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Rose Tremain's The Housekeeper reimagines Rebecca's origins
Rose Tremain's 17th novel imagines the affair between Daphne du Maurier and a housekeeper that inspired the malevolent Mrs Danvers.
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Karim Kattan's Eden at Dawn is a National Book Award Finalist
Karim Kattan's French novel Eden at Dawn, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, is a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.
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Lit Hub's Book Marks Highlights Five New Reviews
Lit Hub's Book Marks service has compiled five new book reviews, covering titles by Ashton Politanoff, Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Lars Anderson and Min Jin Lee.
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Jean-François Colosimo Leads Cerf Publishing
Jean-François Colosimo, the director of Éditions du Cerf for 13 years, discusses his philosophy of publishing as intellectual disputation.
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Sciences Humaines and Philosophy Magazine Launch 'MàJ' Book Series
Sciences Humaines Editions and Philosophy magazine have jointly launched a new book series called 'MàJ' to address generational misunderstandings.
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Naomi Alderman's The Strangers Blends Grief and Eco-Horror
Naomi Alderman's new book, The Strangers, is a hybrid memoir and speculative fiction novel about grief and mysterious creatures called mimmoths.
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Bruno Munari's 'In the Fog of Milan' Explored in New York
An exhibition in Manhattan shows Bruno Munari's 1968 picture book 'In the Fog of Milan,' featuring an immersive installation.
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Daniel Kwan and Julia Pott on Their New Picture Book 'Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?'
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Kwan and animator Julia Pott discuss their collaborative picture book, 'Have You Ever Seen a Ghost?'
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Paris court rejects copyright claim in magazine design
A Paris court has ruled that the cover design of the magazine 'Légende' is not protected by copyright.
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Jon Ronson's 'The Castle' explores bizarre modern case studies
Jon Ronson's new book 'The Castle' investigates bizarre case studies, from a Connecticut castle owner to a controversial comedian.
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Book Production Costs Rise Despite Paper Price Stability
Industry experts report rising costs for plastics, ink, and freight in book manufacturing, though paper prices remain stable.
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Flammarion Wins Court Case Over Godard Book Cover Photo
A Paris court ruled against the widow of photographer Raymond Cauchetier in a copyright and parasitism lawsuit against publisher Flammarion.
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Paris Court Rules Author's Consent Essential for Book Reprints
A Paris court has ruled that publisher Talent Éditions infringed journalist Raphaël Nouet's copyright by reprinting his football book without consent.
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India's Book Market to Hit $21 Billion by 2030
A new industry report projects India's publishing market will reach $21 billion by 2030-31, detailing current sector sizes and key growth areas.
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Paris Court Nullifies Author's Contract Over Derisory Pay
A Paris court has nullified two publishing contracts between author 'Lord Tanjah' and L'Harmattan.
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Megan Giddings Recommends Five Short Story Collections
Author Megan Giddings shares five short story collections that inspired her own book 'Black Arts'.
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Marlon James, Jon Ronson Lead Week's Best Reviewed Books
Marlon James' The Disappearers and Jon Ronson's The Castle top the latest Book Marks list of best reviewed books.
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Simon Armitage's New Cemetery audiobook released by Faber
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage narrates his own collection, New Cemetery, an audiobook from Faber. The poems, each named for a moth species, meditate on a new graveyard's creation and memories of his father.
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Benkos Biohó Monument's Contradictions Questioned
An article examines a monument to the maroon leader Benkos Biohó in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia, questioning its representation of freedom through the formal language of slavery and Western monumentality.
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Guardian Reviews Four Translated Novels
A Guardian review roundup covers four newly translated novels: Pirkko Saisio's The Red Book of Farewells, Wolf Haas's metafictional Short Circuit, Lucia Odoom's Cosmos, and Alejandra Kamiya's The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest.
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Publisher Rosellina Archinto Dies at 93
Rosellina Archinto, a foundational figure in Italian children's publishing, has died at 93. She founded Emme Edizioni and Babalibri, forging a lasting editorial bridge with France's L'Ecole des loisirs.
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Charlotte McConaghy's Shearwater Ghosts
Charlotte McConaghy's third novel, 'Les Fantômes de Shearwater' has sold over many copies after winning several awards.
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Richard Charkin on Publishing's Legacy
Industry veteran Richard Charkin argues that publishing's true strength lies in its inherited legacies, financial, reputational, and cultural.
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Words Without Borders Gets Hawthornden Grant
Words Without Borders has received a $100,000 general operating grant from the Hawthornden Foundation for 2026-27.
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Guillaume Montégudet on AI's Inevitable Role
Guillaume Montégudet argues that AI's integration into educational publishing is now inevitable. The key challenge is providing teachers with reliable, secure AI tools while protecting certified content and developing new economic models like an 'offre classe'.