As part of a plan to cut 5% of its North American workforce force by June 30, HarperCollins has closed its Harper Design imprint this week, among other layoffs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Edmund White, Sarah Pinsker, and Ben Smith. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Hull, author of 'Through the Groves,' reflects on the 10 LGBTQ memoirs that shaped her. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
C.E. McGill, author of 'Our Hideous Progeny,' highlights 10 impactful queer novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: a challenging year for libraries recapped in the ALA's 2023 State of America's Libraries report; amid criticism, the College Board will change its AP African American studies course again; the Seattle Public Library will join Brooklyn Public Library in making banned... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
IDW Media has announced "cost-cutting measures" that comprise laying off 39% of staff, including IDW publisher Nachie Marsham, delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, and installing Davidi Jonas as the new CEO. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Collective Book Studio founder and publisher Angela Engel urges the book community to stand firm against homophobia and transphobia. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins buys world rights to a collection of journals and lyrics by Amy Winehouse, NBCC winner Isaac Butler sells a “military history of the first decade in the culture wars” to Bloomsbury, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
David Grann's 'The Wager' dwarfs his previous four books in first-week sales, Mary Higgins Clark has a posthumous hit, a passel of cookbooks hit the top 10 in nonfiction, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 35-year-old organization is amping up its advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
“I have only the vaguest understanding of what TikTok is,” Patchett insists. And yet she and her bookstore, Parnassus Books, have become microcelebrities on the app thanks to the shop's savvy marketing manager, Sarah Arnold. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
In April, Patterson became the first author to sell more than 100 million copies across all print formats since BookScan first started recording unit sales of print books in 2004. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft is taking its superb AI art / visual designer tool, Microsoft Designer, and opening it up to the general public today. The company is also publicizing its intelligent features: AI-generated captions and hashtags, new image formatting for social media, and AI-powered editing... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2023-04-27 17:06:28 UTC ]
Here's everything you need to know about the master of manga horror Junji Ito, his career, and his notable works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:34:00 UTC ]
Authors like Louisa May Alcott and A.A. Milne learned their success in children's literature didn't translate to respect for their art. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:33:00 UTC ]
“I adopted Fuck This Shit as my motto during the Trump administration and find it applies to something new every day.” Abigail Thomas on getting a (superb) tattoo at 80. | Lit Hub Memoir McKayla Coyle recommends sapphic reads for every occasion (like if “you’re a sad girl, or a hot girl, or a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-27 10:30:50 UTC ]
This world isn't designed for anyone under 18. Teen spaces in libraries don't just promote literacy: they give teenagers a voice. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
Bush's Beans gets a spot, a fake pizza brand pops up, Harry Potter gets Wes Anderson treatment and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2023-04-27 09:30:00 UTC ]
As a lesbian, I might be biased, but I think sapphic literature is the best kind of literature. Where else can you get this kind of desperate pining and unabashed yearning? Where else can you find women in such open and raw relationships to other women? I enjoy reading books by all kinds of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-27 08:54:10 UTC ]
Visual artist and poet José Faus, journalist C.J. Janovy, and writer Desideria Mesa, join host Whitney Terrell live from the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, to discuss Kansas City’s literary legacy and its future. The group focuses on new book ban legislation, as well a white... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-04-27 08:53:54 UTC ]