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September 29, 2022

REVIEW: On the Air by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Boss-Secretary / England / televisionNo Comments

Bridget’s on camera for the first time ever … but is she heading for heartbreak? When Bridget Monroe is offered her dream job as production secretary to TV producer Jerome “J.C.” Callender, little does she suspect that soon she’ll be on camera herself. Tasked with booking the rising actor Norman ... more >

October 18, 2017

REVIEW: The Only Woman in the Room by Rita Lakin

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / autobiography / female writers / feminism / Hollywood / non-fiction / television / widow4 Comments

Rita Lakin was a pioneer a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when Hollywood television was exclusively male. For years, in creative meetings, she was literally “the only woman in the room.” In this breezy but heartfelt remembrance, Lakin takes readers to a long-forgotten time when women were not considered ... more >

February 27, 2017

Monday News: TV becomes more like books, “labia lipstick” WTF, writing Les Mis, and Little Golden Books birthday

JanetPublishing Newsbinge-watching / History / Little Golden Books / menstruation / stupid inventions / television / Victor Hugo11 Comments

How watching a TV show has become more like reading a book – I can’t be the only one who has replaced some reading time with binging on television series. You cannot really control for individual speed with TV watching, but the idea of binge-watching as commensurate with reading makes a ... more >

November 28, 2016

Monday News: Book deals, 2016 notable books, women in television, and ‘sexism sucks for everybody’

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book deals / masculinity / research / sexism / televisionComments Off on Monday News: Book deals, 2016 notable books, women in television, and ‘sexism sucks for everybody’

The best Black Friday book deals from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more – Even though it’s now technically Cyber Monday, most of these deals are still valid (Barnes & Noble has changed their discount to 15% for Cyber Monday), and with the holidays coming… While most people tend to focus ... more >

October 7, 2016

Friday News: Book prize season, suing for bad reviews, and great tv couples

JanetPublishing NewsBook Awards / gaming / lawsuit / Mann Booker Prize / National Book Award / negative reviews / Nobel Prize / racial inequity / Steam / television / television couples2 Comments

Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards – The next couple of months are filled with award announcements, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker Prize (October 25th), and the National Book Award (November 16th – the full list of finalists can be found here; this article was ... more >

November 20, 2015

Friday News: National Book Awards, YouTube’s Fair Use advocacy, marketing apps, and Twitter’s TV hopefuls

JanetPublishing Newsapps / copyright / Fair Use / Google / legal defense / literary awards / marketing / National Book Awards / software / television / Twitter / YouTubeComments Off on Friday News: National Book Awards, YouTube’s Fair Use advocacy, marketing apps, and Twitter’s TV hopefuls

Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award – The least surprising, but nevertheless moving, win of the night was Ta-Nehisi Coates for his non-fiction work, Between the World and Me. Adam Johnson won the award for Fiction, Neal Shusterman for Young People’s Literature, Robin Coste Lewis for Poetry, James Patterson won the Literarian Award, and Don DeLillo won ... more >

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