This weekend, snag excellent YA reads across a variety of genres in this megalist of deals under $5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-20 10:30:00 UTC ]
Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-04-20 05:08:39 UTC ]
Mr. Walsh won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-19 21:44:54 UTC ]
Do you like rip-roaring science fiction books? Do you like movies? Then you are in for a treat in, well, two years. Amazon MGM Studios just set a release date of March 20, 2026 for Project Hail Mary, according to Deadline. It’s based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name, which was one of our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-04-19 17:44:40 UTC ]
Beautiful bookstores, finalists for the NYPL's Young Lions Award, and more of the day's most interesting bookish news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-19 16:41:47 UTC ]
With March Madness and the Super Bowl recently crowning champions and the Grammys and Oscars awarding music and movies, it’s finally time for the literary world to have its own big moment in the sun. And that can only mean one thing: It’s Pulitzer time! While there are many book awards that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-04-19 11:15:00 UTC ]
When is enough enough? Ryan Chapman on wants, needs, money, and time. | Lit Hub Memoir “Resets are necessary throughout a writing life.” Julia Alvarez on falling in love with writing again. | Lit Hub Craft What does Lord Byron have in common with Che Guevara? “A revolutionary who loves poetry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-19 10:30:28 UTC ]
Seminary Co-op booksellers and friends have held a number of conversations with legendary bookseller Paul Yamazaki throughout the past two years, in the intoxicating stacks of City Lights, perambulating the streets of San Francisco, and over whiskey tumblers deep into the night. With Paul we’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-19 08:59:44 UTC ]
It’s 2015. My partner and I are in Moab, Utah, for the summer, far from our home of Philadelphia. He is doing research for his dissertation. I am struggling to rewrite a novel that my editor says—and I agree—isn’t working. The desert landscape in southwest Utah is magnificent and to us wholly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-19 08:53:24 UTC ]
A trio of new contemporary romance offerings from Black authors beckon readers to settings as far-flung as small-town West Virginia and Panama City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
According to data released by Spotify, users aged 18-34 make up 57% of the platform's audiobook listeners, while television adaptations such as 'Shōgun' and 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' have prompted a surge in demand for specific titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
This spring has come with its fair share of excellent debut novels. Here are three more, for your reading pleasure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
For the Scottish novelist and journalist, the novel is a way to fight political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and outright lies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s winner was nominated for the award an impressive eight times and praised for her encyclopedic knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, and diligence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a record-breaking 2023, the publisher of Rebecca Yarros’s blockbuster 'Empyrean' series looks to keep rolling in 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a new report reinforces the value of school libraries; PEN America finds school book bans still surging; and an epic battle over the public library in Superman's hometown of Metropolis (...Illinois). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Summit takes McSweeney’s publisher Amanda Uhle’s searing family memoir, Delacorte lands Elle Kennedy’s debut YA thriller, and more Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s top honor goes to a 128-year-old store that is beloved by its community, plays host to vibrant literary events for authors large and small, and serves as an anchor business for the Village of La Jolla, Calif. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The heads of the IBPA, IPC, and PubWest share insights on the challenges and opportunities for independent publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Literary Arts, the Oregon nonprofit responsible for the Portland Book Festival, Portland Arts and Lectures, Oregon Book Awards, and other community programming, plans to move into a new headquarters in fall 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]