As the facts of climate change manifest in real life, authors are finding that the future is all too present. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
In The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue, climate activist Tidwell heeds the warning signs in his own backyard. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hogarth signs a debut novel by Woody Brown, the first nonspeaking graduate of UCLA, and Atria takes a steamy sports romance trilogy by Melanie Iglesias Perez. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Columnist Ken Brooks argues that when it comes to licensing deals with AI companies, publishers should strike the iron while it’s hot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature books on world and military history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
The survey captured a range of trends in patron engagement from 115 ULC member libraries, "representing nearly 2,300 locations and serving over 87.5 million people” for 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Through reportage, memoir, and critique, authors deliver firsthand accounts of a planet in crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Despite ongoing consolidation in the global book market, PW’s annual ranking of the world’s largest publishers has seen little change since last year, including in the top slot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
For the bestselling author—both in life and in her fiction—nothing is ever as it seems. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Attorneys for the state of Florida have asked a federal judge to toss a closely watched lawsuit filed by six major publishers, the Authors Guild, students and parents, and several bestselling authors over HB 1069, a newly enacted state law that critics say is fueling a surge in unconstitutional... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
More than 4,000 submissions were made to the 19th Sheikh Zayed Book Award, with longlists announced at the end of this year. The post UAE: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Draws 4,000+ Entries for 19th Edition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-21 22:04:17 UTC ]
USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-11-21 21:14:19 UTC ]
Brooke Perkins becomes Bonnier Books UK's 'specialty markets' lead for North America, after a similar post for Australia's Lake Press. The post Bonnier Books UK Names Brooke Perkins for ‘North American Expansion’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-21 20:22:42 UTC ]
Police were advised there was no chance of conviction against journalist after hate crime investigation, Guardian understandsEssex police have dropped their hate crime investigation into Allison Pearson, the Daily Telegraph columnist visited by police after she wrongly accused people of colour... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-21 19:36:20 UTC ]
The City Council advanced but weakened Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes housing plan in a last-minute deal ratified on Thursday in two committee votes. As part of the agreement, the administration committed to spending $5 billion on affordable housing programs and infrastructure improvements.Many... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-11-21 19:06:35 UTC ]
Her own is called “Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me,” which follows anthologies that grew out of founding the Well-Read Black Girl book club. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 10:00:06 UTC ]
Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation has acquired Above the Treeline, Inc., developer of Edelweiss, the digital workflow platform for booksellers and publishers. The move follows Valsoft's majority stake purchase in publishing software Klopotek in August 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 03:36:15 UTC ]
After a long ceremony and lots of wonderful speeches about books, presenting the winners of the 2024 National Book Awards: YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE: Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Kareem Between G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House * TRANSLATED LITERATURE: Yáng... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-21 02:57:44 UTC ]
With less than a day left to reach a deal on Mayor Eric Adams’ legacy-making City of Yes housing plan, complex negotiations were continuing Wednesday afternoon ahead of a key vote on Thursday.After months of public review and combative rhetoric from supporters and detractors, the plan to loosen... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-11-20 21:13:58 UTC ]