In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers’ Awards

Book club and literary community Rebel Women Lit aims to ‘showcase the amazing range’ of Caribbean literature with the newly launched Caribbean Readers' Awards. The post In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers’ Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-18 19:25:33 UTC ]

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How to Keep Your Book Club From Becoming a Wine Club

Librarians, professors, and literary professionals offer their best advice on how to run a successful group. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2022-09-13 13:55:00 UTC ]
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What Makes a Good Book Club Question?

What makes for a good book club question? Here are some tips to consider before your next book club meeting. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-09-09 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Podcast Network Lemonada and Penguin Random House Team up for a Book Club

Women-operated and founded podcast network Lemonada Media is launching a book club in partnership with publishing company Penguin Random House. Starting September, the Lemonada Book Club will select recent or upcoming fiction and nonfiction book releases under PRH--aligned with topics related to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2022-08-31 12:13:11 UTC ]
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IPA: The SDG Book Club Issues a New Reading List

The 16th UN Sustainable Development Goal is the focus of a new children's reading list released by the SDG Book Club. The post IPA: The SDG Book Club Issues a New Reading List appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-24 22:10:44 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: August 15, 2022

'Long Live the Pumpkin Queen,' a paranormal YA romance based on 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' is the #6 book in the country. Plus the August book club picks hit our hardcover fiction list, and BookTok is atwitter over 'Husband Material.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookclubs raises more than $1M in new funding

Bookclubs, a company that offers an online platform and app for book club management, has raised $1.07 million in new funding from nine investors, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from July. CEO and co-founder Anna Ford said in an interview her company is continuing to... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2022-08-09 12:40:00 UTC ]
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How To Fake That You Read the Book Club Book

Follow my lead and no one will find out that you didn't read the book club book. Step one: praise the art of bookbinding. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-08-05 10:34:00 UTC ]
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In the United Kingdom, TikTok Announces Its Own Book Club

The social-media success of #BookTok has prompted TikTok in England to open a 'TikTok Book Club' featuring a different title monthly. The post In the United Kingdom, TikTok Announces Its Own Book Club appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-21 00:24:33 UTC ]
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Fable Book Club App Review

The Fable app is a new platform that aims to make reading more social. Here's what one writer thought of it. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-07-20 10:36:00 UTC ]
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8 Plays to Read Aloud with Your Book Club

If you're looking to shake up the usual book club format, consider reading these plays as a way to make meet-ups more engaging. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-07-20 10:35:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller, Former ABA Board President Gail See Dead at Age 94

Gail See, a Minneapolis-area bookseller for many years and a leader in Minnesota's literary community, who served as president of the ABA board from 1984-1986, has died at age 94. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Club Picks for July 2022

Gabrielle Zevin's latest book gets picked by two book clubs including Barnes & Noble's, Reese's Book Club picks up Bolu Babalola's debut novel, Ashley Poston's adult debut is the 'Good Morning America' pick this month, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker Prize Looks to Boost Social Media With a Book Club Contest

The 'Booker Prize Book Club Challenge' will be won by a book club that produces the most impressive social media for the shortlist. The post Booker Prize Looks to Boost Social Media With a Book Club Contest appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-07-13 23:04:06 UTC ]
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Walmart Live Book Club to Make Debut on TalkShopLive

Casey McQuiston's 'I Kissed Shara Wheeler' will be the first title featured in the Walmart Live Book Club, with McQuiston appearing on the TalkShopLive platform tonight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker prize unveils book club challenge

Six groups will be chosen to read a shortlisted book, with the most ‘original and engaging’ readers to be invited to the prize ceremony Book clubs across the UK are being invited to take part in the inaugural Booker prize book club challenge, with seats at the prize ceremony dinner up for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-07-12 12:21:35 UTC ]
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In Praise of Poet Voice

A friend texts me about Poet Voice. I’m out for a run in sunny LA and have to slow down. She’s sitting with her book club in Brooklyn and they want to know: “Why do poets read their work in that weird poetic monotone rhythmic thing?” She’s asking me because I write poems and, on […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-11 08:53:10 UTC ]
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Pamela Paul criticized for anti-trans opinion about the word 'woman'

After the former book editor of the New York Times published an Op-Ed decrying trans-inclusive language, the online literary community spoke out. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-07-07 19:21:33 UTC ]
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Marcus Rashford Book Club to give away 50,000 books this summer

Initiative led by the footballer will distribute copies of his own children’s adventure book to young readers with little access to readingFootballer Marcus Rashford’s debut children’s book will be given to 50,000 children this summer as part of an initiative by his book club.The Marcus... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-07-05 13:14:24 UTC ]
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How to Create a Virtual Book Club — or Revive One that’s Languishing

Virtual book clubs are safer during the pandemic, and they can also be more accessible. Here's how to start (or revive) one of your own. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-06-30 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Book Club Books to Read This Summer and Fall

Looking for the best book club books for summer and fall 2022? This guide has something for every kind of book club. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2022-06-24 10:32:00 UTC ]
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