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British actress Anya Taylor-Joy will star in the Netflix adaptation of Bella Mackie’s bestselling How to Kill Your Family (The Borough Press), as part of a slew of new projects announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Stanford will start on 27th August, reporting to Daniel Crewe, publishing director of Viking Non-Fiction, and will acquire female voices in areas including memoir, current affairs, sport and history, and nature writing.
The audiobook of Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us, narrated by Olivia Song (Simon & Schuster), has seen a 712% increase in average daily listening in the UK since the film starring Blake Lively was released on 9th August, in comparison with the same period the previous month.
The creative team behind RiposteMagazine has launched the inaugural edition featuring poetry, short stories and essays from some of contemporary writers, including Amy Key, K Patrick, Sheena Patel, Kaliane Bradley, Charlie Porter and Halima Jibril.
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While the Pinch of Nommers recorded their eighth non-consecutive HBNF summit last week, Stewart’s quest for an 11th pole position on the paperback list was arrested by Dominic “Yungblud” Harrison, the Doncaster-born singer-songwriter and provocateur to people who think Imagine Dragons is a bit too edgy.
The organisers added: “With a range of talks to inspire audiences across a dazzling array of subjects – from the workings of the ocean to the legacy of James Baldwin – the festival continues to shine a light on the very best contemporary books and thinkers, leading the cultural conversation with over 35 speakers due to appear across the weekend.”
Sam Halstead, head of audio at the publisher, said: "We knew that creating a safe environment for this recording was crucial in getting the most sincere readings of the letters, so the entire production process has been a solely female endeavour.
Spellow Lane Hub has now raised around £250,000 towards its recovery and 300 writers have donated books, enabling a more “ambitious” future for the riot-damaged library, Liverpool County Council has told The Bookseller.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, two hybrid editions of the Lviv BookForum have taken place in partnership with Hay Festival, featuring guests like Abdulrazak Gurnah, Margaret Atwood, Yuval Noah Harari and many others.
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Authors including Milly Johnson, Harriet Evans, Cesca Major, P J Ellis, Veronica Henry and Isabelle Broom took to the performance space, while workshops from literary agent Lisa Highton, the RNA and publishing staff helped inspire writers.