The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’ A new competition is offering £75,000 to an aspiring writer based on just three pages of their novel.Actor Emma Roberts, Bridgerton... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-05-01 13:00:21 UTC ]
Promising books for your May reading list include Alison Bechdel's 'Spent,' Ocean Vuong's 'The Emperor of Gladness' and a new Mark Twain biography from Ron Chernow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-05-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
Among her other favorites: “Backlash” and a Charles Laughton biography. The Oscar-winning actress just wrote — and illustrated — her first children’s book. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-01 09:00:35 UTC ]
At the first hearing in ALA v. Sonderling, held April 30 at federal court in Washington, D.C., plaintiffs pushed for the court to issue an emergency restraining order before the majority of IMLS staff is laid off on May 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
A press release from Diamond Comic Distributors said it has received court approval to go ahead with the sales of its assets to Universal Distributors and Ad Populum, who filed a joint bid for the bankrupt company. But former bidder Alliance Entertainment is seeking to delay final approval. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new study commissioned by the Association of American Publishers found that the use of inclusive access programs lowers the costs of instructional materials for college students and helps improve learning. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The romance bookstore draws far more visitors from long distances and on the weekend than the two closest outlets from its chain rival, suggesting it has established itself as a destination for romance fans to visit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
More than 1,600 independent bookstores across the United States celebrated Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 26, and children’s books were a hot item along with reads for their parents, who swarmed indies in unprecedented numbers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
These recent studies reflect a growing understanding of the failures behind school integration, almost a quarter-century after Brown v. Board of Education. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The context of the time an author is looking back on history from greatly influences how they're going to think and write about history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-30 13:30:00 UTC ]
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 4, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
Read your way into a great batch of new YA books hitting shelves in hardcover and in paperback this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-30 12:30:00 UTC ]
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new outing for the monster in the deep dark wood, due out in September 2026He’s got knobbly knees, turned-out toes, a poisonous wart at the end of his nose … and he’s back, for the first time in more than 20 years: Julia... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-30 11:30:50 UTC ]
Now we’re seeing cozy science fiction and fantasy, and even cozy horror. So what exactly does "cozy" mean? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-04-30 10:00:00 UTC ]
Novels by Stephen King and Ocean Vuong, Ron Chernow’s latest blockbuster biography, a new graphic novel by Alison Bechdel and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-04-30 09:01:09 UTC ]
The drama surrounding an influencer’s upcoming book that involves enemies-to-lovers, influencer unrelatability, and possible queerbaiting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2025-04-30 09:00:00 UTC ]
While the novel remains a high-status cultural form, video game writing is still seen as a throwaway art – despite some of the biggest names in fiction being involvedI’ve been working in games for a little more than 15 years, and the main thing I’d say about it at this point is that it’s a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-30 08:00:17 UTC ]
Pampered poms and Chappell Roan-loving pugs are taking over social media – but what makes a successful petfluencer and how much can they earn?Tuna is a chiweenie with a hyperbolic overbite, a tongue that sticks out aggressively when he sleeps, a neck shrivelled like a raisin – and 1.9m Instagram... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-04-30 06:00:16 UTC ]
John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way, which won Christian Book of the Year, led the 13 category winners honored Tuesday by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
The deal teams Simon & Schuster’s bilingual imprint, Primero Sueño Press, with one of the biggest independent publishers in Spain and Latin America across several initiatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]