Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Bloomsbury acquires Applied Visual Arts Publishing
Bloomsbury has announced that it has completed the purchase of Applied Visual Arts Publishing, creative publishers for the applied digital arts, from Applied Visual Arts Publishing SA and AVA Publishing (UK) Limited for a total consideration of CHF 2,578,930 (approximately £1,730,000)
Ecco will publish Pulitzer Prize winning United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s untitled memoir
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has announced that it has won the rights to publish Pulitzer Prize winning United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey's untitled memoir in a very heated auction
The cover release for The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Bilbary E-Books set to reconnect publishers with libraries
One of the vital connections between public libraries and the big publishers has been lost during the e-book revolution, and one new British company wants to get it back
Penguin Ireland acquires Niamh Boyce's The Herbalist
Penguin Ireland has acquired Niamh Boyce's debut novel, The Herbalist, for publication in 2013. Boyce won the Hennessy XO New Irish Writer of the Year award in 2012 and she has been shortlisted for the Francis McManus Short Story competition 2011, the Hennessy Literary Awards 2010, the Molly Keane Award 2010 and the WOW Award 2010. Originally from Athy, Co Kildare Niamh now lives with her family in Ballylinan, Co Laois
Council funding for O'Connor literature award under threat (Ireland)
Fears for the future of the younger of Ireland's two major international literature awards threaten to overshadow the outcome of this year's prize, due to be announced early next week. "In the current economic climate, harsh decisions are constantly being made," said Pat Cotter, director of the Munster Literature Centre and administrator of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, now in its eighth year
2012 Hampshire Book Award winner
Canadian author Kenneth Oppel has won the 2012 Hampshire Book Award. His book Half Brother is the story of Ben Tomlin, whose research-scientist parents bring home a baby chimp to raise as a human child
Book video: The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
What's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die? Detective Hank Palace has asked this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. Several kilometers wide, it's on a collision course with planet Earth, with just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. Industry is grinding to a halt. Most people have abandoned their jobs. But not Hank Palace. As our story opens, he's investigating the latest suicide in a city that's full of suicides—only this one feels wrong. This one feels like homicide. And Palace is the only one who cares. What's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die? The Last Policeman offers a story we've never read before: A police procedural set on the brink of an apocalypse. What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered?
Monday, July 2, 2012
PA Bulletin 2 July 2012
PA Bulletin 2 July 2012, from The Publishers Association, UK, is now available online #publisher #publishing
The Mediabistro Literary Festival 2012 (USA)
The Mediabistro Literary Festival 2012 - July 16-August 1, 2012 - will include six inspiring conference sessions via live video on Mondays and Wednesdays from noon to 1 pm ET, from July 16 until August 1. Attendees will also participate in one small group writing workshop that takes place online during the three weeks of the conference
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