CI7: Children’s Book Cancelations

Booksellers weigh in on the controversial issue of publishers postponing and pulling books in response to criticism. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]

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You Will Live on the Internet: The Grim Realities of the Metaverse

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PNBA's Fall Tradeshow Wraps Up with Stories and Candid Advice

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The Power Of Aunts and Uncles w/ Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, and Dan Santat

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The Changeling Brings a Genre-Bending Fable of Family to the Screen

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US National Book Foundation: Paul Yamazaki Wins the Literarian Award

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The quintessential California bookseller behind City Lights gets his moment

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Inside the women-led printmaking collective that influenced generations of designers

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Every fall season, bookseller enthusiasm builds for certain subjects, and novels—notably high-stakes historical fiction and immersive work in translation—are extra hot for 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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