At the risk of seeming obnoxiously obsessed with ourselves, writers and readers do tend to love books about writers and readers—especially when those fictional writers and readers behave badly. (It’s no wonder, really, why the Bad Art Friend discourse hit a nerve; so many people were frantic... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-03-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson up 21% in London after Apollo says mulling possible cash offer for group Continue reading >> [ Source: MarketWatch.com | 2022-03-11 11:30:01 UTC ]
Author Larysa Denysenko wrote introduction to Maya and Her Friends while sheltering from missiles in Kyiv“As I write to you, rockets are flying outside my windows, and at a distance of 20km from my house, Russian aggressors are destroying the suburbs of Kyiv,” author Larysa Denysenko says in an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-11 11:15:48 UTC ]
As the federal government was promising to tackle harmful online disinformation about the pandemic, it was giving thousands of dollars to a magazine spreading conspiracy theories — including unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 vaccines could... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2022-03-11 09:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Melissa Febos, Alex Segura, and John Scalzio. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
We talk with Mary Ackland, retail manager of Mitzi’s Books in Rapid City, S.Dak. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
If publishing imprints were people, 10-year-old Triangle Square Books for Young Readers would be Seven Stories’ Mini-Me. It's worked out well for the imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tessa Bailey lands at #3 on our trade paperback list with her latest rom-com, 'Hook, Line, and Sinker." Plus V.E. Schwab's YA fantasy novel 'Gallant' is #2 on our children's fiction list, and a trio of March book club picks claim their spots on our hardcover fiction list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
In March 2020, PW was racing to keep up with the changes to the industry unleashed by the start of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Cormac McCarthy sells two to Knopf, Simon & Schuster buys an essay collection from Bob Dylan, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys set the tone for the final afternoon of the ABA's new virtual conference for indie booksellers when she urged them to tap into their superpower: the ability to fight back against book bannings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Three authors joined author/moderator Emma Straub in a thought-provoking keynote panel, “Storytelling in the Cultural Moment,” to begin the third day of ABA's Snow Days online conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books dropped 16.2% in the week ended Mar. 5, 2022, from the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Led by a 44.1% increase in sales of K-12 instructional materials and double-digit gains in the children’s/young adult and religious press segments, industry sales rose 3.7% in January, according to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Angela Engel, publisher of the Collective Book Studio, examines the disturbing connection between banned books and antisemitism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Critics and audiences are hailing the release of Abbott Elementary, ABC’s new workplace sitcom created by and starring Quinta Brunson (and, by the way, featuring a virtuosic comedic performance by Janelle James). Abbott Elementary, which received the highest comedy ratings since Modern Family’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-10 20:19:56 UTC ]
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award's scientific committee has reviewed the jurors' recommendations, with more than 3,000 submissions in hand. The post Awards: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Receives Record Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-03-10 18:49:50 UTC ]
Qian Julie Wang’s debut memoir Beautiful Country is a compelling and intimate portrait of an undocumented childhood. Much like Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, we are carried into the heart and mind of a child: this time, a young, undocumented girl in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-03-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
Whether they’re a budding chef, or clueless in the kitchen, these cookbooks for teens, including The Super Easy Teen Cookbook by Christine Hitchcock, will help teens learn a huge variety of cooking skills. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-10 11:37:00 UTC ]
From sci fi horror like Parasite by Mira Grant to science fantasy like Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, those genre-blending science fiction books have something for every reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-10 11:35:00 UTC ]