This slim novella about one Irishman’s crisis of conscience during the Christmas season is the topic of our December book club discussion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-20 17:23:07 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association spoke to staff who also highlighted James by Percival Everett, and everything from Chris Hoy’s autobiography to a book about fishing by a dogThis year’s Booker prize winner will be the Christmas No 1 bestseller, predict UK booksellers.The Booksellers Association (BA)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-20 15:52:28 UTC ]
A posthumous anthology of photo essays by the curator and art historian reveals the “troubling reality” of prejudice and the power of images to “undermine the very concept of difference.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-20 14:17:17 UTC ]
Library censorship updates, recent adaptations to know, and more library-focused news for the week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-20 13:00:00 UTC ]
Hilary Mantel stressed she was concerned with depicting the outer world faithfully but her chief concern was her character’s interior drama. This adaptation shows how much she strayed from that Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-12-20 12:48:36 UTC ]
These are 50 of 2024’s the best nonfiction books, including work by Aaron Robertson, Rebecca Nagle, Isabella Hammad, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists In case you need something to do between now and the new year, these are our 10 favorite book to screen adaptations from 2024. | Lit Hub Film... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-20 11:30:08 UTC ]
PW looks back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year, and what they portend for 2025. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
Since 1985, literary agent Richard Curtis has irregularly chronicled the state of trade book publishing in verse in the pages of 'Publishers Weekly.' In honor of his final year-end poem, we've republished them all here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
Lower sales in the company's trade group, due mainly to the timing of the publication of some of its biggest books, was the major factor in dropping second quarter results. For the full fiscal year, Scholastic still expects revenue to increase between 4% and 6% over fiscal 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
Major contractions in the independent book distribution space, an explosion of artificial intelligence tools and businesses, and turmoil over freedom of expression in multiple sectors defined the book business landscape throughout the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
A sincere thank you from outgoing PW executive editor Andrew Albanese, and best wishes for a happy holiday season. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
NYC's book borrowing habits in 2024, book marketing in the UK, and coloring book drama headline today's book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-19 15:08:43 UTC ]
Adult coloring books have been rising up the bestseller charts. But one team of creators has brought a host of controversy with their cute and cozy offerings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
Judy Garland once famously instructed us to make the Yuletide gay, and the publishing industry is really doing its part ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
We’re well into the holiday buying season now, and the bestseller lists reflect that. There aren’t any books that made ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-19 12:45:00 UTC ]
From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-12-19 08:05:22 UTC ]
From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-12-19 08:05:22 UTC ]
With four categories posting double-digit gains, October sales at the 1,279 publishers that report data to Association of American Publishers’s StatShot program rose 8.3% over last October. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Judy Clain has acquired North American rights to ‘In This Dark Room: Secrets, Shame, and Reckoning at a French Trial,’ billed as as “a gripping journalistic account of the infamous 2024 rape trial” that has ended with a guilty verdict for Dominique Pelicot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
In 2024, as we do each year, we reviewed thousands of new books. Of all the reviews we published this year, these are the 10 you read the most. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-19 05:00:00 UTC ]