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Coverage of Issues Around Memoir

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Icelandic Books to Film: Joni Sighvatsson in Hollywood Buys Bragadottir’s ‘Blood Ties’

In News by Porter AndersonApril 9, 2019

A bestseller in Iceland, the nonfiction family saga ‘Blood Ties’ by Ásdís Halla Bragadóttir has been acquired for television by Sigurjon Sighvatsson in Los Angeles.

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Wellcome Book Prize’s 2018 Shortlist: Five of Six Titles Are by Women

In News by Porter AndersonMarch 19, 2018

Themed on medical science and society’s relationship to it, the Wellcome Book Prize announces a shortlist for 2018 that includes four debuts. One title is a novel, one is a memoir, and four are nonfiction.

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‘A German Life’ Memoir Finds Strong International Rights Interest

In News by Porter AndersonMay 16, 2017

A memoir from the Nazi era, ‘A German Life’ has been bolstered by the documentary film on its subject, the late Brunhilde Pomsel.

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Fiction…Non-Fiction…And Something in Between?

In News by Dennis AbramsJune 11, 2015

At Forbes, George Anders argues we need a third category for books, one designed for those that ‘try to straddle’ the line between fiction and non-fiction.

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How to Make A Big Bang in Book-to-Film

In Guest Contributors by Peter CookMarch 4, 2015

Lisa Bruce spent years working on the film, The Theory of Everything, before convincing the author to sell the rights to the original memoir.

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Border Crossers: The Here/There Memoirs

In Guest Contributors by Beth KephartJuly 26, 2013

Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth — a guide to writing memoir — discusses several of her favorite border-crossing writers and the art of geomorphology.

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Lance Armstrong and His Publishers Sued for Fraud, False Advertising

In News by Dennis AbramsJanuary 24, 2013

Two California men have sued Lance Armstrong and his book publishers for fraud and false advertising, claiming that Armstrong’s two best-selling memoirs were bunk.

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Fact or Fiction, Is One Better at Presenting the Truth of Trauma?

In Discussion by Edward NawotkaAugust 1, 2012

In nonfiction, people traumatized by events might be inclined to soften the details as a form of self-protection. Fiction may simply be safer and more tender.

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Why We Publish Whistleblowers

In Guest Contributors by Guest ContributorJune 28, 2012

Neal Maillet, Editorial Director of Berrett-Koehler explains why it’s a publisher’s duty to take on books that challenge convention despite the risks.

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What Makes a BEA Buzz Book? Curiosity, Soul, Voice

In Guest Contributors by Beth KephartJune 8, 2012

What really goes into making a BEA buzz book? Authorial obsessions, personal histories, medical redemption, the art and deliberate artifice of voice.

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