The 273-year-old German scholarly publisher continues to search out new opportunities to expand its global reach. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Based on Anne Deveson’s 1991 memoir about her son’s experience with schizophrenia, this play can be achingly sad. But it also offers hope. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-08-26 01:01:35 UTC ]
The mainstream publishing industry is intimidating. How does a writer break in? Follow Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” through the roller coaster of its creation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-25 18:20:53 UTC ]
In 12 categories, the 2022 biennial Singapore Literature Prize winners are drawn from 43 writers in Tamil, Malay, Chinese, and English. The post Singapore Literature Prize: 15 Winners, Four Languages appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-25 16:03:44 UTC ]
Karma's World is officially making its mark, and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges couldn't be happier. That's because it took the award-winning rapper, actor, producer and now children's book author over a decade to bring the animated children's program to audiences. Now, the show and its titular... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-08-25 15:59:04 UTC ]
James Spooner's 'The High Desert' chronicles a journey into punk as a Black teeen's escape from exurbia. It's a more common story than you'd think Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-08-25 13:00:59 UTC ]
Twenty years after publication, the YA novel is the century’s most relevant dystopia—and that’s not even the most interesting thing about it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2022-08-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
"Knocking Myself Up," Michelle Tea’s "memoir of (in)fertility," will resonate across generations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-25 12:00:17 UTC ]
While other future novelists were discussing iambic pentameter and leitmotifs, Gina Chen immersed herself in computer science. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-25 09:00:11 UTC ]
A 17% increase in sales of adult fiction was not enough to prevent print book sales from declining 3.7% last week compared to the week ended August 21, 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
According to a survey of booksellers PW conducted across the country, a broad selection of new releases for all ages and in all genres is certain to appeal to readers—particularly in the children’s category. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Rio Cortez, Charles S. Cockell, and Rachel Rabkin Peachman and Anna C. Wilson. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Albert Whitman business director Joseph Campbell, who spent his entire career at the Chicagoland children's publishing house, died on August 5. He was 52 years old. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The culmination of a 20-year advocacy effort, the new policy will finally make taxpayer-funded research available to the public without cost or delay. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Medieval mishaps and smarmy suitors are afoot in the upcoming film adaptation of 'Catherine Called Birdy,' based on the 1994 Newbery Honor-winning novel by Karen Cushman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Disney is set to release a live-action and CGI film retelling of Italian author Carlo Collodi and illustrator Enrico Mazzanti's 'Pinocchio,' the classic children's tale that follows a puppet's journey to escape his owner to become a "real boy." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 16th UN Sustainable Development Goal is the focus of a new children's reading list released by the SDG Book Club. The post IPA: The SDG Book Club Issues a New Reading List appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-24 22:10:44 UTC ]
The Gale-Bodleian Libraries partnership is in its second year of Asia-Pacific research into digital humanities fellowships. The post Cengage’s Gale and Bodleian Libraries: Asia-Pacific Fellowships appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-24 20:19:36 UTC ]
The perennial bestseller is now disconnected from its reason for being. It wants to evoke our affection for nature but shows little interest in human nature or science. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-24 11:00:49 UTC ]
I think every aspiring writer should work in a used bookstore. For a little while, at least. If nothing else, the ego death is electric. * I am lucky. A fellowship after my MFA has left me with all kinds of time to write and live out this romantic dream job. Ensconced in an Ann […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-24 08:53:03 UTC ]