Forthcoming titles focus on setting boundaries, maintaining capacity, and avoiding burnout. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The author and entertainer returns with a conversational retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ that keys into the tale’s timeless appeal Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The lead authors of the 2018 Museum and Library Services Act—two Democrats and two Republicans—wrote to Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director Keith Sonderling to remind him of his “obligation to faithfully execute the provisions of the law.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature books about travel and world cuisine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest collection of essays Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Next Conversation by lawyer and social media personality Jefferson Fisher nabs the #2 spot on our hardcover nonfiction list, Stephen Graham Jones’s The Buffalo Hunter Hunterlands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The director of literary programs at the Whiting Foundation spoke with PW on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation’s flagship Whiting Awards, given each year to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
A new series from the University of Georgia Press’s new series will focus on English translations of classic and contemporary works originally written in indigenous African languages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 250-year-old U.K.-based chain of 480 outlets has been sold for £76 million to private equity firm Modella Capital and will operate under a new name. The WH Smith brand name and travel divisions were not included in the sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
The married couple will assume ownership of the online literary publication from Alyson Sinclair, who has served as its publisher since 2022. Gay, who is a founding editor of the Rumpus, called the acquisition “a truly full-circle moment.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author L.J. Smith, who created the 'Vampire Diaries' otherwordly book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name, died this month. She was 66. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-03-27 20:18:24 UTC ]
Overshadowed by the drama-filled mayoral race, a quietly competitive contest is brewing between the candidates vying to become New York City comptroller: the city’s top watchdog and fiscal officer, charged with auditing its multibillion-dollar budget, scrutinizing mayoral agencies and stewarding... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-27 19:48:06 UTC ]
Fox Corp. plans to vacate a quarter of its space at 1211 Sixth Ave., a move that would come only three years after Rupert Murdoch’s media empire agreed to stay in the Midtown tower until 2042.Fox intends in November to leave 330,000 of its 1.25 million square feet in the building, credit-rating... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-27 17:09:46 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 | 2025-03-27 13:15:11 UTC ]
As has been the norm recently, the bestseller lists can’t seem to agree on anything. The New York Times bestseller ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-27 11:15:00 UTC ]
Guess what, book lovers? It’s time for another round-up of some of the buzziest book news happening in the world ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
Change seems to come naturally to some areas. Gentrifying post-industrial swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, perhaps, are used to blocks that morph in quick time.But differences may be harder to swallow in more established neighborhoods, such as the Upper West Side, where the enclave along Broadway... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-27 10:03:09 UTC ]
Execs in a closed-door town hall session during the Digiday Publishing Summit were quick to share their frustration with declining traffic — but there were some glimmers of positive signs too. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2025-03-27 04:01:00 UTC ]
On March 25, U.S. District Court judge Stephen Locher doubled down on an injunction against Iowa SF 496, a “likely facially unconstitutional” 2023 state law that has led to the mass removal of books from Iowa public school libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker Prize–winning author will publish a collection of stories and novellas, The Eleventh Hour, with Random House on November 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-27 04:00:00 UTC ]