Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, son of a Spanish actor, was convicted of the murder and dismemberment of a Colombian plastic surgeon. A court in Thailand has sentenced a Spanish chef to life imprisonment for murdering and dismembering a Colombian man on the tourist island of Koh Phangan. On Thursday, the Koh Samui Provincial Court found Daniel […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a local journalist to life in prison and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years under an anti-terrorism law, the publisher said Wednesday. The sentences against Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei Watch appear to be […]
26 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In the UK, Lex Croucher won the 2024 YA Book Prize for Gwen and Art are not in love (Bloomsbury YA), reports the Bookseller. Described as a “masterclass in teen romantic comedy,” the novel is set several centuries after the time of King Arthur and follows the title characters Gwen […]
According to the latest data from Lodging Econometrics, the two countries account for 64% of total hotel construction. INTERNATIONAL STORY – According to the latest data from Lodging Econometrics, the United States and China accounted for nearly two-thirds of the global hotel pipeline in the first half of the year. The global building stock is […]
Tomiko Itooka was still mountaineering when she was over 70 and climbed the 3,067-meter-high Ontake in Japan – in sneakers. A 116-year-old Japanese woman is named the oldest person in the world by the Guinness Book of Records. The U.S.-based Gerontology Research Group announced Wednesday that former mountaineer Tomiko Itooka, born on May 23, 1908, […]
“There is no doubt that an Asian-Australian foreign minister sends a clear message to the region about modern Australia,” said Wong, who was born in Sabah in 1968. Wong’s mother is a native Australian and her father is originally from Malaysia. Penny Wong on a panel with former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, also a […]
Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis began his first successful title defense with a win over number 2 contender Israel Adesanya. UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis defeated former champion Israel Adesanya via fourth-round submission to defend his title at UFC 305 in Perth, Australia. Two consecutive right hooks knocked down the retreating Adesanya, after which […]
15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing Readings has announced the shortlist for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2024. The six books on this year’s shortlist are: A way home (Emily Brewin, Midnight Sun) Blind spot (Robyn Dennison, lyrics) Little Bird (Sharon Kernot, lyrics) The spider and her demons (Sydney Khoo, Penguin) We didn’t think about […]
15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In Aotearoa, New Zealand, Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for young adult fiction at the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Nine girls (Penguin). Gregg also won the Esther Glen Junior Fiction […]
12 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing The shortlists for the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Prize for Fiction (US$15,000) Everything that remains unsaid (Tracey Lien, HQ) Hydra (Adriane Howell, Transit Lounge) The in-between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) Permafrost (SJ Norman, UQP) West Girl (Laura Elizabeth Woollett, writer) […]
