Scholastic's biennial Kids & Family Reading Report finds American families are reading books aloud to their children more often. The post Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke with the team behind 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales' about the picture book’s milestone anniversary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As Tony Montana would probably say if he were a literary agent: In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the memoir. That’s right! Al Pacino is reportedly in talks to sell his first memoir […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-05 14:49:52 UTC ]
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With empowering middle grade like Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and silly picture books, October children's book releases are pretty awesome! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-10-03 10:38:00 UTC ]
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These new October graphic novel and manga titles are just the thing to read as you munch on some should-have-been-for-Halloween candy. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-10-03 10:35:00 UTC ]
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The story within a story. It’s a common enough trope—from The Arabian Nights to Hamlet to the postmodern canon, we’re familiar with books that nest realities inside one another. Moving from the main narrative to the nested narrative can reveal interesting echoes, parallels, and reflections, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-03 08:54:13 UTC ]
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Bethanne Patrick's October highlights include the biographies of Bob Dylan and Samuel Adams, new fiction from John Irving and Celeste Ng and plenty more. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-29 13:00:19 UTC ]
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In the studio, the best-selling author surrounded himself with people he loves. It shows in his audiobook. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-09-29 09:00:24 UTC ]
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At its best, the relationship between novelist and reader is an intimate one. Can I tell you something? whispers the writer, and the reader whispers back, Please do… Of all the forms that the novel can take, the diary is surely the most confiding of all; it’s as if the intimacy level has been... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-28 08:57:35 UTC ]
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By the time I read Hilary Mantel’s 1996 review of Kate Atkinson’s debut novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum in the London Review of Books, the novel had been a favorite of mine for over a decade. My mother gave me the book when I was in high school—both of us entirely unaware of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-23 14:57:31 UTC ]
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'Hope for the Flowers' and 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' are marking milestones this year after years as backlist backbones for their publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Higher costs increased Scholastic's first quarter loss to $58.1 million, from $32 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, despite a 1.2% increase in sales. The results were "on plan," the publisher said, adding that it still expects sales and earnings in fiscal 2023 to rise over fiscal 2022. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Books are written in solitude, but writers do some of their finest work with crowds—in public talks, interviews, and events. The best moments from those strange, dramatic interactions often go missing, however: either they’re never recorded, or nobody will ever find the recordings. Fortunately,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-09-14 09:05:43 UTC ]
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With D23 underway this weekend, Disney had a lot to share with Star Wars fans. In all, the company debuted three trailers at the expo. First, there was a final look at Star Wars: Andor ahead of the show’s Disney+ premiere on September 21st. Then, we got to see Tales of the Jedi, a new animated... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-09-10 19:06:44 UTC ]
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“There was an upsetting aura of righteousness in the room” when the group read Iris Murdoch’s “A Fairly Honourable Defeat,” says the religious scholar, whose latest book is “Sacred Nature.” “It did not deserve this response. I have never returned.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-09-08 09:00:11 UTC ]
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Scholastic has acquired Learning Ovations, the creator of A2i (Assessment to Instruction)—a literacy screening, progress monitoring and assessment, and instructional planning system for classrooms and community organizations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New books by Megan Goldin, Jonathan Ames, Laurie Loewenstein, William Kent Krueger and Tracey Lien offer a murder-and-mayhem tour across the globe Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-03 11:00:28 UTC ]
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Bethanne Patrick's September highlights include sequels from Elizabeth Strout and Andrew Sean Greer along with exciting debuts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-02 14:00:54 UTC ]
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In three journeys to the past, characters find themselves on quests that have nothing to do with the calendar or geography. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-08-30 09:00:08 UTC ]
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Read your way through some of the best Kindle Unlimited mysteries available right now. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-08-26 10:34:00 UTC ]
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Based on Anne Deveson’s 1991 memoir about her son’s experience with schizophrenia, this play can be achingly sad. But it also offers hope. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-08-26 01:01:35 UTC ]
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