From Broadway to bookstores: the #2 book in the country is ‘Hamilton' by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. Plus Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest lifestyle title launches a new brand for Grand Central, Oprah Winfrey helps Cheryl Strayed onto the bestseller list six months after publication, and much more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With more than 40 novels under her belt, including several popular romance series, it’s no wonder that Robyn Carr is the 2016 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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For the Thursday morning panel called Current Trends in YA, author Daniel Kraus rattled off a few crops of recent strains he’s observed, including books about “body parts, agoraphobia, and strange disease books.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Michael Schumacher doesn’t know why he is so fascinated with the Great Lakes, but it’s been a lifelong passion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In the late 1970s, at age 23, British college student Alan Harper traveled across the Atlantic to Chicago, where he had no job, no friends, and no family. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Beth Macy, the author of the New York Times bestseller Factory Man, is known for writing about marginalized people and outsiders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Quarto Books, the company that took its name from having four founding partners, will be celebrating its four decades in publishing today at BEA with the appearance of its Bookmobile, QuartoKnows, at the show for the first time right in its booth (2300). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In Journey, Aaron Becker’s wordless debut picture book, a lonely girl embarks on a voyage of adventure and danger after going through a magic door she draws on her bedroom wall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As writer and television producer Noah Hawley puts it, with Emmy, Golden Globe, PEN, Critics Choice, and Peabody Awards under his belt, “I certainly don’t have to write another book if I don’t want to, but I find it’s a very important thing to me to be a novelist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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If Thomas J. Stanley were alive today, he would have be none too pleased with the celebration that is taking place today at the Globe Pequot booth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Although Colson Whitehead says that he wrote The Underground Railroad (Doubleday, Sept.) “pretty quickly” last year, this novel has been 15 years in the making. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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“For many, China is a black box,” said Ruediger Wischenbart, director of international affairs for BookExpo America, as part of his introduction to China By the Numbers, a panel discussion which sought to deliver straightforward data to those interested in the Chinese market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Thursday adult author breakfast at BEA mixed humor with difficult subjects like slavery and the continuing divisions within our country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Meg Little Reilly describes herself as a “writer, environmentalist, quilter, aspiring banjo player, hiker of mountains and swimmer of lakes.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Rabbi Evan Moffic’s first book, "What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover" (Abingdon, 2015), prompted enough questions from Christians and Jews alike that the rabbi knew it was time for a second. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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For those on the lookout for new kids’ books, author autographings, and giveaways, here’s a peek at some of the happenings at the booths of children’s publishers today and tomorrow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson's '15th Affair,' the latest entry in his Women's Murder Club series, written with Maxine Paetro, is #1 on the iBooks Bestsellers list for the week that ended May 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips didn’t think she’d write so many books in her Chicago Stars series of contemporary romance novels set in the world of a suburban Chicago professional football team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Jennifer Weiner is widely known to adult readers for her bestselling women-centric novels (Good in Bed; Who Do You Love), her columns for the New York Times Op-Ed pages and Sunday Review, and her humorous Twitter feed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In Norwegian folklore, a Nix is a spirit of the water, usually depicted as a horrible ogre, but sometimes as a beautiful white horse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Two mainstays of children’s publishing have teamed up to create a picture book, "In Plain Sight" (Roaring Brook, Sept.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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