Religion publishers are offering women authors’ fresh interpretations of sacred texts as well as stories from the lives of Buddhists, Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Bologna Book Plus 'Audio Forum' will feature some 20 speakers in eight sessions across four hours on April 2. The post Bologna Book Plus: An Afternoon Forum on Audiobooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-18 21:00:38 UTC ]
An executive order slashes much-needed federal funding for these services, but you can aid the effort to save them by signing a petition or joining a protest. On Friday, President Donald Trump issued yet another executive order aimed at gutting our federal agencies in the name of fiscal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-03-18 20:00:00 UTC ]
The 2025 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Trust Young Writer honor in the United Kingdom goes to Harriet Baker. The post ‘Rural Hours’: Harriet Baker Wins the UK’s Young Writer Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-18 19:45:19 UTC ]
The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
Image from the New York Public Libraries Digital Collections The hogmen and shock troops of the Trump-Musk administration have gone after another essential and beloved mainstay of public life: libraries. Trump signed a broad executive order last Friday that puts libraries in existential danger... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-18 16:54:24 UTC ]
In a franchise filled with convoluted additions, this animated anthology feels closest to the pulpy wonder of George Lucas’s first filmsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSince the release of the first Star Wars film in 1977, lightsabers, Wookiees and the trumpeting blare of Darth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-18 14:00:46 UTC ]
Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Press Month—a Lit Hub staff member will be recommending a small... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-18 13:15:56 UTC ]
Analysis of Nielsen billings reveals how creative and media agencies fared in 2024, with more than half in both sectors reporting increases. Media agencies in particular showed some bounceback from a gloomy 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2025-03-18 09:30:00 UTC ]
In “Changing My Mind,” the novelist Julian Barnes presents an argument for the joys of flexibility. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-18 09:00:55 UTC ]
How lucky, I thought, that spring break at the college at which I teach should be scheduled the week before the launch of my second novel. I wouldn’t have to cancel any classes to make the pre-publication interviews, furious essay-writing, bookstore signings, prep for the upcoming book tour.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-18 08:57:06 UTC ]
The environment at this year’s bustling Society of Illustrators’ Museum of Comics and Cartoon Arts Festival felt celebratory and welcoming in spite of the looming shadow of increasingly fraught global politics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The academic and educational publishing giant released its first annual report since going public last fall, showing strong results driven by its research segment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
The streaming giant has launched a short-form audiobook publishing program for self-published genre fiction authors, following reports of nearly tripling its catalog growth over the past year by attracting younger listeners to its platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Research by the BBC finds libraries are being lost at a rate of about 40 each year. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2025-03-18 01:41:07 UTC ]
Local authors of fiction and their genre dominated the Latvian trade publishing market in 2024, in a 'stable year' of business. The post Latvia’s Book Market Driven by Fiction and Domestic Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-17 22:47:59 UTC ]
From Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales, small press winners now vie for the top independent publishing British Book Award. The post British Book Awards: The 2025 Small Press Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-17 21:59:58 UTC ]
After a thorough excoriating by Democrats who are livid at his capitulation to Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has “postponed” his book tour. Hopefully he’ll use the time to do something about Trump’s unshackled authoritarianism. But I suspect he’s treating this like a celebrity... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-17 21:12:54 UTC ]
After the Senate minority leader’s decision to help Trump avert a shutdown of the GOP’s own making, Bluesky erupted with anger and savage memes. What was perhaps the least timely book tour in American history has been postponed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-03-17 21:10:00 UTC ]
In the memoir “Firstborn,” Lauren Christensen writes about losing the daughter she was expecting. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-17 16:00:04 UTC ]