Carmen Callil – publisher, author, and feminist firebrand – dies at age 84
"All of us in publishing, and all of us who love books, owe a debt to her publishing genius," says Bea Hemming of Jonathan Cape.
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A Blog About Books and Reading
"All of us in publishing, and all of us who love books, owe a debt to her publishing genius," says Bea Hemming of Jonathan Cape.
Small presses and debut authors account for the bulk of the fifteen titles that appear on this year's shortlists.
The multiple award winning author was best known for his novels featuring English detective Alan Banks.
Ducks deserves a place alongside Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Art Spiegelman's Maus as one of the finest examples of its genre.
It would be salutary to see critics inside and outside of the academy pick up this book and engage with it thoroughly and thoughtfully.
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There are no good solutions to the problems Fisher isolates in his book, but this frightening text highlights the importance of confronting these issues regardless.
The loss of the city's poetry-only bookseller is sad as much for what the store represents as for its physical presence.
Two collections of short fiction and two works in translation are represented on a list that spans the country from PEI to Alberta.
"When the author gives me a scene of wild young passion, then I can no longer slog through the immediate follow-up of a tender description of the bendings of wheat in the breeze."