In Richard Powers’s New Novel, Hope for a Grieving Kid and Planet May Lurk in the Human Brain

The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest book, “Bewilderment,” features a widowed father whose troubled son is transformed by a novel neurofeedback therapy with profound implications for the human race. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2021-09-21 09:00:08 UTC ]
News tagged with: #richard powers #human brain #human race #pulitzer prize

Other Publishing stories related to: 'In Richard Powers’s New Novel, Hope for a Grieving Kid and Planet May Lurk in the Human Brain'


Adults Sales Rose in August But Slipped for Kids

Sales of adult trade books rose 10.3% in August over August 2015, but sales of children’s/young adult titles slipped 1.3%, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers as part of its StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #figures released #american publishers


What we can learn from the Dutch approach to bringing up kids

A British mum who lives in Amsterdam and an Asian-American are sharing their insights in a book called The Happiest Kids in the World. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Ruth Davidson to write book on powerful women for H&S

Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson to write a book about the life lessons learned by the world’s most powerful women. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #write book #powerful women #hodder stoughton


Lion Forge Heads to ALA with a New Line of Kids' Graphic Novels

Lion Forge senior editor Andrea Colvin will oversee Lion Forge's newly expanded children's comics imprint, Roar Comic/CubHouse. She talked with 'PW' about the newly expanded imprint and the publisher's plans for the ALA Midwinter meeting. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #graphic novels #comics imprint


Down's Syndrome novel of 'breathtaking power' to Granta

Granta Books is to publish Census, a novel of "breathtaking power and emotional generosity" by American novelist Jesse Ball. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #granta books


Authors turn out to celebrate W H Smith's Richard and Judy Book Club

Authors including Jilly Cooper, David Nicholls, Robert Harris and Rosamund Lupton turned out at a party to celebrate the success of the Richard and Judy Book Club with W H Smith. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #authors turn #david nicholls #robert harris


JK Rowling and Joe Wicks powered 2016 surge in UK book sales

Helped by Harry Potter and the hit fitness guru, year on year takings to December rose sharply to £1.59bnRetail sales struggled in 2016, but JK Rowling cast a spell strong enough to power sales towards a magical £1.6bn during the year, a rise of almost 5% on 2015, according to the latest annual... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #harry potter #uk rose #joe wicks #clean-eating thing


Four debuts on Richard and Judy's spring selection

There are four debut writers on Richard and Judy's Spring Book Club list, exclusive to W H Smith: Samuel Bjork, Hollie Overton, Joanna Cannon and Keith Stuart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #debut writers #hollie overton #joanna cannon #keith stuart


'Watership Down' author Richard Adams dies at 96

British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children's literature, has died at age 96, according to his daughter.  Juliet Johnson told the Associated Press on Tuesday that Adams died on Christmas Eve.  A statement on the official website for “Watership Down”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christmas eve #official website


Transworld acquires new novel by Anna Hope

Transworld has bought a new novel by Anna Hope inspired by American TV series "The Affair". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #transworld acquires #anna hope


'Cursed Child' Boosts Kids' July Sales

The July publication of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' helped raise sales in the children's/young adult segment 31.1% in July over a year ago. July sales of adult books fell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #july sales #cursed child #harry potter


Alderman's 'The Power' to be TV series

Viking's recently-published title The Power is set to be turned into a long-running, global television series by Sister Pictures, co-producers of ITV's "Broadchurch". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #tv series


Bridget Jones makes the Woman's Hour Power List

Bridget Jones has made the Woman's Hour Power List - despite being a fictional character.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bridget jones #fictional character


Global Kids Connect: A Further Look at Issues and Trends for Children’s Publishers

The second annual Global Kids Connect conference, held on December 8 in New York, brought together members of the book industryto discuss the future of global children’s publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #global children


Time Faces Choice of Sale or Reinvention as Digital Power

Time is facing one of its most critical decisions since the magazine publisher was founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden in 1922.Should the company's board agree to a sale as its print advertising lifeblood continues to drain away? Or should it let new CEO Rich Battista implement his grand... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #grand vision #digital powerhouse #sports illustrated


China, Brexit Big Topics at Global Kids Connect Conference

The second annual Global Kids Connect conference surveyed China's booming children's publishing market, potential Brexit fallout, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #booming children #publishing market


Global Kids Connect Surveys China, Latin America and Brexit

Organized by PW and the Bologna Children's Book Fair, the Global Kids Connect conference examined a booming Chinese kids' book marketplace, a renewed rights market in Spain and Latin America, and currency exchange issues after Brexit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #latin america #bologna children #book fair #book marketplace


Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark sells out after Trump victory

Feminist activist’s manifesto for ‘an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists’, originally published in Bush years, sees huge rise in salesRebecca Solnit’s political manifesto, published to encourage activists while George W Bush waged war in Iraq, has enjoyed a huge... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital downloads #faraway nearby


'Human revolution' needs to be understood, urges Appelbaum

Publishers need to move away from thinking about digital as a silo and instead focus on cultivating the mindset and behaviours needed to thrive in the digital age, Eva Appelbaum, digital strategy specialist at Digital Talent @Work has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital age #eva appelbaum


Kids' books surge 'could cause problems' for China's publishers

Chinese publishers are rushing to capitalise on the growth in the country’s children’s books market, with book sales data company Open Book citing a 15% year-on-year rise in value terms in 2016 to date, following double-digit surges in recent years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #chinese publishers #books market