Banned Book Week Gets Diverse

Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read that shines a light on censorship of reading material in the United States, has begun. This year, the event focuses on diversity. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 28, 2019

The anonymous author (and Trump staffer) behind a now-infamous Times op-ed gets a publishing deal, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Eliud Kipchoge is writing a memoir(!) and other notable book deals of the week.

My personal form of astrology is to anxiously trawl Publishers Marketplace every week. No, wait, hear me out: it’s how I can tell the only future that matters: which books I will be reading a year and a half from now. Also, it’s a nice reminder that publishing isn’t dead. After all, there are so... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-18 13:31:21 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 21, 2019

This week: the latest from Nelson DeMille, plus a biography of Thomas Edison from a Pulitzer winner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 21, 2019

Ballantine re-ups a major bestseller, HarperOne gets into the swing with Tiger Woods, Candlewick nabs a book based on a viral tweet, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2019

Seven-figure deals dominate this week’s column, as publishers open their wallets in the run-up to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 7, 2019

Harmony picks up a nonfiction book on nonmonogamy by a Bustle editor for six figs, Knopf buys a novel by Jim Carrey, and Doubleday takes a title from Bill Gates on climate change in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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America’s First Banned Book Is for Sale for $35,000

If you have a spare 35 grand or so, you now have a shot at a rare copy of the first book banned in America. Christie’s Auction House in New York recently announced that it will be auctioning a copy of New Canaan by Thomas Morton, a 1637 political satire that caused outrage among New […] The post... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-03 11:00:38 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 30, 2019

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sells her story, Ian McEwan unveils a Brexit novella, Bloomsbury buys the sophomore novel by the author of 'Dr. Strange & Mr. Norrell,' and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New PEN America Report Condemns Prison Book Bans

In the wake of a series of recent reports on book banning in the nation’s prison systems, PEN America has released a new policy report that condemns the practice and issues an urgent call for reform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith's Pete Selby says lack of diversity means book industry is ‘failing’ children

Pete Selby, head of books for W H Smith, has called on the book industry to make the high street more diverse and inclusive for young readers, saying that diversity is going to become a "significant" part of WHS' strategy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 19:12:13 UTC ]
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This week's L.A. book talks have Demi Moore, Jonathan Safran Foer and Annalee Newitz

What to do in L.A.: 5 book talks for the week ahead include Demi Moore discussing her memoir 'Inside Out' and Jonathan Safran Foer on 'We Are the Weather.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-20 20:19:53 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 23, 2019

Knopf lands the duo behind the Paris climate agreement, William Morrow buys a novel about an American con woman, Plume invests in a series about female stars of the Democratic party, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 23, 2019

This week: new books from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ann Patchett, Patti Smith, Chris Ware, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 16, 2019

Amy Einhorn spends big for a new novel by the author of 'American Dirt,' S&S nabs the debut by an up-and-coming PRH editor, Sourcebooks touts its own debut, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 9, 2019

Sarah Huckabee Sanders sells her story, a book on the Jeffrey Epstein case is nabbed by HC, a webcomic finds a home at Scholastic, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Catholic School Bans Harry Potter Books, Claiming Its Spells And Curses Are Real

The Rev. Dan Reehil warned that reading the spells in the J.K. Rowling novels could conjure up actual evil spirits. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2019-09-02 19:47:12 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 2, 2019

Del Rey unveils a new Max Brooks novel, a Pushcart Prize winner sells a romance trilogy, a National Book Award winner sells a picture book, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 2, 2019

Salman Rushdie's reimagining of "Don Quixote," plus the story of the woman who defied the Nazis in the world’s most dangerous horse race. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Book Ranking: The Holiday basks in the number one spot

T M Logan's The Holiday (Zaffre) has jetted into the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot, displacing Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt (Picador) a week after the junior doctor memoir achieved the longest ever run in the chart top spot.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 14:51:37 UTC ]
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‘Do black people read?’ What my years in publishing have taught me about diversity in books | Natalie Jerome

Malorie Blackman laments the lack of BAME children’s characters. I know – it’s a real battle to get writers of colour publishedMy daughter, like me, is of mixed heritage. She has wildly curly hair, as have I. When she was born four years ago I was given five copies of the same kids’ picture book... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-17 07:00:41 UTC ]
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