After acquiring Regnery Publishing, Skyhorse says it will continue to publish religion books under its Good Books imprint, while also pledging to strengthen relationships with conservative authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Gene Luen Yang and artist LeUyen Pham’s new YA graphic novel 'Lunar New Year Love Story' is a charming, funny, supernatural tale of teenagers navigating romance and tough family issues in the Asian American community. An eight page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Set in World War II, Vanessa Chan’s utterly gripping debut novel The Storm We Made is the story of an unlikely spy and the consequences of her actions. When Cecily, a bored Malayan housewife in British-colonized Malaya, encounters the charismatic General Fujiwara, she is seduced not only by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-01-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
Grab your TBR. It's about to explode with new titles once you dig through the winter 2024 YA book releases roundup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-02 11:40:00 UTC ]
The best new sci-fi and fantasy books out January 2024 feature mythological retellings, space adventures, cyberpunk ghost stories, and more! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-02 11:30:00 UTC ]
Miss Americana has been discussed in English literature classes for some years now – sometimes alongside Shakespeare. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-01-02 11:01:25 UTC ]
On December 22, workers at the Barnes & Noble flagship Union Square location walked off the job over what their union, the RWDSU, called "the company's failure to return on economic portions of the contract amid their highest sales season." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Alice Oseman has the #1 book in the country with the graphic novel 'Heartstopper #5.' Plus 'The Boys in the Boat' lands in theaters—and on our trade paperback list—and several other titles get a holiday boost. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Our new Google calendar, to be updated throughout the year and to which readers can subscribe, keeps track of the dates of select trade shows, book fairs, and awards and prizes in 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the novel If Only by Vigdis Hjorth, which will be published by Verso Books on September 3, 2024. Preorder the book here. “A relatively young woman, aged thirty. She married in her early twenties, had two children. It is winter. January and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-01-01 12:00:00 UTC ]
This bracing anthology of Christopher Hitchens’s work for The London Review of Books is just the ticket. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-01-01 10:02:01 UTC ]
The author, whose novel “Blackouts” won the National Book Award last month, talks about sex in fiction, censorship, and the pleasure of what goes on in the shadows. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2023-12-31 11:00:00 UTC ]
As with the printing press and the dotcom boom, initial frenzy and speculation obscures the lasting legacy of new technologies“Innovation,” wrote the economist William Janeway in his seminal book Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy, “begins with discovery and culminates in speculation.”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-30 16:00:37 UTC ]
Bestselling author and journalist is ‘incredibly bowled over’ to receive DBEJilly Cooper has been given a damehood in the new year honours list for her services to literature and charity.The 86-year-old bestselling author and journalist who was awarded a DBE said she was “delighted, bewildered... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-29 22:30:17 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a short story by the American author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), included in his 1952 collection of interlinked tales, The Illustrated Man. ‘Kaleidoscope’ deals with the theme of death, and how human beings respond to their imminent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-12-29 15:00:31 UTC ]
Last week, we asked our social media followers to vote for the cover of year from the best 32 designs of the year. This year’s tournament was fierce, with surprise twists and crowd favorites that bowed out early. The winner edged out the competition by a mere 6 votes. From 32 cover designs, here... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-12-29 12:05:00 UTC ]
Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 new books to kick off 2024, including an alternate Mexican history, memoirs of wildfire seasons and open marriage and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-29 11:00:49 UTC ]
A look at the Trump-DeSantis rivalry, a witty tribute to “Murder on the Orient Express,” a memoir of open marriage and an epic Swedish novel in verse, among others. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-29 10:01:35 UTC ]
The holiday sales period ended on a high note with unit sales of print books increasing 5.8% over the week ended December 24, 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
The book business in 2023 in a nutshell: Amazon got hit with a federal antitrust lawsuit, Scholastic got mired in a censorship controversy, Simon & Schuster finally found a buyer, AI fever gripped the book business, and publishers stepped up to book bans. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]