The shortlist will be announced after Gitka's birthday on 17 June.
Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd resigns
MEdia Dragon, Stig Abell, a sports-loving, Guns N' Roses-listening veteran of the British tabloids, attends no book parties and has no literary relationships. How did he become editor of the TLS ???
↩︎ Brilliant images via The Guardian
Three Thoughts About The Publishing Business
The publishing business, like all businesses, can be summed up in the words of William Munny, life coach: “Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.” People “succeed” in publishing based on whether their books sell, and whether their books sell really has nothing to do with their character or their intellect or whether the actual book is any good or not.
‘Killing Eve’ Is All The Rage Now, But How Did BBC America Pull Off The Sleeper Hit?
The three women - stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, and showrunner/writer/producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge - at the center of this prestige show say it's a matter of chemistry. "As the showrunner and stars tell it, the process of making Killing Eve also felt like a love story. First, Ms. Waller-Bridge fell for Eve and Villanelle; then, she, Ms. Oh and Ms. Comer fell for one another." … [Read More]
The Tricks (Some Dirty) Sceenwriters Play To Get Us To Part 2 Of A Movie Like ‘Avengers’
In the case of the Marvel movie that has chewed up the box office for the past few weeks, the screenwriters have their own ideas as well as keeping true to the arc of a multi-movie narrative. "The screenwriters know some fans are unhappy — Mr. McFeely said, 'I read a tweet this morning that said, ‘Good morning to everyone, except Markus and McFeely’' — but that’s O.K." …Read More
How To Select Photos That Surprise And Fascinate, But Don’t Put News Readers Off Their Breakfasts
In the British offices of The Guardian, "around 30,000 images arrive at the picture desk in any 24-hour period. Every one of them is viewed to see if they should make the cut for our daily edit. It can seem a daunting task." … Read More
Calling A Book ‘Timely’ Erases Not Just History, But All The Books Before That Book
Yeah, immigration didn’t just pop into international consciousness when Donald Trump was on the campaign trail. “Marginalized writers are told by white editors, we need your stories now more than ever, as if we have not always needed them urgently. We are told our experiences are timely, exotic, and trendy. We are told our stories are not authentic if our characters do not suffer, as if the only way to prove that we are human is to bleed.”
LAUGHED AT: When Trump tweeted that The New York Times made up a U.S. source on Korea, and used his fabrication as an example of "fake news," 250 reporters noted they were also at the briefing or on the call with the “real source” — a White House official. “It was surreal," Margaret Talev, a Bloomberg correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents' Association, told Politico’s Michael Calderone. The real-life official Trump claimed was fictitious? That was National Security Council aide Matthew Pottinger, who wasn’t identified by name initially at the White House’s insistence. The question: Didn't anyone at the White House tell Trump — or did he know and didn't care that he was making up a false accusation, hoping that his "base" would believe it even if he was creating "fake news?"
LAUGHED AT: When Trump tweeted that The New York Times made up a U.S. source on Korea, and used his fabrication as an example of "fake news," 250 reporters noted they were also at the briefing or on the call with the “real source” — a White House official. “It was surreal," Margaret Talev, a Bloomberg correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents' Association, told Politico’s Michael Calderone. The real-life official Trump claimed was fictitious? That was National Security Council aide Matthew Pottinger, who wasn’t identified by name initially at the White House’s insistence. The question: Didn't anyone at the White House tell Trump — or did he know and didn't care that he was making up a false accusation, hoping that his "base" would believe it even if he was creating "fake news?"