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Our Coverage of Humor Writing

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Words Without Borders January: Enter Laughing

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJanuary 10, 2019

Just try to get into this year without slipping on a banana peel. ‘Words Without Borders’ this month helps you pick yourself up off the floor, with international humor.

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No Corks Popped: The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Jury Has No Winner

In News by Porter AndersonMay 21, 2018

Promising to name an extra-large breed pig after next year’s winning book, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize jury isn’t laughing this year. Nobody gets the prize. They are not amused.

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UK’s CrimeFest Conference Confers Its 10th Annual Awards

In News by Porter AndersonMay 21, 2018

Both the CrimeFest event and its awards program have turned 10 years old this year, its four-day convention set this year in the West Country, in Bristol. 

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Why “Out of Office” is Meaningless in Publishing

In Guest Contributors by Roger TagholmAugust 17, 2015

Roger Tagholm muses on the end of the summer holidays in the UK and what vacation might have looked like for several executives in the internet age.

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If Publishing Were Like Wimbledon…

In Guest Contributors by Roger TagholmJuly 8, 2015

Roger Tagholm imagines what it would be like if the publishing world adopted the traditions of Wimbledon and lawn tennis.

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Friendly Takeover: Carlsen and Lappan Join Forces

In Global Trade Talk by Ingrid SüßmannMarch 30, 2015

German publisher Carlsen has taken over the humor program of Lappan Verlag to form the largest humor and cartoon publisher in the German-speaking market.

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How Are Famous Fictional Characters Reacting to Scout’s Return?

In Discussion by Roger TagholmFebruary 6, 2015

Roger Tagholm imagines how other characters from fiction would react to the news that Harper Lee is giving Scout Finch a second chance at life.

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Does British Humor Translate Across the Pond?

In Children's, News by Dennis AbramsOctober 1, 2014

Do American readers really need a glossary to help define colloquial British words and phrases, particularly ones that signal humor?

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‘Twas the Night before Christmas’ at the Book Publisher

In News by Roger TagholmDecember 24, 2013

Clement Clarke Moore’s famous holiday poem re-imagined by a book publisher on a bit of a bender.

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A Humorous New Vocabulary for Book Publishing

In Guest Contributors by Guest ContributorNovember 27, 2013

At the New York Times’ Drafts blog, comedian Steve Macone offered a helpful, humorous glossary of terms for the modern book business.

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