We take a look at AASL’s activities at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, where members will honor standouts in their ranks. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the 18th ITW Thriller Awards Banquet, held on June 4 in New York, International Thriller Writers' commitment to supporting diverse authors was addressed by a number of speakers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Working with the Booker Prize Foundation, Dua Lipa recently visited HMP Downview, a women’s prison in Surrey, to get a firsthand glimpse of Books Unlocked, a program set up by the BPF and the National Literacy to foster a culture of reading for incarcerated people. Lipa, who recently launched a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-06-02 14:54:54 UTC ]
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On May 24, actor and author LeVar Burton discusses the State of Banned Books with Times readers in Los Angeles. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-24 20:15:39 UTC ]
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With book bans and legislative challenges to the freedom to read surging to record levels, even the top 10 most banned books list is bigger. In 2022, multiple books received the same number of challenges, resulting in the expansion of the list to 13 titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ubisoft and developer Red Storm Entertainment have given us a closer look at The Division Heartland by releasing a cinematic trailer for the upcoming game at the publisher's Division Day event. The trailer introduces Silver Creek, the rural town that will serve as the backdrop for the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-04-21 05:39:11 UTC ]
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Fans of Anthony Doerr’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel All The Light We Cannot See have something to chew on today, with the release of the first trailer for Netflix’s adaptation, directed by Deadpool and Stranger Things(?!) producer Shawn Levy. Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-18 15:16:59 UTC ]
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The addition of titles from Ingram's U.K. distribution arm to its newly launched wholesale business will expand the number of titles available through IW UK and give titles carried by IPS access to IW UK’s customer base. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Previously an imprint of Abrams, Abrams ComicArts will become its own division alongside the company's adult and children's book groups. It will publish its inaugural list as a new division in fall 2024. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sci-fi novelist Annalee Newitz will discuss "The Terraformers" March 28 at the L.A. Times Book Club. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-03-28 21:24:50 UTC ]
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With book banning and legislative attacks on the freedom to read continuing to surge across the country, the American Library Association tracked a stunning 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, nearly double the record-shattering 729 challenges recorded in 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In February the L.A. Times Book Club is reading "The Violin Conspiracy," a bestseller by musician and music teacher Brendan Slocumb. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-02-23 23:01:09 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize Trust hopes to make the first award in 2024, after research showed female writers were far less likely than men to be reviewed or win prizes The Women’s prize is to launch a non-fiction award to sit alongside its long-running fiction prize, in response to research that found... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-08 08:00:10 UTC ]
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Hogwarts Legacy comes out next week. It is, bar none, the biggest video game to ever use the ever-popular Harry Potter license. A Dragon Age-style open-world RPG, made by Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software (recently of the scuttled Disney Infinity), it’s kind of a huge deal. The... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-02-03 15:30:00 UTC ]
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Despite modest attendance, the first in-person LibLearnX in many ways delivered exactly what ALA membership asked for when the association began rethinking the now defunct ALA Midwinter Meeting—fewer meetings, more educational offerings and learning opportunities, and more time to connect with... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In announcing the awards, the awards committee called Otsuka "a master of narrative voice" and praised Yong for "standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The show, which replaces the now-defunct ALA Midwinter Meeting, is set to run through January 30 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and will feature a diverse slate of workshops, panels, and programs; a main speaker program; and an exhibit hall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Tracy Kidder joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss "Rough Sleepers," about a doctor's mission to bring healing to homeless people. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-26 22:03:03 UTC ]
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The 10 winning librarians will be honored at a reception at the ALA's upcoming LibLearnX conference next week in New Orleans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Greenlight Bookstore welcomes Will Alexander, finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, to introduce Divine Blue Light, his new collection of poems from the intersection between surrealism and afro-futurism, where Césaire meets Sun Ra. Will Alexander’s poems constitute an alternative... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-12 09:52:43 UTC ]
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Amazon shows off its notepad-like Kindle Scribe, “the first Kindle for reading and writing.” Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2022-12-12 18:44:20 UTC ]
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