Set your phasers to fun! Fly into this week's latest in science fiction and fantasy releases, plus a pair of can't-miss backlist titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-16 15:45:00 UTC ]
Plus: historical fiction set in Nigeria and weeding in libraries: what it is, what it isn't, and why you should care. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-16 15:15:00 UTC ]
In “Imminent,” the former intelligence official who ran a once-secret program shares some of what he knows. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-16 14:21:57 UTC ]
TikTok argued that it should still have free speech protections like foreign-owned American news outlets Politico and Business Insider. TikTok on Thursday pushed back against U.S. government arguments that the popular social media platform is not shielded by the First Amendment, comparing its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-08-16 12:30:37 UTC ]
What is weeding in libraries and when is it a disguise for banning books? That, plus this week's book censorship news roundup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-16 12:30:00 UTC ]
Marvel supervillain and Fantastic 4 foil Doctor Doom is everywhere these days. After appearing at Comic Con as Robert Downey Jr.'s latest role, the green-caped menace will be heavily featured in Fortnite's Chapter 5 Season 4 as part of the Absolute Doom battle pass, Epic announced. "Wielding... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-08-16 12:00:27 UTC ]
Nigerian historical fiction is thriving. Here are some excellent books to get you started. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
Contemporary literature is one of those four-dimensional things that seem to expand whenever you take a closer look. No one really knows more than a corner of it, perhaps a very large one, but a corner nevertheless. This quality, this mercuriality, of literature makes it more endless than any... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-16 11:05:00 UTC ]
Though they’ve been icons of cinema for a while—see: Sadako, Shutter—it’s taken English literature a little longer to catch up to Asian women front and centre in stories of ghosts and horror. The prevalence of female ghosts across Asia has always interested me: how often their origin is rooted... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-16 11:05:00 UTC ]
Anna Marie Tendler’s mordant account of her life suggests a single source for her pain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2024-08-16 11:00:00 UTC ]
With summer on the wane and holiday titles on order, excitement around this fall’s fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books is building. PW talked with booksellers about what they’ll be handselling and displaying in the coming months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
In Jim Wilson’s memoir, 'Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man,' he writes about his career as a piano technician and his pathway to becoming a professional pianist. Wilson spoke to BookLife about the intersection of writing and playing music, his encounters with music legends, and his relentless... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Avid Reader Press signs an Samuiel Hawley’s epic WWII novel, HarperOne takes science writer Corey S. Powell’s exploration of the unseen universe, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookselling’s regional associations put the finishing touches on their 2024 trade shows. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
This fall, children’s books from indie presses emphasize finding one’s voice and choosing one’s own adventure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
In this monthly roundup of BookLife titles, we feature sci-fi and fantasy. Want to see your book featured? Check out the Indie Spotlight calendar at booklife.com/indiespotlight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff VanderMeer has no problem embracing the inscrutable and uncanny; it’s what fuels his fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
‘Apprentice to the Villain,’ book two in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s TikTok–spawned romantasy series, is the #2 book in the country. Plus ‘The Mercy of Gods’ launches a new series from pseudonynous Expanse authors James S.A. Corey, and Casey McQuiston returns with the queer romance ‘The Pairing.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
For some regional bookseller associations, joint trade shows are a winning formula. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s fall gatherings provide booksellers across the country with plenty of opportunities to meet authors, collect ARCs, and network with other booksellers as well as publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]