On April 2, a number of letters from the National Endowment for the Humanities were sent to arts and culture organizations across the country ending their previously awarded grants. Just days before, a report from the NEA found that the arts and cultural sector contributed $1.2 trillion to US... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. division of Barcelona-based Grupo Planeta launched in 2021 and has grown quickly after striking gold both stateside and in Puerto Rico. Its VP and publisher tells us how. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Avid Reader secures a subversive and high-octane debut, Viking picks up a history of an authoritarian-leaning corporate titan, two global superstars sign with Penguin Random House, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The launch of Molly Stern’s Zando has all gone according to plan—or at least to her financial plan. Still, four years in, the unorthodox indie press has succeeded in some surprising ways. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. division of Barcelona-based Grupo Planeta launched in 2021 and has grown quickly after striking gold both stateside and in Puerto Rico. Its VP and publisher tells us how. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Lightlark series author Alex Aster makes her adult debut with the rom-com Summer in the City, #1 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus longtime Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter recalls halcyon days for magazines in When the Going was Good, and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked prequel Elphaba provies popular. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers for Palestine, a global solidarity collective of nearly 600 publishers across 50 countries, has condemned the ongoing silence of the world’s largest children’s book fair on the slaughter of children in Gaza. In a press release issued earlier today, the advocacy coalition took the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-03 18:45:12 UTC ]
Neeson steps into the role of the bumbling detective made famous by Leslie Nielsen in the TV show and film series created by the Zucker Abrahams Zucker teamThe first footage has been released of Paramount’s upcoming reboot of the much-loved Naked Gun series of spoof police movies. The new film... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-03 17:55:41 UTC ]
Reductress is one of the best humor sites out there. They have an amazing editorial staff and a talented pool of writers who keep their headlines and articles sharp and surprising. It’s a tough moment to find a good comedic angle on the news, but Reductress’ topical satire continues to land by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-03 17:19:30 UTC ]
Libby's most anticipated books include everything from romance to cozy Japanese stories, to heroic memoirs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-03 17:10:55 UTC ]
Two years ago, newly pregnant and fleeing a violent partner, Briana Drummer left her life behind and checked into a family shelter. There, feeling overwhelmed, she spotted “a big, bright poster” advertising CUNY Reconnect, a program that allows adults with partial college credit to finish their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-04-03 09:48:13 UTC ]
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI modelsAuthors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-03 07:00:26 UTC ]
Big sales numbers for Onyx Storm and Sunrise on the Reaping couldn’t offset the impact of last year's early Easter, resulting in a small decline in unit sales of print books in the first quarter of 2025 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The paperback arm of Farrar, Straus and Giroux will reissue all 75 novels in Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret series, published between 1931 and 1972, as well as 30 of his standalone psychological novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil orchestrated by the Trump administration at the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The currently untitled book, by actor and professional wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and journalist Nick Bilton, will chronicle “the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of Hawaii’s most notorious crime syndicate.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025 PROSE Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Here are the most popular romantasies across all the public libraries Libby serves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-02 19:41:50 UTC ]
Babe is a film with real heart, based on a richly drawn children’s book which advocates for brains over brawn, respectful communication and common decency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2025-04-02 16:17:08 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation announced the five writers under 35 whose debut novels or short story collections promise “to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.” This year’s 5 Under 35 honorees are short story writers, prose-poets, and novelists who have won numerous honors and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-04-02 16:05:40 UTC ]