Debut novels by Essie Chambers and Marcela Fuentes are among this month's selections by the nation's biggest book clubs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
The author of ‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ discusses her fight for the freedom to read and her debut memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Beginning this fall, Picador will reissue the majority of Chilean author Roberto Bolaño’s catalog in English translations in a "major repackaging program," starting with 'By Night in Chile,' 'The Return,' and 'Antwerp.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Artificial intelligence, DEI, and defending the freedom to read are among the many themes represented in a robust ALA 2024 professional program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
With her term winding down, the outgoing ALA president reflects on an eventful year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
In his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the Hollywood hyphenate Griffin Dunne, best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours,” recounts his privileged upbringing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-09 09:02:20 UTC ]
Here are the stories from the last week in Today in Books that you all found the most interesting... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
Meddling gods and magic drama in New Orleans, a fresh spin on Jane Eyre, a Dollywood romance, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
The journalist on throwing up at school, his admiration for aid workers, and not being there for President BushBorn in Lancashire, Clive Myrie, 59 studied law before gaining a place on the BBC’s journalism trainee scheme. He became a foreign correspondent, winning a Peabody award in 2017 for his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-06-08 08:30:40 UTC ]
Our Rights Roundup features work from both English- and French-language Canada, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic. The post Rights Roundup: Bologna Hosts Book Fair Directors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-07 22:47:57 UTC ]
The massive success of Among Us changed the lives of the developers at Innersloth. Now, the team is paying that forward by helping to fund a bunch of other indie games under its new label Outersloth (perfect name, zero notes). Among the projects that Outersloth has backed so far are Mars First... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-07 22:40:10 UTC ]
The Hogwarts sports game Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions now has a release date. The multiplayer title, announced last year, will arrive on PC and consoles on September 3. The game, a companion to last year’s Hogwarts Legacy, is “a complete, standalone Quidditch experience” that “engages... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-07 21:29:33 UTC ]
With Helsinki Literary Agency selling up to 150 books yearly, its former CEO, Urpu Strellman, heads for her publishing roots at Art House. The post Rights Edition Interview: Agent Urpu Strellman, Back to Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-07 17:49:17 UTC ]
It's a book in a library that helps a young girl break free of the repressive and conservative world her parents raise her in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
Writers say investments in book promotion to augment publishers’ in-house staff are key to successKatherine Reay has written a dozen novels. When The Berlin Letters, her most recent, hit the shelves earlier this year, she embarked upon a 30-stop promotional book tour.“I love the personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-06-07 11:30:48 UTC ]
June's new children's book releases include picture books about steppin' and school, middle grade books about magic schools and making friends, and so much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-07 10:30:00 UTC ]
There are times when a writer encounters the work of a contemporary at the ideal time. In my case, this writer was John Kaag and the book was his 2018 philosophical memoir Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. I had been studying philosophy in graduate school, but had left to pursue... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-07 08:55:26 UTC ]
Now in its seventh year, the Deep Water Literary Festival will return to Narrowsville, N.Y., in the Catskills June 21–23. This year, it has added a new independent book fair and expanded its programming to year-round. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
A teacher’s class project on book access for kids becomes a national grassroots literacy movement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
B Is for Books allows kids and families to browse, read, and select up to three books to take home. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]