ALA kicked off National Library Week with the release of its annual State of America's Libraries report, and its "Top 10 Most Challenged Books" list. The 729 challenges tracked by ALA in 2021 represent the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling its list 20 years ago,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Last week the Booksellers Association (BA) reported that the number of independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland had grown for the fifth consecutive year, with the BA’s figures showing 1,027 shops as active members at the end of 2021, the highest number since 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-15 20:36:31 UTC ]
Cultural Cross Sections Yousef Khanfar Photo by James L.W / Unsplash In January, Full Circle Bookstore was named one of five finalists for Publishers Weekly’s Bookstore of the Year. Palestinian photographer Yousef Khanfar offers the following... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-05-28 13:17:54 UTC ]
Twenty books have won English PEN’s flagship translation awards, marking the highest number of awards ever given by the programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 23:56:40 UTC ]
Booksellers from WH Smith, Waterstones, Sam Read Books, Libreria and West End Lane Books are to join judging panels for The Costa Book Awards 2019. The booksellers will select shortlists and decide the winners across five categories, in a year which sees the highest number of submissions to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 00:41:12 UTC ]
Jojo Moyes’ Still Me (Penguin) has soared into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, scoring the highest number one single-week volume since Joe Wicks’ Veggie Lean in 15 (Bluebird) in the first week of 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library has revealed that its Harry Potter exhibition has sold more than 30,000 tickets - the highest number of advance tickets it has ever sold for an exhibition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
What were people reading during the days of grunge rock and the Clinton presidency? What was the highest number of bestsellers by Stephen King on a single list? Remember the Gone with the Wind sequel? Take a trip down memory lane with PW's annual bestselling adult books list from 1990-2013, our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors reveals 2015 saw the highest number of applications for financial assistance, with more well-known authors beginning to ask for helpA record number of struggling authors applied for emergency financial assistance in 2015, the Society of Authors has revealed, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell The highest number of shoppers since records began have "no spare cash" to spend, it has been revealed. Statistics released in the latest Consumer Confidence Survey today (2nd February) by the Nielsen Company have found that nearly a third of shoppers reported they... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]