The president and CEO emeritus of BookNet Canada died on August 27. “It is impossible to imagine Canadian publishing functioning without Noah Genner’s contributions,” said Jack Illingworth, executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2024 National Book Award longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be named October 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2024 National Book Award longlist for Young People's Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 1, and the winner will be announced during the 75th awards ceremony on November 20 in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Today, the British Academy announced the 2024 shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The international prize, now in its 12th year, celebrates “groundbreaking works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-09 23:01:00 UTC ]
Best Historical Fiction of the Century, New YA out this week, Neurodivergent romance novels, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-09 16:08:01 UTC ]
The trial over the alleged ad tech monopoly begins Monday in Virginia. One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.The Justice... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-09-09 13:38:21 UTC ]
Comic book superfans have San Diego Comic-Con. Bravo superfans have BravoCon. And now dedicated MSNBC viewers have an in-person experience to satiate their particular strain of superfandom. The network took over the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday for MSNBC Live:... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-09-09 13:10:00 UTC ]
More than one hundred children and adults walked through metal detectors and past bomb-sniffing dogs to attend Drag Queen Story Hour at a community church in northeastern Ohio in December 2022. Drag Queen Story Hour began in San Francisco in 2015 as an effort to encourage literacy and provide... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-09 08:55:57 UTC ]
Lit Hub is excited to feature another entry from Poets.org’s “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Dunya Mikhail. Dunya Mikhail is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Tablets: Secrets of the Clay (New Directions, 2024).... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-09 08:55:06 UTC ]
Reese Witherspoon spotlights her former high school English teacher's new book, Danzy Senna's latest novel gets love from Barnes & Noble and 'Good Morning America,' and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Under the initiative, narrators will be able submit a sample voice recording for free to ACX, which will turn it into a replica of the participant’s own voice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
We spoke with three teachers and librarians who find value in sharing illustrated books with older students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The biggest BookTok hits of the year so far, Neil Gaiman's GRAVEYARD BOOK adaptation on hold after sexual assault allegations, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-08 15:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing house is booming thanks to sci-fi and fantasy novels – and a love of artisanal editions Founded in 1947, the Folio Society was once a membership club known for publishing classic tomes and history books, with a customer base of predominantly “old white men”, according to its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-08 10:00:45 UTC ]
The Pulitzer prize winner on uniting Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton in her new novel, her unfathomable dreams, and how she went from ‘blabbermouth’ to writerPulitzer prize winner Elizabeth Strout, 68, has wooed readers and critics alike with a string of bestselling novels set in Maine, where... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-07 17:00:22 UTC ]
A pair of sequels to hot YA titles, a nine-tailed fox, the truth of Lizzie Borden, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-07 13:00:00 UTC ]
A funny spy thriller, a classic album, a blockbuster feminist exhibition, a good book about a bad childhood and the end of our summer of sport Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-09-06 15:43:26 UTC ]
We are fully getting into spooky season over here. What spooky SFF are you reading this month? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-06 15:15:00 UTC ]
I know, I know. Leaves are turning. Charli’s called it. It’s been fun, but it would seem we’re just about done with this nebulous wink of an aesthetic category. But before we shift wholeheartedly into Demure Autumn, I’d like to present one last candidate for admission to the brat pantheon. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-06 15:00:08 UTC ]
Learn about the life of the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, as well as hear from women around the globe in this week's nonfiction book talk. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-06 15:00:00 UTC ]