This Week on Books Direct -
24 February 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
Copies Of Mary Shelley's Original Frankenstein Text To Be Published by Alison Flood for
The Guardian
Shelley spent nine months by
Lake Geneva writing the story of the bringing to life of a monster.
Women Better Represented In Victorian Novels Than Modern, Finds Study by Alison Flood for The Guardian
Analysis finds proportion of
female authors and characters fell after 19th century, with male authors
remaining ‘remarkably resistant’ to writing women.
Shop Selling Books Written By Women Only Is Coming To East London Next Month by Miranda Larbi for
Metro
Penguin Random House is launching a pop-up bookstore
in London that’ll only stock works by women. Like A Woman will be running
between 5-9 March in Shoreditch to mark International Women’s Day, which falls
in the middle of that period.
Toolbox 7: Elements Of A Mystery by Anna
Simpson for emaginette
Elements of writing Mysteries are broken down into:
victim, suspects, villain, hero(es)/police, support cast + series potential,
clues/red herrings, violence + sex, and setting + cross genre.
'Ebooks Are Stupid', Says Head Of One Of World's Biggest Publishers by Alison Flood for The Guardian
The chief executive of
Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, says the industry has had ‘one or two successes
among a hundred failures’ and that ebooks have ‘no creativity’.
2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced! by Nebula Awards
The
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) is pleased to announce
the nominees for the 52nd Annual Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury
Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the Andre Norton Award for
Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book.
How To Drive Meaningful Interactions In Facebook Groups by Megan O’Neill for Social Media Examiner
Are you struggling to get visibility on Facebook? Wondering
how a Facebook group could help? In this article, you’ll learn how to use a
Facebook group to foster engagement and drive the meaningful interactions
favored by Facebook’s news feed algorithm.
George Washington's Hair Found Tucked In Old Book In New York Library by Alison Flood for The
Guardian
Strands of the first US
president’s hair thought to have been gift to book’s owner from James Alexander
Hamilton, son of the famous Treasury secretary.
Booksellers Respond To Kid Lit Sexual Harassment Scandal by Claire Kirch for Publishers Weekly
The
children's book world has responded quickly to the allegations of sexual
harassment leveled against YA authors Jay Asher and James Dashner.
Writing A Trilogy: Essential Tips For Crafting A Three-Part Series by Dan Koboldt for Writer’s Digest
Writing
a trilogy or a multi-book series has numerous advantages, especially for
writers of genre fiction.
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