Literary agents in Christian publishing identify hot trends for 2022, while urging publishers to diversify their lists and think about how to grow new authors who can take over for aging stars. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
In the first event of ABA's Snow Days conference, game designer Jane McGonigal led more than 500 participants in a few rounds of “mental time travel,” in which she asked listeners, among other things, to peer 10 years ahead to everyone's collective future in bookselling, Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
A pair of labor law experts explained the basics of unions and collective bargaining to ABA members during the Snow Days virtual conference replacing Winter Institute. It's about dignity and respect, they told booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
The networks are once again publicly taking Nielsen to task for what they allege is flawed data from the measurement company. This time, the Video Advertising Bureau is asking the Nielsen to delay its new "big data" monthly impact releases--set-top box and smart television viewership metrics... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-03-08 22:58:31 UTC ]
Essay Para on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia / Photo courtesy of the author Editorial note: “Siberian Romance,” a suite of Para’s poems, accompanies this introductory essay. Born in 1956, Jean-Baptiste Para is a poet, art critic, essayist,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-03-08 19:30:36 UTC ]
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The "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" author discusses his new book, "The Nineties." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-08 15:00:52 UTC ]
‘Two Kinds’ is a short story by the American author Amy Tan (born 1952), published as part of her book The Joy Luck Club in 1989. The story is about a young American girl born to Chinese parents; her mother pushes her to become a child prodigy, but the daughter […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-03-08 15:00:22 UTC ]
In Amy Bloom's memoir, she writes of her husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis and all that followed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-08 13:00:45 UTC ]
When I got to an age where I could read the same books as my mom, she started passing them along to me after she had finished. One of the books she gave me was Reading Lolita in Tehran by New York Times best-selling author Azar Nafisi, a book that I remember not only for […] The post Resist... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-03-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
From the predecessors of the genre to the height of its popularity and how it endures today, this is the history of the magical girl. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-08 11:38:00 UTC ]
These Jewish fantasy books include not just Jewish characters, but Jewish themes, Kabbalistic elements, and reference to Jewish folktales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-03-08 11:34:00 UTC ]
Since 2011, all my book editors have been white. Why wouldn’t I want another perspective on the characters I invent?Until a few years ago, only publishing industry insiders would have understood the role of the sensitivity reader. Then came American Dirt. The Jeanine Cummins novel sold to a US... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-08 09:00:06 UTC ]
A recently circulated petition asking the 'New York Times' to introduce three children's nonfiction lists has been declined. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
As part of its ongoing efforts to integrate Workman Publishing into its operations, Hachette Book Group has announced its plans to meld the HBG and Workman sales and subrights teams. The new reporting lines will begin effective March 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
A live-action adaptation of the Theodosia series by Robin L. LaFevers will begin streaming on HBO Max starting March 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
British author-illustrator Shirley Hughes, best known for her picture books capturing the everyday experiences and emotions of young children, died on February 25 at age 94. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Knopf has announced it will be publishing two new novels by Cormac McCarthy. 'The Passenger' is set for October 25 and 'Stella Maris' for November 22, with both titles will being published together, as a box set, on December 6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
The new coalition aims to inform and organize Texans who oppose efforts to ban books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
The leadership of 14 international book fairs in 13 nations agree to suspend contact with Russian state institutions and agencies. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Free Expression and Critical Voices’ e continue to receive new messages relative to Vladimir Putin’s war on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-03-08 01:04:51 UTC ]