John Grisham’s ‘Camino Ghosts’ is the #1 book in the country. Plus Greg Iles revisits attorney turned Natchez, Miss., mayor Penn Cage in ‘Southern Man,’ and Caitlin Rozakis, with ‘Dreadful,’ bakes up a comedic fantasy debut. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Scholastic snaps up Suzanne Collins's new entry in the bestselling Hunger Games series, Red Tower signs three by Melissa de la Cruz, and more. 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 ]
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 ]
Among the week's headlines: An appeals court upholds a key freedom to read decision in Llano County, Texas; author Hanif Abdurraqib will keynote the ALA's Rally for the Right to Read; and what happened to the Free Library of Philadelphia's Author Events team? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The novel is both a path to freedom and a form of political activism for the Booker Award finalist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of ‘How to Bury Your Dog.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Comics Plus and other digital lending platforms are a growing area for the discovery and circulation of graphic novels in libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Ahead of this year's American Librarian Association conference, librarians are joining forces to seek out “the good stuff” to celebrate and sharing strategic practices to counter challenges leveraged increasingly at comics and graphic novels. 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 ]
Amazon Prime Day 2024 is coming soon, and if history is any indication, it will bring a swath of discounts on everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities. If you’re a Prime member, you’ll have access to all of the Amazon Prime Day deals, which is great in theory, but it will... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-06 19:28:08 UTC ]
It'll soon be Apple's turn to talk about its next major operating system updates, giving developers a chance to get their apps ready ahead of a broad rollout this fall. The company's Worldwide Developers Conference is right around the corner. Apple is sure to reveal some of the main features of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-06 19:04:01 UTC ]
Top book news stories include a new installment in the Hunger Games universe, Costco scaling back book sales, and more highbrow-raising layoffs in publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-06 16:34:34 UTC ]
Do you find yourself in the querying spirit this spring? Or have you, perhaps, a burning question for a literary icon? If yes or yes, consider checking out the second annual auction hosted by Literary Agents of Change, a nonprofit “dedicated to providing access, education, and support to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-06 14:24:44 UTC ]
Ruth Whippman had three sons and a lot of questions. In her memoir “Boy Mom,” she hopes to offer parents some of the reporting she gathered on the road to understanding her children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-06 13:28:10 UTC ]
Pop culture feeds on romantic couplings, but we all know the truth about who keeps us alive. Our friends, what would ever we do without them? It is passionate platonic friendship that concerns Lilly Dancyger in her second book, First Love: Essays on Friendship. A collection of personal and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-06-06 11:00:00 UTC ]
“No one should be surprised by a writer’s library,” says the author of the Maisie Dobbs series, about a World War I battlefield nurse turned private investigator. The series’ 18th and final book is “The Comfort of Ghosts.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-06 09:00:13 UTC ]
The perks were few and far between when I was an editorial assistant in book publishing in the early aughts. Mostly I did the job for the books and the proximity to authors and the occasional access to free leftover sandwiches from some lunchtime meeting or other (I was also lucky to do this... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-06 08:55:08 UTC ]
BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists and a publishing deal with Microsoft. But it was just an A.I. chop shop. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-06 04:00:25 UTC ]
Children's book author, illustrator, and designer Nonny Hogrogian, acclaimed for her vibrant woodcut and mixed-media artwork and twice awarded the Caldecott Medal, died May 9 in Holyoke, Mass.; she was 92. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]