Padma Lakshmi will host this year’s National Book Awards.

Big news for the (in my experience, huge) Venn diagram center of book lovers and Top Chef fans: Padma Lakshmi will host this year’s National Book Awards. Lakshmi is the bestselling author of multiple cookbooks as well as a children’s book and a memoir, and host of Top Chef (AKA the show that comprised approximately 90% […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-11 15:50:31 UTC ]

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Amazon is opening a store across the street from Nashville’s Parnassus Books, because Amazon is bad.

Amazon, apparently intent on fostering the illest of will among book lovers, is opening a store directly across the street from Nashville’s Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore founded by Ann Patchett and Karen Hayes in 2011. (Full disclosure: I visited the store for the first time this... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-26 16:58:35 UTC ]
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What to do in L.A.: 5 book events that will transport you

This week's picks for L.A. book lovers, from the Leimert Park Book Fair to a celebration of strip malls Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-08-23 16:50:10 UTC ]
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Jenny Slate's New Book Is a Box of Treats

The actor, stand-up comic, and children’s book author invites readers into her head with a collection of “little weirds.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Templar Illustration Prize 2019 shortlist revealed

Three Cambridge School of Art Children’s Book Illustration graduates Maria Coco, Paula White and Sally Walker are shortlisted for the second Templar Illustration Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 06:53:23 UTC ]
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BBC reveals plans for animated adaptation of Morpugo's Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

The BBC has revealed plans for a special 2D animated adaptation of Sir Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-18 15:46:37 UTC ]
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The Israeli Children’s Book Writer Who Became a Witch

The illustrator and graphic novelist Rutu Modan offers a homage to Leah Goldberg, one of Israel’s most celebrated poets and children’s authors. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-08-16 09:00:17 UTC ]
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AAP Objects to Trump’s China Shift: Only Children’s Book Tariffs Delayed

'A wide range of other books remain on the list' for near-term tariffs, notes AAP's Maria A. Pallante, 'including American fiction and nonfiction.' The post AAP Objects to Trump’s China Shift: Only Children’s Book Tariffs Delayed appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-14 03:15:19 UTC ]
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Gollancz lands thriller from Nalini Singh

Gollancz has landed a “dark, suspenseful” first thriller from bestselling author Nalini Singh in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 21:39:03 UTC ]
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 31st, 2019

Sponsored by The Line Between by New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee—just $1.99 for a limited time. These deals ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-07-31 13:27:01 UTC ]
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Koontz Inks Multibook Deal with Amazon Publishing

Bestselling author Dean Koontz signed a multibook deal with Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 22, 2019

Random House buys a children’s book from Jimmy Kimmel, Sourcebooks lands a buzzy thriller by an indie bestseller, Atria spends six figures on a literary debut, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 22, 2019

Random House buys a children’s book from Jimmy Kimmel, Sourcebooks lands a buzzy thriller by an indie bestseller, Atria spends six figures on a literary debut, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 22, 2019

Random House buys a children’s book from Jimmy Kimmel, Sourcebooks lands a buzzy thriller by an indie bestseller, Atria spends six figures on a literary debut, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ready to rock out at bedtime? Metallica is releasing a children’s book

Surely the book missing from every child’s bedtime routine is an alphabetical retrospective of Metallica. No? Well, we’re getting one, anyway. The heavy-metal band is filling that presumed void by releasing an illustrated children’s book titled “The ABCs of Metallica” this fall — introducing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-07-11 17:25:00 UTC ]
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The dad-rock book tie-in we’ve all been waiting for: a Metallica children’s book.

God, Metallica is getting dangerously close to grandad-rock* (Lars Ulrich is 55), but it’s obviously a very rock and roll thing to keep fathering kids until you die (what’s up Rod Stewart). And look, everyone knows that parenthood does weird things to your brain, like making you think your... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-11 15:22:05 UTC ]
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Hot Key snaps up Carnegie winner Acevedo in six-figure three-book pre-empt

Bonnier imprint Hot Keys has signed CILIP Carnegie winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo in a six-figure three-book pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-10 16:22:25 UTC ]
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50 Must-Read Crime Titles from July and August 2019

This list of summer 2019 crime books is sponsored by Amazon Publishing. Robert Dugoni is the New York Times bestselling author of ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-07-05 10:34:16 UTC ]
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Bette Midler Looks Back on Her Autobiographical, Fantastical Children’s Book, “The Saga of Baby Divine”

Rachel Syme writes on “The Saga of Baby Divine,” Bette Midler’s best-selling autobiographical children’s book, from 1983. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-06-25 19:00:00 UTC ]
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New L.A. book fair LitLit comes to Hauser & Wirth presented by L.A. Review of Books

Book lovers! Sign up for the new L.A. Times Book Club for upcoming author events » The Los Angeles Review of Books and Hauser & Wirth Publishers are bringing a brand-new book fair to Los Angeles next month. LitLit, the Little Literary Fair, will premiere July 20 and 21 at Hauser &... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-06-25 17:30:00 UTC ]
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How Gyo Fujikawa Drew Freedom in Children’s Books

Sarah Larson writes about the illustrator Gyo Fujikawa, whose children’s books celebrated the beauty and power of the natural world and the earthly pleasures of the people walking around in it. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2019-06-21 19:01:35 UTC ]
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