ALA kicked off National Library Week with the release of its annual State of America's Libraries report, and its "Top 10 Most Challenged Books" list. The 729 challenges tracked by ALA in 2021 represent the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling its list 20 years ago,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Egan walks and talks — about 'The Candy House,' her sequel to 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' and why she still believes in fiction and humanity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-03 12:00:47 UTC ]
A debut novel traces a young Chinese woman’s coming-of-age: abandoned, trafficked — and posing as a man. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-03 09:00:09 UTC ]
The 1918 short story ‘Bliss’ is one of the best-known and most widely studied stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923). Although Mansfield never wrote a novel, her short stories helped to redefine the possibilities of the story form. ‘Bliss’ is a story full of ambiguous and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-04-02 14:00:03 UTC ]
Tinsel Town has influenced books from "The Princess Bride" to "Moving Pictures" and "Only the Dead Know Burbank." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-02 12:00:55 UTC ]
Last month, our reviewers fell for emotional memoirs, deeply researched historical fiction and a new Maisie Dobbs installment. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-02 10:00:12 UTC ]
In Judd Apatow's "Sicker in the Head," the filmmaker asks other creative types to delve into their process. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
Today's edition of YA Deals is sponsored by Penguin Random House & Underlined.`Penguin Random House &... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-04-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
Her biographies of the Jazz Age icon and of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay were best sellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-02 03:01:07 UTC ]
She helped establish the study of postcolonial literature and made her own entry to the genre with the memoir "Meatless Days." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 22:48:53 UTC ]
As the UK publishing industry prepares for its annual encounter with many colleagues from other markets, a look at UK book business diversity. The post Heading to London Book Fair: Diversity in UK Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-01 19:24:36 UTC ]
Interviews Sandra Cisneros’s success as a poet, short-story writer, novelist, and essayist is tied to her determination to write about others with awareness and love. Her work is populated by powerful people—powerful in their pain, joy, and hunger for... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-04-01 16:29:13 UTC ]
A champion of exuberant genre work as well as international literature, Japan's Hiroshi Hayakawa wins LBF's top honor. The post London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement: Hiroshi Hayakawa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-01 14:29:26 UTC ]
Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Penguin Random House & Underlined`Penguin Random House &... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-04-01 14:05:33 UTC ]
The North's modern economy and wartime financial innovations all but guaranteed victory, Roger Lowenstein argues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 12:00:59 UTC ]
As Maud Newton uncovers her ancestors' disturbing past, she also looks for ways to heal the damage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 12:00:54 UTC ]
With her new approach to learning, the Italian educator sought to help the underprivileged, Cristina De Stefano writes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 12:00:43 UTC ]
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel When We Were Birds begins in the time before time and follows the uneasy truce between the living and the dead. Cigarettes are offered, liquor is poured, prayers are said, all in the hope that the buried stay buried. This is the story of Yejide, a young woman who... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-04-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
New Yorkers still tell stories of browsing at Harlem’s Liberation Bookstore or spending the afternoon at Scribner’s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-01 09:03:09 UTC ]
The four of the Big Five publishers to release their financial results publicly all saw strong increases in earnings in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]