BookExpo 2017: Isla Fisher Steps onto a New Stage

Over 25 years, actress and comedian Isla Fisher has played a variety of film and television characters, but her hands-on favorite role has always been that of mother to her three children with fellow comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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BookExpo 2017: On Race, Reviewing, and Responsibility

Questions of fairness, fact-checking, and reviewing diverse books were the subject of Book Reviews: The Diversity of Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation, a panel held Friday morning at BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Setting Her Characters Ablaze: Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng’s second novel starts with an actual blaze, but it is an emotional inferno that ultimately consumes the characters in "Little Fires Everywhere" (Penguin, Sept.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: List Maker: Pamela Paul

Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review and author of five books, is quick to admit she’s a list maker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Questioning Nigerian Traditions: Ayobami Adebayo

“Nigerian society has changed quite a bit [over the past 30 years], and more and more people are having conversations about being a woman in Nigeria,” says Ayobami Adebayo, who explores the subject in her debut novel, "Stay with Me" (Knopf, Aug.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Coming of Age in Mississippi: Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward is a BookExpo veteran, who has attended the show multiple times, in connection with her bestselling titles "Salvage the Bones" (Bloomsbury), which won the 2011 National Book Award, and her memoir,"Men We Reaped" (Bloomsbury, 2013). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: A Real Steal: Emily Culliton

Debut novelist Emily Culliton originally planned to write a book about a disaffected young adult whose mother wasn’t in her life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: TCG Books takes a Bow

Theatre Communications Group, in New York, is dedicated to strengthening and nurturing professional nonprofit theater in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Seventh Street Books Marks Fifth Anniversary

It’s only been five years since the start of Seventh Street Books—the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction imprint of Prometheus Books—but there’s reason to celebrate, and it’s happening in the Prometheus Books booth (2706). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: YA Editors Emphasize The Transformative Magic of Books

Five young adult book editors emphasized that the magic of books can change young people’s lives, even save the world, during this year’s YA book buzz panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Would-be Army Ranger Gone Wrong: Ben Blum

The furthest thing from Ben Blum’s mind in August 2006 was that his 19-year-old cousin Alex Blum, whom Ben was very close to and admired for his loyalty, his intelligence, and respectful nature, would become an armed bank robber in Tacoma, Wash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: From Runway to Roux with Zac Posen

It’s hard to believe that fashion designer Zac Posen, a judge on "Project Runway" and Brooks Brothers creative director, has the time to whip up panko-crusted soft-shell crab and orange blossom bundt cake in his New York apartment, but he does. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: New York Rights Fair Gets Send-Off

Organizers of the New York Rights Fair held a party last night to introduce the event to the American publishing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Nicole Krauss Tackles a New Form

“When I write,” says Nicole Krauss, “I’m simply trying to make something I hope at some point will be whole enough to meet readers.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Amazon Will Be the Fifth Largest Bookstore Chain

A combination of bookstore attrition and its own startup efforts will make Amazon Books the fifth largest general bookstore chain in the U.S. based on the number of outlets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Bonnier's to Launch Middle Grade Imprint, Yellow Jacket, in 2018

Yellow Jacket, a middle-grade imprint slated to launch in summer 2018, will be helmed by current Little Bee and Sizzle Press publisher Sonali Fry and publish novels across genres. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: The Joint Is Jumping at Waldorf Publishing

Waldorf Publishing refuses to accept such terms as “boutique” or “small press” as descriptive nomenclature for the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Why Reality Broke? Brooke Gladstone

When Brooke Gladstone, the cohost (with Bob Garfield) of the popular podcast "On the Media," began working on her new book, "The Trouble with Reality" (Workman), her brief was to “provide a consolation” to readers troubled by the recent presidential election. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: The Big Books of the Show

Debuts and the latest releases from a number of heavy hitters—including John Grisham, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Jennifer Egan—were among the books being touted as the "big ones" of this year's BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Robert Kiyosaki Is Even Richer 20 Years Later

At age nine, after being taught how to play Monopoly, Robert Kiyosaki knew he was going to be wealthy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BookExpo 2017: Making the Case for Casemate

In 1996, David Farnsworth came to the U.S. from the U.K. to head the sales department of the family-owned Combined Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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