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SoA warns publishers over e-book loans to libraries (The Society Of Authors) Published by 'The Bookseller'

arrowgatepublishing wrote 1 week ago:         The Society of Authors has warned that authors may be losing out twice o … more →

Tags: Books, Publishing, Overdrive, E-BOOK, society of authors, Random House, Philip Pullman, bloomsbury

Book Love: Updates, Updates

SarahWoo wrote 5 months ago: Things have been going on, honestly, they just haven’t quite made it onto the blog.  But suffi … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, Books, MODERN CLASSICS, The Casual Vacancy, Teach First, The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas, that woman, Killing Pablo

Writers Hot under the Collar

jonathanfryer wrote 8 months ago: The AGM of my trade union, the Society of Authors, held at Conway Hall in Central London this evenin … more →

Tags: society of authors, Larry Finlay, anthony goff, J. K. Rowling

good reads and time-wasting projects for lazy unproductive people3 comments

Alice wrote 11 months ago: The best part of having a couple of bad weeks of teeth-and-jaw-pain is not feeling bad about doing t … more →

Tags: Musing, paradigm shift, musings, India, YouTube, Wallis Simpson, Ernest Hemingway, Elizabeth II, Joy Luck Club

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Christine wrote 1 year ago: That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor By: Anne Sebba This is the story of the f … more →

Tags: nonfiction, that woman, Wallis Simpson, duchess of windsor, Review, Biography

That Woman4 comments

averageinsuburbia wrote 1 year ago: Publisher: St. Martin’s Press I was in my late teens when I first became aware of the Wallis S … more →

Tags: Books, Celebrities, Royal Family, Diana Vreeland, Wallis Simpson

Style and Illusion Over Substance – The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Alison Waters wrote 1 year ago: Melbourne Cup November 2 2011 Melbourne Cup Day was a quiet and relaxed affair with good friends 25 … more →

Tags: Alison Waters, Culture of Headdress, Hat Matters, Melbourne, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, King Edward VIII, Melbourne Cup, that woman, Wallis Simpson

Style and Illusion Over Substance – The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Alison Waters wrote 1 year ago: Melbourne Cup November 2 2011 Melbourne Cup Day was a quiet and relaxed affair with good friends 25 … more →

Tags: Culture of Headdress, Hat Matters, Alison Waters, Melbourne, that woman, Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Melbourne Cup

Wallis Simpson: The Secret Letters - history unspun...8 comments

Sam Flowers wrote 1 year ago: This Channel 4 program based on fifteen hitherto unrevealed letters between Wallis Simpson and her s … more →

Tags: Royalty, Telly, TV, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Ernest Aldrich Simpson, Simon Berthon, Wallis Duchess of Windsor

Anna Sebba on Annalena McAfee's 'The Spoiler'

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: The currency of the issue of female journalists working in danger-zones remains high at the moment, … more →

Tags: Reissues, annalena mcafee, battling for news (sebba), faber finds, Martha Gellhorn, spoiler (mcafee)

Anne Sebba, Battling for News and 'unsuitable' jobs

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: Memorial to journalist Jessie White on the facade of her former home in Lendinara, ItalyThe excellen … more →

Tags: Reissues, Appreciations, Afghanistan, Arnold Bennett, battling for news (sebba), Bookslut, faber finds, gayle lemmon, Jenny McPhee

Move Over, Kate: Wallis Simpson Back As Style Icon

baxterssneed wrote 2 years ago: LONDON (AP) — Watch out, Kate Middleton. Another royal consort is in the limelight as the roya … more →

Tags: News, Entertainment, Fashion, kate middleton, King's Speech, Wallis Simpson

Anne Sebba on Lara Logan & an ongoing battle

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: The horrible assault suffered by CBS News reporter Lara Logan at the hands of a mob of men in Tahrir … more →

Tags: battling for news (sebba), faber finds, Jessica Grose, Judith matloff, Lara Logan, Lisa Belkin, Slate, Tahrir Square Cairo

New in Faber Finds: February 2011

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: The classic novel by Jean Rhys, whose definitive biography is now in Finds It’s my pleasure to … more →

Tags: Reissues, Biography, Appreciations, alan bennett, Ali Smith, carole angier, christopher lee, Colm Toibin, Dovegreyreader

Anne Sebba's 'Battling For News'

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: Anne Sebba The recent success of Finds’ reissue of Virginia Cowles’ Looking for Trouble … more →

Tags: Reissues, Afghanistan, battling for news (sebba), Bosnia, Farida Nekzad, maggie o'kane, Martha Gellhorn, virginia cowles, war reporting

Anne Sebba's Laura Ashley: A Life by Design

richardtkelly wrote 2 years ago: Faber Finds is delighted to boast among its current authors Anne Sebba: biographer, lecturer, journa … more →

Tags: Reissues, Biography, Appreciations, battling for news (sebba), faber finds, Laura Ashley, laura ashley: a life by design (sebba), Richard T. Kelly

Anne Sebba - author of "American Jennie"

Evangeline Holland wrote 4 years ago: http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=216 … more →

Tags: Women, Interview, Books, Jennie Churchill, Biography

Mother Teresa was aware of her celebrity status

matisak wrote 5 years ago: Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910 as Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. Questions: 1. What is your firs … more →

Tags: History, Society, vatican, Religion, gezim alpion, Catholic Church, Mother Teresa, Katryn Spink


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