New children’s book releases include clever nonfiction picture books, thrilling middle grade fantasies, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-07 10:32:00 UTC ]
MacNolia Cox speaks only one sentence in a picture book about her trip to the 1936 national spelling bee. Zaila Avant-garde, the 2021 champ, writes volumes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-07-07 09:00:29 UTC ]
Julia Bryan-Wilson is an art historian of enormous productivity, insight, range, and flair, with copious writing and curating credits, abundant laurels from diverse institutions, and generations of student acolytes. Her library to date includes Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-07 08:52:21 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: Emily Amick (@emilyinyourphone) on why books bans are about more than books; why a new Texas law is a nightmare for publishers and book vendors; and the Queens Public Library celebrates 50 years of hip hop with a new library card. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Jess Everlee, Beth Kempton, Lorissa Rinehart, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
William Morrow lands Hugo and Nebula award winner Nnedi Okorafor, drag queen Kim Chi sells a cookbook to Union Square, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Here’s a peek at the top 25 books of the week. New titles include, at #1, yet another Colleen Hoover book—this one an updated edition of her self-published 2016 novel, 'Too Late.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
San Diego Comic-Con returns at full strength, despite uncertainty about the impact of the Writers Guild strike. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales dipped 2.7% in the first half of 2023 and were down 8.5% from the midpoint of 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
A growing crop of indie booksellers in the area are aiming to be multipurpose spaces for their neighborhoods. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two Pacific Northwest–based book workers have cofounded the Cercador Prize for Translation. A committee of five booksellers will nominate titles and award a winning translator $1,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The woman and Asian American–owned bookstore, in the Chinatown neighborhood in Manhattan, will require a total renovation over the next year due to a fire in a residential unit above its premises. It topped its goal of $150,000 overnight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales from a new edition of a Colleen Hoover novel were not enough to overcome huge sales racked up by Jenny Han's young adult titles last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The site hasn’t published anything by its correspondent-at-large since he was roundly condemned for a piece about Brittany Higgins. Plus: News Corp at odds with the press councilFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-07 02:47:34 UTC ]
A transgender woman, the owners of an independent bookstore and an educator who teaches in costume are among those challenging Montana's first-in-the-nation law that bans people dressed in drag from reading to children in public schools or libraries Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-07-07 01:02:34 UTC ]
A transgender woman, the owners of an independent bookstore and an educator who teaches in costume are among those challenging Montana's first-in-the-nation law that bans people dressed in drag from reading to children in public schools or libraries Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-07-07 00:47:04 UTC ]
Ruth Madievsky, a clinical pharmacist, insists her debut on sisters living dangerously is 'so fictional!' But it also channels her immigrant family's stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-07-06 13:00:43 UTC ]
The manga new releases out July 2023 include a sweet high school romance, adventures at magic school, a body swap horror story, and lots more! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-06 10:33:00 UTC ]
From despotic book club leaders to mind-numbingly boring reads, here are all the reasons every book club I've enjoyed has failed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-07-06 10:32:00 UTC ]
It’s that spooky frisson that makes you, for a split second, want to throw your book across the room. Or chuckle. Or flail, blindly, for the familiar barrier between storyworld and readerworld—you know, your world. There’s nothing as electric as an experimental flourish executed well, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-06 08:52:45 UTC ]