If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book people who are working to fight censorship and protect access to literature across the country.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-12 18:29:08 UTC ]
In my opinion, most crossword puzzles have too many boring trivia about sports, obscure historical events, and science questions (seriously, who cares how many molecules are in an atom?). So, we decided to take out the bits we didn’t like to create a crossword puzzle tailored for those of us... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-01-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
Well, here we are. Here is our world. Here is our next few years. Book people may not have as much economic or political power as other people in other industries, but we have some power. And if we don’t use the power we have, no matter how limited it may feel, how can we […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-21 14:44:52 UTC ]
The Kirkus Prize, one of the richest annual literary awards in the world, has announced its list of finalists for 2024. The award is given to three titles that received a starred review from Kirkus on publication. A panel of bright book people and Kirkus editors select the finalist pool, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-28 13:50:46 UTC ]
Vignette Books is new online bookstore based in Austin, Tex., cofounded by a former employee at Book People. It has attracted an audience willing to gamble on buying used and vintage books based solely on their categories, without knowing exactly which title will arrive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Readers love to read about book people almost as much as writers love to write about them (I love to do both). My latest novel, On Fire Island, follows uber-talented young book editor, Julia Gold and literary wunderkind, Benjamin Morse, through their journeys on and off the page. Threaded in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-05-26 08:52:35 UTC ]
The founder of The Book People, Seni Glaister, is launching a new retail platform for bookshops, Litalist, next year—and there are incentives for early adopters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 11:15:06 UTC ]
As you may recall, right around St. Patrick’s Day in 2020, pretty much every bookstore on earth suspended all in-person author events indefinitely. Since then, book people like us have been cut off from meeting our favorite authors and have had to settle for watching glitchy versions of them on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-06-17 08:49:48 UTC ]
As A Mighty Blaze celebrates its first year of promoting authors and books, it continues to grow, with new projects planned that include a conference educating book people on how to maximize their social media presence. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Book People are not the enemy of books, and gatekeeping book and reading culture does no one any favors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-02-05 11:37:00 UTC ]
Check out our 2020 holiday book gift guide for the best non-fiction and fiction picks for literary enthusiasts on your list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-30 15:00:05 UTC ]
Sarah Walden, the former chief operating officer of the Book People, has launched a new creative consultancy and book packager called Noodle Fuel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 12:15:49 UTC ]
For many, staying indoors is an unsettling experience. It’s been heartening to see the imaginative leaps being taken by many organisations and artists to help us through – sitting-room gigs, free theatre streams, virtual tours of museums and archives and galleries – but given the limitless... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2020-04-06 11:36:00 UTC ]
Though most bookstores are closing their doors to the public, you can still buy books from them! And because you believe in our shared responsibility to preserve the wellbeing of those most vulnerable among us, you’re staying home and reading books, right? This past weekend saw many book people... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-03-16 19:01:49 UTC ]
Trade figures have said the failure of The Book People to find a buyer, leading to 155 redundancies, could have ramifications for the children's book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 05:00:29 UTC ]
The Book People made 155 of its staff redundant on Friday (10th January) after failing to find a buyer. The company will continue to trade online with retained staff "for as long as possible" and "whilst any remaining interest is explored", its administrators have said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-10 16:53:47 UTC ]
Galley Beggar Press was facing ruin after the collapse of The Book People, but the public has supplied Christmas magic of a kind I don’t usually buy intoIf a novelist had submitted a story to my publishing company about someone losing £40,000 one day and then regaining it the next, thanks to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-12-19 17:31:08 UTC ]
Galley Beggar Press has raised more than £42,000 in under 24 hours, "saving" the independent publisher and filling the financial “black hole” created from The Book People going into administration earlier in the week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 04:52:46 UTC ]
Editors say it was pressured into printing an edition of Ducks, Newburyport for the discount retailer but now may not see the returnsGalley Beggar Press, the tiny literary publisher behind acclaimed novels including the Booker-shortlisted Ducks, Newburyport and women’s prize for fiction winner A... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-12-18 13:22:39 UTC ]
News of The Book People going into administration has been met with dismay by publishers, who still hold out hope that a buyer for at least part of the business can be found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-17 20:40:19 UTC ]