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Granta Taking Submissions for Best of Young British Novelists 4

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Granta has opened submissions for the 4th edition of their seminal Best of Young British Novelists list.

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Monocle’s “The Review” Podcast Visits the World’s Bookshops

Barcelona's MUTT bookshop was featured last week.

Monocle 24′s The Review radio show visits a myriad bookstores around the world to see what’s popular with booksellers and the locals alike.

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Publishing Perspectives’ Shakespeare Group Read on Richard II

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Publishing Perspective’s year-long examination of the complete plays of William Shakespeare, has reached Richard II. Please join us in the discussion.

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Brainy, CA: Pasadena Inaugurates Hometown LitFest

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Pasadena, CA is a bastion of literary and scientific creativity, but until now lacked its own book festival. Saturday’s inaugural LitFest Pasadena changes that.

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Winners of Best Translated Book Award 2012 Announced

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The Best Translated Book Award, founded by Three Percent and sponsored by Amazon, honored a book of fiction and a book of poetry on May 4.

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New French President Profiled by His Partner

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Political journalist Valérie Trierweiler is penning a bio of her partner, new French president François Hollande.

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UK Publishers and Booksellers Collaborate on Shadowing Scheme

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In the spirit of collaboration, UK publishers and booksellers swap jobs for a day to share skills, knowledge and understanding.

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Glimpsing the Future from the Past at the LA Times Festival of Books

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Looking through the prism of the past offers a way to peer into the future of books, according to the panelists of Future Books: Media in the Digital Age.

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PP’s Shakespeare Group Starts “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

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Publishing Perspectives’ year-long look at the plays of William Shakespeare, The Play’s The Thing, begins its reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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LBF 2012: Little, Brown’s Kent Gets Ready to Roar Off

David Kent says farewell after 38 years

Little, Brown’s COO, David Kent, will leave the business this week. He said more good-byes during the London Book Fair, the last stop on his worldwide farewell tour.

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