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Reading Week Round-Up
By Helena, on 13 February 2017
Happy Half-Term/Reading Week (however you choose to see it) everyone! This also serves as a casual reminder not to come into school this week 😉 But, as ever, the Publishing world is still out there and we still have news (not fake, we promise) to share…
Course Updates
Dissertation Proposals are due on Friday 24th February (i.e. Friday of next week). Make sure to email your personal tutors with any questions or concerns!
Course News
The UCL Publishers’ Prize has closed their submissions box and is preparing for the judges! Thank you from the team to everyone who has submitted – more news should be coming soon, so keep an eye on their Facebook, twitter, and website! (As well as this, ebook versions of the past prizes will soon be available at your favourite online retailers! All proceeds support the prize, both present and future)
Other than that, it’s reading week! Go have fun!
Industry News
The Faber and Faber CEO has opened up about his opinions on the house’s success following their win of independent publisher of the year
So you might have seen that J. K. Rowling and Piers Morgan were locked in a twitter battle over the last few days – and now the Big Green Bookshop in North London has decided to give Piers Morgan the chance to read the entirety of The Philosopher’s Stone… through tweets. Need a crash course in how to be a tweeting activist and one of the most popular authors on earth? Follow @jk_rowling (we love her)
Thoughts about translation from the Jaipur Book Festival
Need some thoughts about writers to watch in Spring 2017 for any essay/research/interest purposes? Publishers Weekly have some ideas…
The CWA Short Story competition is open for submissions here. They’re looking for crime and mystery (ooer)
In a similar vein, cat-burglars have abseiled into a warehouse full of rare books and made off with £2m worth of tomes – reported the Guardian
Lots more fun news on BookBrunch!
Buzzfeed Listicle Fix
Thoughts about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s book The Refugees and its application to 2017 America
Fifty Shades Darker (the film version) is out – and it’s insane
Which unimportant Harry Potter character are you?
Want to win books/get them discounted?
That’s it from us this week! As ever, please let us know if you have anything you want us to write about, any news to share, or any comments!
Love,
Helena and Emily