Salman Rushdie—the former PEN America President and Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, and Joseph Anton—just sold a new novel, and it sounds like a doozy. Billed as a translation of an ancient Indian myth, Victory City—Rushdie’s fifteenth novel, his first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-01 15:22:16 UTC ]
What are the best short stories about the theme of motherhood? And who are the best mother characters in short fiction? Below, we select and introduce some of the most famous, and most widely studied, short stories which deal with the subject of mothers and motherhood. These stories range from […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-07-01 14:00:56 UTC ]
#BookTok, where enthusiastic readers share reading recommendations, has gone from being a novelty to becoming an anchor in the publishing industry and a dominant driver of fiction sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-01 13:38:09 UTC ]
Book review of Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá and his Daring Quest for a Free Cuba by David E. Hoffman Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:49 UTC ]
Book review of O Say Can You Hear: A Cultural Biography of The Star Spangled Banner by Mark Clague Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:42 UTC ]
Book review of "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us" by Ed Yong Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:27 UTC ]
Book review of "In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits," by Terry Alford Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:22 UTC ]
Book review of The Times They Were a-Changin’: 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn by Robert S. McElvaine Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 12:00:22 UTC ]
Tom Perrotta’s novel features a terrific full cast. Also, new this month, wonderful narrations of ‘The Last White Rose’ and Horse.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-01 11:00:13 UTC ]
15 of the best hardcover book designs where there is something clever underneath the jacket.. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-01 10:32:00 UTC ]
A new historical fiction series for young readers highlights “the importance of standing up for what you know is right.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-01 04:20:49 UTC ]
Sales of comics and graphic novels rose 62% in 2021 over 2020, according to a new joint estimate by ICv2 and Comichron. Total comics and graphic novel sales to consumers in 2021 in the U.S. and Canada were approximately $2.07 billion, Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Angie Hockman, Meng Jin, and Ron Shelton. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jenny Han takes four of the top 10 bestseller slots with books in her Summer I Turned Pretty series. Plus science journalist Ed Yong's 'An Immense World' is #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list, and Riley Sager's suspense novel 'The House Across the Lake' takes the same spot on our hardcover... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Random House picks up a new novel by Salman Rushdie and a leadership guide by Bob Iger, Europa signs a British debut, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
In July 1933, we reported on Bennett Cerf’s fight to publish Ulysses in the U.S.—11 years after it was released in France. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
In an update on the status of a "security incident" that forced Macmillan to take many of its computer systems offline, the company said it has made progress in restoring access, but said that while it is accepting orders electronically, it is “unable to process them at the time.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The owners of Franklin Fixtures, which supplies retail displays to bookstores, are opening a new independent bookstore and café named Plenty on Spring in Cookeville. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The massive show returns in-person to San Diego this summer after a three-year hiatus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 2022 ALA Annual Conference, the first in-person annual conference since 2019, set a new high-water mark for the return to U.S. in-person events in the book business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]