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Larry Ashmead, one of the most convivial and popular of New York editors, has died at the age of 78. Ashmead retired from HarperCollins in 2003, following a career during which he had edited more than 40 books by Isaac Asimov, as well as working with authors including Susan Isaacs and Simon Winchester. Many of his colleagues in the book trade were delighted recipients of his End of the Year Funnies - a collection of hilarious and bizarre clippings from the publishing world and elsewhere. In 2007, Profile published his Bertha Venation: And Hundreds of Other Funny Names of Real People. |
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Nobel Prize in Literature winner Ismail Kadare, former Children's Laureate Quentin Blake, and Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler are among the stars of Flow: The Free Word Festival, which takes place at the Free Word Centre in London from 14 September to 5 October.
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The autumn exhibition at the Illustration Cupboard celebrates the work of Graham Oakley, creator and illustrator of the Church Mice books. The exhibition takes place from 21 September to 19 October. Prices start at £450. The Illustration Cupboard is at 22 Bury St, London SW1Y 6AL. |
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Brighton-based publisher Myriad Editions, creator of the State of the World atlas series, has launched a “unique online image bank of infographics” analysing key world data, addressing current global issues through visual representation of economic, political and social data. The bank is a repository of over 1,000 images, searchable by topic and available to buy online. The image bank launches with over 100 topical maps and graphics created for The State of the World Atlas focusing on eight key themes: people, rights, economy, health, gender, communications, conflict, and the environment. More information at www.myriadeditions.com/store
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Among
the Books & Media highlights for the coming week:
TV tie-in of the week (4 – 10 September) is the new TV adaptation of Andrea Newman’s controversial 1976 novel Bouquet of Barbed Wire (ITV1, Monday, 9pm). Originally published by Penguin, Serpent’s Tail has the 2010 tie-in.
With a new series of Mad Men starting on Wednesday on BBC4, the ideal companion is The Kings of Madison Avenue (ECW Press), which has detailed episode guides and cast biographies.
Radio tie-in of the week is Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, featured in Bookclub (Radio 4, Sunday & Thursday, 4pm) when James Naughtie and readers talk to the Canadian author about his novel which won the 2002 Man Booker prize and went on to be a global publishing phenomenon. Radio 4’s Book of the Week is Donald Sturrock's biography of Roald Dahl, Storyteller.
The film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go has an October release date, and on the social networks, the Man Booker longlisted C by Tom McCarthy is the most talked about new book.
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