Catch up with this week's book news, including the latest in adaptations, big-name book club picks, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-08 15:15:00 UTC ]
Sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, Project 2025's impact on books & education, saying goodbye to an OG queen of YA, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-03 15:00:00 UTC ]
Kamala Harris book sales, TikTok book awards, the Book of the Summer is here, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-27 15:25:01 UTC ]
There's been a lot of political news this week, but there's also a ton of book news to catch up on! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-25 14:00:00 UTC ]
A big week of book news includes Barnes & Noble buying an indie, surprisingly strong book sales, JAMES coming to the big screen, and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-22 13:45:00 UTC ]
Real numbers on diversity in publishing, AI garbage comes to your Kindle screen, New Adult returns: all in today's book news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-19 18:45:34 UTC ]
Here are the stories from the last week in Today in Books that you all found the most interesting... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
Top book news stories include a new installment in the Hunger Games universe, Costco scaling back book sales, and more highbrow-raising layoffs in publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-06 16:34:34 UTC ]
In today's book news: an in-depth look at Reese Witherspoon's book club, upcoming books that "should" be bestsellers, why you should buy yourself a bookstore gift card, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-20 18:19:41 UTC ]
Checking in on the best books of the year one quarter in, horror sales soaring, and more book news of the day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-04 22:43:10 UTC ]
Today's top book news includes an AI-generated Wonka Nightmare, on the Dopamine Industrial Complex, and Oprah's Next Pick Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-02-28 17:08:24 UTC ]
Sonny Mehta arrived in New York from Pan in 1987, hand-picked by Bob Gottlieb to succeed him as only the third editor-in-chief in the history of Alfred A Knopf. Our paths inevitably crossed after I became book news editor of Publishers Weekly two years later. I’d worked in London publishing, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-01 18:26:58 UTC ]
The former White House press secretary was taunted with suggested titles for her reported upcoming book about working for Donald Trump. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2019-07-02 10:41:02 UTC ]
Hello, readers! Welcome to this week’s books newsletter from the L.A. Times. I’m Carolyn Kellogg, our books editor, with the word on some fascinating new books. THE BIG REVIEW What was it like to start out in the punk rock scene, be fascinated by the birth of hip-hop and wind up superstars?... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hello! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s books newsletter from the L.A. Times. THE BIG STORY Although Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker, she lives in Los Angeles part-time, and for the last six years has been writing a book that investigates a mystery many of us... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome! It’s sunny here in El Segundo. I’m Carolyn Kellogg with not one but two essays from Critics at Large this week, because it has been a big week for cultural questions in the world of books. Let’s get started. THE FIRST BIG ESSAY Critic at Large Laila Lalami looks at two big recent essays... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome readers! I’m L.A. Times books editor Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s newsletter. THE BIG STORY It’s not easy starting a publishing house; it’s even harder if you try to do it outside typical distribution channels, including Amazon. But that’s what J.C. Gabel has done with his L.A.-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hello I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg with our Books newsletter this week. THE BIG STORY This year is Theodore Sturgeon’s centenary, and if you’re wondering “who?,” you’re not alone. Once widely read (and still beloved in some science fiction communities, as a few on Twitter pointed out to me)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to the Books newsletter! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, writing my last newsletter from our Spring Street address — next Friday we’ll be packing up for our new digs in El Segundo. THE BIG STORY When I saw that Parkland, Fla., shooting survivors David Hogg and his sister Lauren Hogg had... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to the Books newsletter from the L.A. Times! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, Books editor, with the latest. THE BIG STORY Bestselling novelist Megan Abbott, known for her psychological thrillers like “Dare Me,” explores the allure of true crime, books like Michelle McNamara’s “I”ll Be Gone in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]