White Nights, the author’s 1848 novella, sounds an unlikely candidate to go viral, but the story of lovelorn loneliness is now a favourite among TikTok and Instagram usersBeing popular on TikTok can make just about anything fly off the shelves, from beauty products to cucumbers, which became one... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-17 17:45:43 UTC ]
December marks the start of the holiday season and the return of one of our favorite year-end traditions: the annual best book cover tournament. Now in its fourth year, this contest is our way of recognizing and celebrating the talented designers behind the books. After all, the cover is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
We’re getting very, very close to the end of the year, so let’s go out with an explosion of reading ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
Writing fiction itself might be (and often is) considered an act of translation: from experience to language, from emotion to logic, from chaos to legibility. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence, or a stroke of good luck, then that these three fall debut novelists selected for our craft series each... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
From cyberpunk to space to climate fiction, novels and novellas, here are the 10 best science fiction books of 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
Joumana Khatib, an editor at The New York Times Book Review, recommends a few books to readers looking for gifts for their loved ones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-17 10:00:09 UTC ]
The holidays are approaching, and, with them, the end of 2024. As we near December’s various holidays and the start of an unpredictable 2025, observant readers will doubtless see that there haven’t been as many new books to list here as usual. This often happens in the publishing industry around... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-17 09:34:15 UTC ]
The CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and president of the Association of American Literary Agents is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to defend the freedom to read than the Penguin Random House SVP. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Online bookstore Allstora, founded by RuPaul, has partnered with actress and trans activist Dylan Mulvaney and Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic medalist in freestyle skiing, to launch two new book clubs, which will distribute 2,500 banned books to LGBTQ+ organizations across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Lerner Publishing Group is acquiring Soaring Kite Books, a small press founded in 2020 to publish diverse children's books by emerging voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
The UK arm of Ingram Publishing Services will begin distributing Belgium's Brepols Publishing work in the United Kingdom. The post Ingram Publisher Services UK To Adds Belgium’s Brepols appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-16 18:00:40 UTC ]
The author will serve as editor-at-large of Monument Books, helping to find authors that champion ‘ideas, stories and culture, as well as uplifting or refashioning past legacies’Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author of the 2017 bestseller Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has launched... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-16 17:04:41 UTC ]
The 2025 edition of London Book Fair will have an academic conference, this time with events on all three trade-show days in March. The post London Book Fair Announces a Three-Day Academic Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-16 12:32:57 UTC ]
Two years ago, with the depths of the pandemic still close in the rearview mirror, New York’s top officials charted a way forward: dozens of big ideas proposed by a group of 57 civic leaders, endorsed by the mayor and governor and geared toward revitalizing the city’s business districts.Now, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-12-16 10:48:25 UTC ]
The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-16 10:02:11 UTC ]
Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, which will soon enter its fifteenth month, has killed scores of Palestinian writers and journalists, obliterated the region’s cultural infrastructure, and sent shock waves through the global literary community. Book festivals, awards bodies, literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-16 09:59:20 UTC ]
In just over a decade, Entangled Publishing has gone from scrappy digital-first startup to publishing powerhouse after betting big on the burgeoning categories of romantasy and new adult—due in no small part to the vision and ingenuity of its founder. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
On a rolling basis this week and for the first time in its 50-year history, the NBCC will announce longlists for its annual awards. Finalists will be announced on January 23, with winners to follow at a ceremony on March 20 in New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
The commercial fiction imprint, best known for its romance, is encouraging its editors to branch out under publisher Christine Ball and editor-in-chief Claire Zion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]