New Voices, Fresh Thinking Highlight Mountains & Plains FallCon 2023

The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's fall conference in Denver was filled with high energy for its 400 total participants, as publishing industry veterans met up with the next generation of booksellers inside and outside the exhibit hall. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PEN Alters Emerging Voices Fellowships, Prompting Community Protest

A group of writers and others associated with the PEN America community has publicly decried what it calls the "dismantling" of the nonprofit's Emerging Voices fellowships, even as senior leadership at PEN America released a missive over the weekend pledging to implement "a structured program... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Dollar Radio Wins 2020 Voice of the Heartland Award

Two Dollar Radio, a Columbus, Ohio–based indie press that operates a bookstore/cafe, will receive this year's Voice of the Heartland Award, co-sponsored by the Great Lakes Indie Booksellers and Midwest Indie Booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Native American poetry anthology vibrates with powerful voices

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo serves as lead editor of this new collection, which showcases a range of poems as vast as the continent. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-09-16 19:52:14 UTC ]
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Native American poetry anthology vibrates with powerful voices

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo serves as lead editor of this new collection, which showcases a range of poems as vast as the continent. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-09-16 19:52:14 UTC ]
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Native American poetry anthology vibrates with powerful voices

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo serves as lead editor of this new collection, which showcases a range of poems as vast as the continent. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-09-16 19:52:14 UTC ]
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How should we think about Russian disinformation?

Last month, the Senate Intelligence Committee published a damning bipartisan report on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Since then, we’ve heard more about what Russia may be up to in 2020. A week ago, Brian Murphy, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, filed a... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-15 12:30:41 UTC ]
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Booker Prize Shortlist Highlights Debuts, Women, Indies

Six titles made the shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction, of which four are debuts. The list is also notably diverse, with four female finalists and four titles coming from independent publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’: Featured Fiction from Jamie Marina Lau

An excerpt from a debut novel Kirkus calls "hypnotizing and inscrutable." The post ‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’: Featured Fiction from Jamie Marina Lau appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2020-09-09 10:00:12 UTC ]
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Holliday Grainger gives voice to Alderton's Ghosts

Holliday Grainger will read the audiobook version of Dolly Alderton's eagerly-awaited debut novel Ghosts (Fig Tree). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 15:24:17 UTC ]
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The World’s First Novel Is Older Than You Think

What was the first novel? Why was it written? What need did it fill? Who wrote it? And most importantly, can you still read it today? Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-09-02 10:32:00 UTC ]
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“A Lot of People, They Can Just Go to Sleep and Not Really Have to Think About It”

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on the violence in Kenosha, his conversation with the Bucks, and being a Black man in elected office right now. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2020-08-29 20:38:21 UTC ]
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Angry Robot extends Black Voices Matter open submissions window

Independent publisher Angry Robot Books has extended indefinitely its open submission window for sci-fi and fantasy novels by black authors, following a positive response to the initiative.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 03:52:28 UTC ]
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Giving Voice to Indigenous Children: Spotlight on Rebecca Thomas

The author’s picture book helps Indigenous children see themselves in familiar stories. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Vertebrate scoops Mort's mountain dog adventures

Vertebrate Publishing has scooped Never Leave the Dog Behind, a celebration of mountain adventures with four-legged friends by award-winning author Helen Mort. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 03:06:11 UTC ]
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It Takes Many Voices to Find the Truth

Yesterday I stopped in at my local bookstore in London. It’s a small shop, but a good one, and seeing its doors open again was like hearing an ice-cream truck from a block away as a kid. I walked straight into traffic to cross the street to get there. Inside the reality of our time […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-06 08:49:19 UTC ]
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What Media Buyers Think About Print Cuts at O, The Oprah Magazine

After more than 20 years in production, Oprah Winfrey's eponymous magazine O, The Oprah Magazine, will reconsider how often it prints in 2021. The magazine, which launched in 2000 in conjunction with Hearst Magazines, was an expansion of Winfrey's "Live your best life" motto. It is scheduled for... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-07-28 19:52:06 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics Science Fiction review – a fresh look at brave new worlds

Sci-fi preconceptions are challenged by little-known marvels from James Tiptree Jr, Angélica Gorodischer and othersThe border between science fiction and mainstream literature is more permeable than booksellers or publishers would have us think. Double Booker prize-winner Margaret Atwood’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-27 06:00:46 UTC ]
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Think Young: Christian Fiction Imprints Reach for Under-40 Readers

Publishers, trade groups, and booksellers of inspirational fiction discover millennials 'are not unicorns.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What black writers think about the UK's publishing industry – a survey

Limited promotion and marketing budgets reinforce false ideas about how well diverse books and writers will sell. This leads to a negative cycle for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2020-07-15 09:57:53 UTC ]
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