A bonanza of YA book adaptation news, an interview between a fascinating cowriting duo, and more YA news from May 2025. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
As a teenager, I remember reading my first novel in verse. I never expected to like poetry. But just a ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-29 11:30:00 UTC ]
After many months of the bestseller lists staying pretty much the same week to week, we have four new titles ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-29 10:45:00 UTC ]
On a cultural obsession with Patty Hearst and the fine line between writing other people’s traumas and exploiting them. | Lit Hub Criticism Rebecca Solnit shares some of her favorite objects: “Your whole life is a research expedition, collecting specimens and building your pattern-recognition... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-29 10:30:22 UTC ]
When I was seventeen, my friend—the kind of person who always finds hidden gems in used bookstores—leant me Every Secret Thing, Patricia Hearst’s memoir about being kidnapped and forcibly radicalized by an urban guerrilla group. Hearst spent nearly all of 1974 on the run with the Symbionese... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-29 07:28:27 UTC ]
Entering its fourth decade, the Reykjavik festival uses its 'Absent Author' series to feature the jailed Sansal. The post In Iceland: A Focus on Boualem Sansal at Reykjavik International Literary Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-05-29 05:04:00 UTC ]
Over the last six months, the book publishing arm of the Walt Disney Co. has undergone dramatic changes. And given the scope of the $91 billion conglomerate’s business interests, many industry insiders are wondering what, exactly, its plan is for books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Manufacturers Institute has announced plans to donate $16,000 in matching funds to We Are Stronger Than Censorship, a program from the IBPA and EveryLibrary to counter book bans with book donations, if its members can raise that amount. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
A day after Ellie Berger announced plans to step down as president of Scholastic Trade Publishing, the publisher has announced the integration of its trade publishing, book fairs, and books clubs businesses into the Scholastic Children’s Book Group under Sasha Quinton as president and Jackie De... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Several exhibitors at last week's busy show in Las Vegas said they were relieved that new deals were being discussed, given the Trump administration’s tariffs, especially those tied to China, where 90% of toys and other consumer products are made. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
In case you missed it, The Chicago Sun-Times and a bunch of other papers got duped into running a reading list full of made-up, AI slop. (Some of the books are real—Bonjour Tristesse, Beautiful Ruins, Dandelion Wine, Call Me By Your Name, and Atonement—though most of them are not.) It was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-05-28 18:34:09 UTC ]
Freelance tech writer Matthew Adams recently decided to give the Medium Publishing Platform a try to see if it's a viable market for writers. The post An Honest Review of the Medium Publishing Platform Article Market appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-05-28 16:09:11 UTC ]
A romantasy novel was published with an AI prompt, LGBTQ+ history tours replace an Edinburgh Harry Potter tour, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-28 16:00:00 UTC ]
“Filipino Invasion” of the 1970s: an influx of talent from the Philippines into the American comic book market, particularly at DC. “Filipino Invasion” of the 1970s: an influx of talent from the Philippines into the American comic book market, particularly at DC. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-05-28 13:30:00 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, June 1, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-05-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
The following story was chosen by Ottessa Moshfegh as the winner of the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded annually by Selected Shorts and a guest author judge. This story will be performed by an actor this spring. To hear more great short stories performed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-05-28 11:10:00 UTC ]
I was in high school when I first read Patty Hearst’s memoir, Every Secret Thing, in which she recounts the nightmare of being kidnapped by a group of urban guerrillas and coerced to join their cell. For a year and a half, Hearst committed a series of crimes with the Symbionese Liberation Army... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-05-28 11:05:00 UTC ]
Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-28 09:00:44 UTC ]
Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton and Alastair Stout will head to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the next adaption of the smash-hit series. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2025-05-28 07:38:55 UTC ]
Devyn LaBella is suing the actor-director and the producers of his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 alleging breach of contract, with Costner denying all allegationsA stunt performer is suing Kevin Costner and the producers of his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, alleging... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-05-28 04:49:32 UTC ]