The Weekly Beast: drama at Australian Women's Weekly, Cleo and Dolly

Cleo is dumped and Helen McCabe’s tenure editing AWW ends as News Corp beds down new year appointments and Daily Mail Australia splits with NineThere has been enough drama at the magazine empire of the Australian Women’s Weekly, Dolly and Cleo in the past month to fuel another couple of miniseries in the vein of Paper Giants. The once-proud Australian company owned by the late Kerry Packer is being slowly downsized by its German owners, Bauer Media, who bought the company for $500m in 2012. One by one, titles have been closed or merged until this week a big-name title steeped in Australian cultural history, Cleo, was unceremoniously dumped. As well as losing several senior executives and outsourcing the printing and distribution of its 60 titles, Bauer parted company with the editor-in-chief of the Australian Women’s Weekly, which is still Australia’s bestselling magazine. After six years at the Weekly, former News Corp senior journalist Helen McCabe was suddenly out the door, reportedly with the remaining six months of her contract to be served on “gardening leave” and no job lined up. Weekly Beast understands Bauer’s top brass is keen to get back to the magazine’s roots in middle-class suburban life and away from the focus on news, politics and executive women that marked McCabe’s tenure. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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3 Ambitious Debut Novels Out This Week

These new debuts—an exploration of power and technology, an odyssey through an imagined metropolis, and a clever murder mystery—announce the arrival of three fiction writers to watch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: October 23, 2023

The #10 book in the county is 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' David Grann’s 2017 true crime narrative turned Martin Scorsese–helmed film. Plus Bob "Better Call Saul" Odenkirk makes his children's book debut a family affair, and a trio of new cookbooks pepper our hardcover nonfiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of October 23, 2023

Serena Williams sells two to Random House, Gallery signs Deion Sanders, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: October 20, 2023

Among the week's headlines: a congressional hearing in support of book bans; more librarian blowback for Scholastic Book Fairs over its optional collection of diverse books; and the Urban Library Council issues a report on AI in libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, Oct. 22

Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, October 22 Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Bryan Washington’s Family Meal, Mary Gabriel’s Madonna: A Rebel Life, Jhumpa Lahiri’s Roman Stories, andWerner Herzog’s Every Man for Himself and God Against All all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s book review aggregator. * Fiction 1.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Week in Libraries: October 13, 2023

Among the week's headlines: Montana looks to remove a state requirement that directors at larger library systems have an MLIS degree; Brewster Kahle defends libraries; the DNC passes a resolution supporting the right to read in libraries; and an Arkansas library director is fired for defending... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: October 16, 2023

'Icebreaker' author Hannah Grace has the #1 book in the country and it's selling like 'Wildfire.' Plus Alix E. Harrow's 'Starling House' is the October Reese's Book Club pick, and Le Bernadin owner and chef Eric Ripert makes 'Seafood Simple.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of October 16, 2023

George Stephanopoulos sells a history of the White House Situation Room to Grand Central, Random House buys a memoir from Salman Rushdie, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Expedited Appeal in Texas Book Rating Case Delayed by Three Weeks

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Audiobook of the Week: What’s Really in a Hot Dog?

“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system. Continue reading at The New York Times

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This Week's Bestsellers: October 9, 2023

Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's 'The Iliad' takes the #9 spot on our hardcover fiction list. Plus children's book favorites including Peter Brown's Wild Robot and Abby Hanlon's Dory Fantasmagory return. (Percy Jackson's back, too!) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: October 6, 2023

Among the week's headlines: ALA executive director Tracie D. Hall resigns; how a new 'harmful to minors' rule is playing out in Missouri; and 'USA Today' reports on the website fueling book bans across the nation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of October 9, 2023

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The 10 Best Histories of Women in WWII

Lena Andrews, author of 'Valiant Women,' pays homage to the oft-forgotten women on the WWII frontlines with this selection of brilliant histories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Banned Books Week by the Numbers

As Banned Books Week 2023 gets underway, new data shows that an organized right-wing political movement is continuing to drive a surge in censorship attempts in schools and libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: October 2, 2023

Seven years after debuting with 'The Nix,' Nathan Hill returns with 'Wellness.' Plus Ava Reid, author of two dark fantasy novels for adults, makes a YA foray with 'A Study in Drowning,' and John Scalzi subverts classic supervillain tropes with 'Starter Villains.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: September 29, 2023

Among the week's headlines: Banned Books Week begins on Sunday; South Carolina's state library withdraws from the ALA; EveryLibrary and 'Book Riot' survey parents attitudes about book bans; and 'Library Journal' questions whether KKR's ownership of OverDrive is an issue for the firm's... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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