Ayesha Curry wears many hats as an entrepreneur, mom, wife, producer, chef, host and author. However, after noticing disparities between women of color and their white counterparts as writers, she decided to add another hat: book publishing. In an exclusive interview, Curry told Forbes that she recently notched a deal with upstart book publishing company […]
“A top-of-her-game literary agent tells us she receives about 3,000 submissions a year,” says Joe Sedgwick, the head of writing services at The Literary Consultancy. “Of those, she requests to see the full manuscripts of about 70. Of those writers, she will take on maybe five to 10.” Faced with these odds, many people who […]
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Prince Harry ‘won’t knock royals’ in his book says Seward Prince Harry is said to have put the finishing touches on his memoir, with royal watchers eagerly awaiting the “wholly truthful” account of his life. The Duke of Sussex’s memoir was announced back in July last year, and its release is expected to fall around […]
I grew up reading comics such as Archie’s, Bible Stories, Fairy Tales and Captain Underpants among others. Most of my family are avid readers so I picked up the trait. As the years progressed, I turned to books about real-life stories, autobiographies and accounts of places. My favourite being all of Amy Tan’s writings, Philip Gourevitch- We […]
I’ve been going through the incredible responses to a survey on what tools and information would be helpful for fighting back against book bans. One thing that popped up was having quick templates and guides to action for folks who want to do something but don’t know where to begin. Today, let’s look at how […]
Diane Denish | Corner to Corner I recently visited a new Albuquerque library in the heart of the International District. I gave some books to the kids-book drive. Earlier I had sorted books to give to the community library in Hillsboro. While doing this, I recalled my own childhood library experiences. My mom, an avid […]
A generation ago cybercrime was as esoteric a subject to write about as quantum mechanics or fluctuations in the derivatives market. Now it’s a central feature of many novels. Whether it’s criminal gangs phishing to steal sensitive data to sell on the dark web, or that creep from college catfishing people on Facebook, or the […]
National Coloring Book Day is on Tuesday, August 2 (8/2/2022) and it’s the perfect day to relax, have fun, and get in touch with your younger self. According to the National Day Calendar, “Dover Publications created National Coloring Book Day in May 2015. Founded in 1941, Dover Publications leads the way. Dover released their first […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge on Monday to block a $ 2.2 billion merger of two of the “Big Five” book publishers, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, in a trial that is expected to feature testimony from horror writer Stephen King. “It’s real money for […]