Monthly archive - June 2017

26 June 2017 - What's new

June 2017

'Good news all round this week, with spectacular audiobook sales increases in the US and surprising figures showing that Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries.

Good news all round this week, with spectacular audiobook sale increases in the US and surprising figures showing that Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries. In the UK children's titles are continuing to outperform the market. Read more

How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 8:02pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein website

The U.S. edition of journalist Naomi Klein's latest book, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (June), bears Haymarket Books's logo instead of one from the bigger houses that typically publish her books. Read more

History should never be exclusively white and male | David Olusoga | Opinion | The Guardian

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 6:49pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

History should never be exclusively white and male | David Olusoga | Opinion | The Guardian website

On Friday, while most of the country was settling down to watch Radiohead perform in a field in Somerset, a row was breaking out in another field in Wiltshire. To we historians this is not Glastonbury weekend but Chalke Valley weekend; time for the country's biggest history festival. Read more

Controversy as author pulls out of history festival in diversity protest | The Bookseller

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 6:43pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

Controversy as author pulls out of history festival in diversity protest | The Bookseller website

A Twitter storm erupted last week over the lack of people of colour speaking at the Chalke Valley History Festival, with historian Rebecca Rideal pulling out just four days before it is due to begin today (26th June), in protest over the issue. Read more

Literature’s Great Alternative Families – Electric Literature

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 5:00pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

Literature’s Great Alternative Families – Electric Literature website

There is no shortage of pithy, heartwarming or glib adages about family. Oscar Wilde said, "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations," though this year, post-election, found plenty of blood relations tossed from celebrations and family gatherings. Read more

Twenty years of Harry Potter – the 20 things we have learned | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 4:54pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

Twenty years of Harry Potter – the 20 things we have learned | Books | The Guardian website

Retail wars, legal battles and vibrating broomsticks ... two decades of JK Rowling's boy wizard

Nine practical tips for new bloggers on the block | The Media Online

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 4:48pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

Nine practical tips for new bloggers on the block | The Media Online website

Starting a blog can be overwhelming. Too much technical terminology and lots of unnecessary social media statistics may put you off forever. I've put together some practical tips for beginner bloggers. Don't be afraid. Be sensible.

One Direction Fanfiction Is Having a Moment in YA Books | Pitchfork

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 4:44pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

One Direction Fanfiction Is Having a Moment in YA Books | Pitchfork website

"Do you know what a lot of teenage girls have been doing as a hobby?" YA novelist Zan Romanoff recently asked on the podcast Call Your Girlfriend. "Writing porn for each other for free. That's, like, their favorite thing to do."

When Totally Normal Books About Girls Turned into 'Beach Reads' - Broadly

Tue, 27/06/2017 - 4:35pm — Chris Holifield

26 June 2017

When Totally Normal Books About Girls Turned into 'Beach Reads' - Broadly website

As a book critic, I am no stranger to listicles. The quickest way to condense and transmit recommendations, the listicle has been around almost as long as publications have, but the internet is a particularly potent vehicle for randomly numbered collections of items around a theme. Read more

Monthly archive - June 2017

26 June 2017 - What's new

Good news all round

How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein

History should never be exclusively white and male | David Olusoga | Opinion | The Guardian

Controversy as author pulls out of history festival in diversity protest | The Bookseller

Literature’s Great Alternative Families – Electric Literature

Twenty years of Harry Potter – the 20 things we have learned | Books | The Guardian

Nine practical tips for new bloggers on the block | The Media Online

One Direction Fanfiction Is Having a Moment in YA Books | Pitchfork

When Totally Normal Books About Girls Turned into 'Beach Reads' - Broadly

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