Opine Books
Looking at western occult traditions from ancient times to the present day, the book explores how human societies have sought power, protection and insight from gods and stars, spells and amulets, sacred places and seductively enigmatic organisations.
Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices, but sheâs also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, and pop culture.
She is taking on the role of publishing director at large, picture books which means that we donât lose her matchless skills, experience and enthusiasm, while we enable her to work less and to step back from people and list management.
Catherine Bell, MD at Scholastic UK, said: âFifteen years since Zog bang-crash-thump landed into our hearts, we are very happy to see Julia and Axelâs dragon soar further with exciting animation and licensing news.
She added: âWe urge the Government not to risk the livelihoods of our world-leading creative industries, but to find ways of harnessing the power of AI with the rights of creators, safety and sustainability firmly in mind.
A new AI-driven tool to "automate a number of editorial quality checks" has been developed by Springer Nature to alert editors to "potentially unsuitable manuscripts" so that they can be held back from peer review.
At the same time as Gladys Bentley was enthralling New York City in her tuxedo, paired with the essential accoutrements of top hat, cane and stiff shirt collar, lesbians in interwar Paris were exploring other âmasculineâ looks.
By joining Two Sides, Formara has access to a library of co-brandable communications tools, consumer research, industry-leading information, sustainability advice and events.
In a sign of things to come in January, Pinch of Nom: All in One by Kay and Kate Allinson (Bluebird) and Bored of Lunch Six Ingredients Slow Cooker by Nathan Anthony (Ebury Press) are both starting to rise up the NFHB chart while Tim Spectorâs Food for Life Cookbook (Jonathan Cape) both return to the top 20.
His criticism, plays, biographies, memoirs and television scripts stand alongside celebrated novels like The British Museum is Falling Down, the Booker-shortlisted Small World and Nice Work, Therapy, Deaf Sentence and A Man of Parts, and show the range of a writer who was fascinated by everything the written word could achieve.â
And it makes me even more determined to keep telling stories that draw attention to the persecution and oppression endured by queer people in the past and contrast this with how much better things are in the present, in order to celebrate the progress weâve made as a society.
âRomance queen Emily Henry takes home her fourth consecutive GCA with âFunny Story,â an instructive modern parable about a heartbroken librarian who attempts an extremely tricky maneuver: hooking up with her ex-fiancĂ©âs new fiancĂ©eâs ex.