In an event billed as “A Fortunate Stage Talk,” actor Neil Patrick Harris, of "Doogie Howser" and "How I Met Your Mother" fame, who currently stars as Count Olaf in the TV adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events," will reunite with Chris Harris (no relation), who was the executive producer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Questions of fairness, fact-checking, and reviewing diverse books were the subject of Book Reviews: The Diversity of Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation, a panel held Friday morning at BookExpo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the many partnerships being announced this week during BookExpo in New York City, many include international elements. The post BookExpo Distribution Notes: Canongate, PGW, Spink, Casemate, OCLC appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first morning of Book Expo in New York (Wednesday, 31st May) presented consumer-centric data points from Nielsen, NPD, OverDrive, BookBub, and the Audio Publishers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Before slow cookers became the “must have” for every well-appointed kitchen, Phyllis Good was preaching the gospel of crockpots to millions of worshippers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The South Dakota Historical Society Press is hoping that lightning will strike twice at BookExpo: this year, the small press is promoting "Pioneer Girl Perpectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder," edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, 150 years after Wilder’s birth on February 7, 1867. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marieke Nijkamp credits books with shaping her worldview, how she relates to herself, and even saving her life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
PubMatch has reached an agreement with the Beijing International Book Fair to promote Chinese content worldwide. PubMatch is the global rights trading platform owned by Combined Book Exhibit and PWxyz, the parent company of Publishers Weekly. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Listening to Jennifer Egan talk about writing fiction brings to mind the famous quote from E.L. Doctorow: “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Who would think that a publishing company founded during San Francisco’s “Summer of Love” would be thriving 50 years later, and still based on the West Coast, adhering to its motto: “see things differently”? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
With three novels coming out this fall, you might never guess that Jason Reynolds didn’t like to read books in elementary school, or even high school. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
That freestanding wall of sticky notes in the North Concourse of the Javits lobby is your opportunity to post a message and meet Matthew “Levee” Chavez, the artist responsible for that headline-making wall of anonymous 3-inch×3-inch sticky notes in the New York City subway system the day after... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling adult author Jennifer Weiner made her children’s book debut last year with "The Littlest Bigfoot," the first book in a middle grade trilogy of the same name. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attending BookExpo with her new book, "Something Like Happy" (Graydon House, Sept.), is a dream come true for Eva Woods. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emmy Award–winning actor and writer, acclaimed director, bestselling author, university professor, and today host of the APA’s 17th annual Author Tea, Alan Alda took a few minutes to talk to PW about his latest book, "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hallie Ephron has lost count of the number of times well-intentioned people have told her a story they thought she could use as writing fodder. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nominations for Publishers Weekly’s third annual Star Watch program will be accepted until June 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over 25 years, actress and comedian Isla Fisher has played a variety of film and television characters, but her hands-on favorite role has always been that of mother to her three children with fellow comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In front of a packed main stage crowd, Hillary Rodham Clinton chatted for an hour with Cheryl Strayed about politics, what books mean to her, and her upcoming works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In their first book together, "Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life," twin sisters and former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush write about their lives, including their White House years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]