Internationally bestselling author Mark Mustian discusses setting the gothic scene in the South in fiction. The post Setting the Gothic Scene in the South appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-03-14 21:00:00 UTC ]
The 2025 book trade jamboree featured a bonanza of heart-shaped fiction, celebrity memoirs, and some vexed discussion about festival finances and children’s readingContentious classics, book-to-screen adaptations and the future of festival funding were some of the hottest topics at this week’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-14 18:35:36 UTC ]
Two Dollar Radio has been quietly rocking the publishing world since its inception in 2005. The Ohio-based indie publisher and “family outfit” turns twenty this year, and we at Lit Hub want to extend a hearty happy birthday. In a literary landscape that’s often knocked for a fear of risk-taking,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-14 18:01:37 UTC ]
The power of friendship pushed the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias to the top of the chart of the most-watched streaming title for the week of Feb. 10, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. Season 4 of Sweet Magnolias, which debuted in second place the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2025-03-14 17:34:09 UTC ]
Sam Altman, the OpenAI boss, has declared its new model ‘good at creative writing’. We asked writers including Tracy Chevalier, Kamila Shamsie and David Baddiel if they agreeThis week has seen writers divided over a story written by an AI model that is “good at creative writing” – at least... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-14 16:00:23 UTC ]
The NEW YORK TIMES has your spring reading list at the ready, We Need Diverse Books announces a reading day, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-14 15:00:00 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 | 2025-03-14 13:30:40 UTC ]
The food and lifestyle publisher Food52 reduced its headcount by around 40% on Friday, a sweeping round of layoffs that are part of a broader restructuring afoot at the privately owned media outlet, according to chief executive Erika Badan. The cuts will shrink Food52's... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2025-03-14 13:30:00 UTC ]
SOIL will make you reconsider everything you think you know about nature (including your own connection to it). Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-03-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factcheckingI am as shocked as I am confused that Mark Zuckerberg is going all-out to block a memoir by Facebook’s former director of global public policy,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-14 12:37:30 UTC ]
The 2025 Carnegie Medals bring forward much-needed books themed on youth and masculinity, now in the program’s shortlists. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Winners To Be Named June 19 nnounced at a panel event at London Book Fair on the trade show’s frenetic first day,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-14 09:13:11 UTC ]
The 2025 London Book Fair drew 'around 30,000' attendees and a 10-percent boost in rights-center table sales. The post London Book Fair Reports ‘Around 30,000’ Attendees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-14 05:29:14 UTC ]
William Morrow picks up a Pulitzer Prize–nominated playwright’s debut novel, Poisoned Pen bags a buzzy psychological thriller, Ten Speed Graphic readies a Rebecca Yarros adaptation, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Estonia will serve as Guest of Honor at the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, marking the Baltic nation’s first time in this prominent role at the world’s largest children’s publishing event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
In a presentation at the London Book Fair, a BookScan analyst said that many of the trends that led to a small sales increase in 2024—including BookTok and Bibles—remain in place in 2025. Also among those factors is the idea of "bibliotherapy," the use of literature to help people improve their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
On the heels of Dey Street’s 10th anniversary—and the success of Cher’s blockbuster memoir—we talked with its publisher about the imprint’s biggest hits, her vision for the future, and what’s trending in the world of commercial nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
PW’s annual look at fast-growing small publishers looks at how five companies overcame difficult market conditions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
For his first novel in nine years, Wally Lamb draws on his battles with self-doubt and addiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, scheduled from March 31 to April 3, will once again bring the book world to Italy as it continues to grow beyond its traditional remit focused on children’s books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Oathbound, the third book in Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn Cycle, lands at #2 on our children’s fiction list. Plus the March Reese’s Book Club pick, Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, debuts at #3 on our hardcover fiction list, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returns to fiction after more than a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]