Gene Luen Yang to Headline 2023 Neustadt Lit Fest at OU News and Events [email protected] Fri, 07/28/2023 - 10:38 World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, will award the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature to Gene Luen Yang, the legendary graphic novelist. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Yang will receive the $35,000 prize, a silver medallion and a certificate at a ceremony at OU. Robert Con Davis-Undiano, WLT’s executive director, said that “the Neustadt Prizes are especially effective at highlighting key literary and cultural figures like Yang and mapping their important contributions to contemporary literature and culture.” The public is invited to the Neustadt Lit Fest on the OU Norman campus in Yang’s honor (Oct. 23–25), where Yang and other writers and scholars will make presentations about his work, Chinese American literature and culture, and the impact of new cultural forms like the graphic novel and various hybrid media presentations. A reception at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, will feature readings by the Neustadt Prize jury and an announcement of the winner of the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. To learn more about the Neustadt Lit Fest, visit neustadtprize.org. Established in 1927 as the magazine Books Abroad, the World Literature Today organization now serves the... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
[ World Literature Today | 2023-07-28 15:38:00 UTC ]
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The literary world may have a complicated relationship to popularity—see every literary novelist’s love/hate (and almost always unrequited) relationship with the bestseller list—but the internet does not. Simply: it’s good to be read, and so we thank you, our readers, for consuming, commenting... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-18 09:52:49 UTC ]
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Dear Lit Hub Reader, We need your help. For the past decade, Literary Hub has brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. Now, as one of the last independent book-focused publications on the internet, we want to cover an even larger part of that world. Because of you, Lit Hub has […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-15 08:22:22 UTC ]
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Liz Cheney has the #1 book in the country with the memoir 'Oath and Honor.' Plus popular romantasy author Carissa Broadbent makes her traditionally published debut with the PW-starred 'The Serpent & the Wings of Night,' and we look at some of the hit books of the holiday season so far. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The romance publishing veteran, who was tapped to helm the Tor Publishing Group’s new romance imprint, Bramble, in February, has made a top-tier publishing career out of finding and putting out romance novels across an impressive span of subgenres. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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'Publishers Weekly' is proud to recognize Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, and Charley Rejsek, CEO of BookPeople in Austin, as our 2023 People of the Year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexander Chee sells a novel to Mariner, Diversion takes on a collection of essays by Tiffany Haddish, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Kaplan has been an influential fixture in publishing since he founded the bookstore chain Books & Books in Miami in 1982. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Karp took over as CEO of Simon & Schuster in May 2020 under the most challenging conditions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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John Chrastka, founder and executive director of EveryLibrary, the nation’s only political action committee dedicated to supporting libraries, stepped up for the library community in 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Even in a year that saw scores of departures from the publishing industry of well-known figures, booksellers around the country were stunned when Hachette Book Group announced in June that its longtime head of field sales and account marketing, Karen Torres, would retire in mid-July after a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Many of the mergers and acquisitions in the year centered on book manufacturers, but the two biggest deals both involved private equity firm KKR. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Another year, another crop of newly-minted literary honorees. From the Pulitzer to the Booker, the Nebula to the Edgar, here are the winners of the biggest book prizes of 2023. Congratulations to all! * PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Awarded for distinguished fiction published in book form during... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-14 09:52:44 UTC ]
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To the members of the literary community we lost this year, we say a last thank you, and goodbye. You will be missed. * “Belated literary star” Edith Pearlman, who broke out with Binocular Vision at the age of 74, died on January 1. She was 86. Suzy McKee Charnas, award-winning author of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-14 09:51:11 UTC ]
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In 2023, as we do each year, we published thousands of reviews of thousands of new books. But of all the reviews we published, these are the 10 you read the most. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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While we already picked our favorite books of 2023, our reviews editors thought it would be a shame to let the year end without one final salvo of suggestions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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From a look at how bestselling novelist Colleen Hoover is fueling interest in contemporary Christian fiction to interviews with evangelical superstars David Platt and Beth Moore, here are PW’s most-read religion stories of 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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For what is now the eighth time in a row, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 46 designers to share their favorite covers of the year, and they came back with a grand total of 138 covers […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-12-12 09:55:10 UTC ]
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Francine Rivers, author of the 1991 bestselling ‘Redeeming Love’ and a slew of other titles, is bringing a new novel to Tyndale; ‘Reading Black Books’ author Claude Atcho brings a new title to WaterBrook, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing stayed roughly flat in the first nine months of 2023, inching up 0.8% at the 1,225 publishers that report to the Association of American Publishers' monthly StatShot program over the comparable period in 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-12-11 16:27:41 UTC ]
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