Remembering Stephen Rubin, with an Evening of Words and Music

About 200 friends attended a memorial service on Thursday evening at New York’s Metropolitan Club to celebrate the memory of the influential publisher and noted opera buff, who died last October. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Julie Klam was fascinated by the saga of her immigrant relatives. Was it even true?

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Remembering the British Publishing Industry’s David Whitaker, ISBN Pioneer

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An all-Black musical was a Broadway smash — and then was mostly forgotten

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Laura Lippman’s suspense novel ‘Dream Girl’ takes its cue from Stephen King

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Yusef Komunyakaa again brings his distinctive music to the page

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Stephen McGann delivers 10-year celebration of Call the Midwife for W&N

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