa Thompson and Alice Broadway are on the shortlist for this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize, announced today (7th February), meaning Scholastic has more books in the running than any other publisher. Carr is on the shortlist for the illustrated book prize with Superbat,
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NBF to hold annual book fair

He said that arranging a book fair every year is a great tradition of National Book Foundation which will be carried forward this year too with a rekindled spirit. The Book Fair, being held from April 6-9 at Pak-China Friendship Centre, will display over 120 book stalls by prominent book publishers from
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ANA condemns killings in Taraba, Zamfara, others

At the NEC meetings, the group's leadership restated its commitment to “purposeful administration”, pursuit and protection of the interest of all creative writers in the country in a continuing effort towards upholding the objectives, vision and mission of the association as outlined in its Constitution”.
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The Game of Thrones and Star Wars Universes Are About to Collide in a Wild Way

Game of Thrones creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff may be wrapping up their final season in Westeros, but now they've got a new adventure ahead of them. On Feb. 6, Walt Disney Studios made an epic announcement: the creative duo will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
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Theatre St. Thomas' “What's Next?” playwriting festival gives a creative voice to young artists

Bruns: Given that you were writing to compete in a festival, how did that affect your creative process? MacDougall: When I was writing it, it was a bit intimidating, and I wanted to scrap everything I already had on multiple occasions and write something new. And I ended up writing two scripts for the
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SLV announces new $15000 fellowship for Indigenous cultural research

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SLV announces new $15000 fellowship for Indigenous cultural research

The State Library Victoria (SLV) will offer a new $15,000 specialist fellowship for Victorian Aboriginal researchers in 2018. The Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal Cultural Research Fellowship is offered to a researcher who identifies as an Indigenous Victorian Aboriginal person, and is intended to make
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Can a Strong Game Lineup Aid Activision's (ATVI) Q4 Earnings?

Per company data, Destiny 2 outsold the original Destiny and delivered the biggest PC launch in Activision publishing history. … Per the proven Zacks model, a company with a favorable Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) and a positive Earnings ESP , has a good chance of beating
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Young made honorary fellow by NZSA

First introduced in 2013, the Waitangi Day Honours are voted on by NZSA members, and previous recipients include Anthony McCarten, Eleanor Catton and Selina Tusitala Marsh. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Young was one of eight winners of the 2017 Windham-Campbell Prize,
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Union-Tribune, LA Times Being Sold to Biotech Billionaire, Say News Reports

The paper's publisher, Ross Levinsohn, was placed on unpaid leave following revelations he was a defendant in two sexual harassment suits while working at other companies prior to joining The Times. Most notably, newsroom staffers voted overwhelmingly last month to unionize for the first time in the
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Customer Service & Community Assistant

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Customer Service & Community Assistant

Are you passionate about interacting with a community of book advocates and helping to build pre-publication buzz for new books? NetGalley is looking for a full-time Customer Service & Community Assistant to handle online customer support, community moderation, and administrative tasks across two
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Joseph Brockmeyer's New Book “The Turtle and the Snail” Is a Timely Tale About the Importance of …

Recent release “The Turtle and the Snail” from Page Publishing author Joseph Brockmeyer is a captivating children's book that teaches a valuable lesson of … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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Kobo report highlights mysteries and thrillers as most read in 2017

Mysteries and thrillers dominated Kobo's 2017 top 10 ebook bestsellers and most read ebook titles in Australia, according to Kobo's 2017 Book Report. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney (Sphere) was the top selling title on Kobo in 2017, followed by Jane Harper's The Dry (Macmillan) and Kerry
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Entries open for 2018 Mayor's Writing Competition

The time is right for Eurobodalla's budding young writers to put pen to paper for the 2018 Mayor's Writing Competition. In its tenth … “We'd love for young people to get writing, to be creative and have fun,” she said. … Entries can be in any style of creative writing, including short stories, poetry and essays.”.
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Melvin L. Jones's new book “Tender Was the Night” is a Powerful and Evoking Collection of Poems …

Recent release “Tender Was the Night” from Page Publishing author Melvin L. Jones is a heartwarming poetic compilation that delves into momentous joys and … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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'Family travails ignited my love for writing'

At an interaction with Dr. Olaokun Soyinka during the launch, Mrs El-Rufai said she had always dreamt of being a published writer despite being an Architecture major. She said to hone her skill, she enrolled for a Master's degree programme in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University in the United
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Q & A with Susan Cooper

I came to live in America in 1963 and she bought rights to my first children's book, Over Sea, Under Stone, in 1964. I had written an autobiographical novel for adult readers, which my agent in those days couldn't sell to any publisher. So I asked Margaret to read it and tell me what was wrong with it.
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Sadat, Halima

by Subject. Biography & Autobiography (4). by Status. Frontlist (4). by Publisher. Pavilion Books Group (4). by Catalog. Trafalgar Square Publishing (4). by Publication Date. 2019 (1). 2018 (3). by Number of Pages. 51-100 pages (4). Browse All Halima Sadat Titles. Narrow Your Search →. Titles Found: 4.
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Italy to be guest of honour at 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair

'The Italian book market underwent a period of dynamic upheaval and drastic change in recent years—including the consolidation of publishing houses as well as new bookstore concepts and the new book fair Tempo di Libri in Milan. A positive energy can now be felt everywhere,' said Boos. President
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