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Poetic Memoirs, Collections, and Nonfiction Books for Your Book Club

For Poetry Month, get into these memoirs, poetry collections, and nonfiction books written by poets. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2024-04-10 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Layoffs Hit Arcadia Publishing

The Charleston, S.C.–based publisher, which specializes in nonfiction books of local interest and regional history, laid off an unspecified number of employees last week. A source, who asked to remain anonymous, told PW that the number was 16, across multiple departments. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

Earlier this month, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres was banned from the Iowa City Schools. Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 17 novels, two collections of short fiction, five nonfiction books, and eight books for young adults. She spoke to The Little Hawk, the student newspaper of... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-19 09:59:29 UTC ]
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8 New Books About Trailblazing Women

A crop of new nonfiction books, all out this coming week, explore the lives and legacies of trailblazing women around the world, from artists and activists to novelists and scientists. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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8 Fabulous New Nonfiction Books to Add to Your TBR in October

October is full of fabulous nonfiction books to add to your TBR, from a speculative memoir to a mediation on bears and the natural world. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2023-10-02 10:32:00 UTC ]
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8 Amazing New Nonfiction Books to Read in September 2023

You *can* handle the truth with these eight incredible nonfiction reads to kick your fall reading season off right, including Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2023-09-07 10:32:00 UTC ]
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8 New Nonfiction Books Being Released in August

August's new nonfiction books include a memoir exploring the model minority myth, a historical look at Middle Eastern horsewomen, and more, including Mexikid by Pedro Martín. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2023-07-31 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Print Sales Start 2023 Flat with 2022

Unit sales of print books last week were even with the week ended January 8, 2022 with higher fiction sales offset by lower sales of nonfiction books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Soapbox: Children's Nonfiction Has an Image Problem

Sibert Medal Honoree Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science books for children. Here, she argues that many children gravitate towards nonfiction books, but adults may be steering them away because of their own assumptions and biases, to the detriment. of young readers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Hammer, Who Illuminated the My Lai Massacre, Dies at 93

His books on that Vietnam episode drew acclaim, and he was an Edgar Award-winning author of nonfiction books about crime in its many manifestations. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2021-10-29 14:54:52 UTC ]
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8 of the Best Nonfiction Books About Girls Around the World

If you’re looking for nonfiction about girls around the world, check out these books, including Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, Hyung-Ju Ko. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2021-03-30 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian author, physician and feminist activist, dies at 89

She campaigned against female genital mutilation and wrote more than 50 novels, plays, story collections and nonfiction books. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-23 09:59:11 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton is . . . coming for Stacey Abrams’s literary crown?

As the age-old advice goes, “Write what you know.” For Hillary Clinton, apparently this means pivoting from writing dense memoirs about “hard choices” and nonfiction books about women’s empowerment to . . . political fan fiction thinly disguised as a legal thriller? Simon & Schuster has... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-23 16:42:52 UTC ]
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction.

Let’s start our morning right with the latest book news. Today, the American Library Association announced the shortlist of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, which honors the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-17 15:48:43 UTC ]
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Mermaid mania is real, and it’s seeping into the realm of nonfiction books

A variety of books aim to make sense of our obsession with these mystical beings. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-13 12:37:46 UTC ]
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7 of the Best Books About Sisi, Empress of Austria

Get to know the facts and the legend surrounding Sisi, Empress of Austria, through these historical fiction and nonfiction books. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2019-11-12 11:40:14 UTC ]
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Why yet more books about Nazis and the future make my heart sink | Sam Leith

Publishing micro-genres often reflect the fashions and anxieties of the age – bad news for us literary editorsOne day last week, after I spent the best part of an hour opening two days’ worth of post at my office – I work as literary editor of the Spectator – I posted a peevish tweet: “Can we... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing in Québec 2018: Health, How-to, And Happiness

Practical, useful nonfiction books that appeal to readers across the world: it sounds like a tall order, but Québec consistently delivers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broader List Spurs Growth at Belt Publishing

Five years after its launch as a regional press specializing in nonfiction books about the industrial Midwest, Belt Publishing is growing rapidly and diversifying its list. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bad news sells in the 'The Last Kid Left'

“Fake news” is old news — people have been showering contempt on journalists long before the last presidential election. Nonfiction books like “All the President’s Men” might honor the profession. But in the public imagination — as well as novels, movies and TV shows — reporters are usually... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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