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Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

Oct 11 2024: Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea’s bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.

The country’s largest book chain, Kyobo Book Centre, said sales of Han’s books ...

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Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan team up for new imprint, Cosmo Reads

Oct 11 2024: Sourcebooks and Hearst have launched Cosmo Reads, a new imprint in collaboration with Cosmopolitan magazine. In a joint release, reps said that the new line will focus on “inclusive romantic and pop fiction” and aim to publish four to six titles per year.

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Where manufacturing jobs have shrunk, a library is giving a leg up to entrepreneurs

Oct 11 2024: TOLEDO, Ohio — Marsha Hill feels like she's been coming to the public library for a hundred years. She came with her kids when they were young. Later, she came for computer help.

Now at 66, she's discovered yet another reason to love the library. She's one of ...

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Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024

Oct 10 2024: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”. You can see Han Kang's brief bio and books listed on BookBrowse here.

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Imprisoned British-Egyptian activist named PEN writer of courage 2024

Oct 10 2024: British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year’s PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old is still in prison in Egypt, despite having completed his five-year sentence for allegedly “spreading false news”.

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Sourcebooks is matching gifts to Binc for book & comic people impacted by hurricanes

Oct 09 2024: As Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida and recovery efforts continue across six states in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Sourcebooks is matching all gifts made to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation up to $10,000, regardless of size.

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Desert Island Comics launches fundraiser to avoid closure

Oct 06 2024: Desert Island Comics, the Brooklyn, N.Y.–based comics shop specializing in alternative, independent, and underground comics, graphic novels, art books, screenprints, and zines, is reportedly being priced out of its storefront on Metropolitan Ave. in the rapidly ...

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Booksellers step up to help bookstores hit by hurricane Helene

Oct 04 2024: Even as the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation continues to raise funds to dispense to booksellers in need, other organizations and bookstores in the South are doing what they can to provide information and assistance to their fellow booksellers most affected by...

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