This Week's Bestsellers: September 30, 2019

Eisner Award–winner Raina Telgemeier has the #1 book in the country with the middle grade graphic memoir ‘Guts.’ Plus Jacqueline Woodson’s third adult novel, ‘Red at the Bone,’ lands in hardcover fiction, and Joe Abercrombie launches the Age of Madness series with ‘A Little Hatred.’ Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, August 8, 2016

This week: Jacqueline Woodson's first adult novel in 20 years, plus a look at the microbes within us. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: July 18, 2016

‘Downton Abbey’ creator Julian Fellowes returns with the Victorian Era novel Belgravia, #13 in Hardcover Fiction. Plus comedian Michael Ian Black plays his Trump card, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong writes a book about a TV show about nothing, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fall 2016 Audio Announcements

The big audiobooks of fall include titles from John le Carré, Jacqueline Woodson, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: January 25, 2016

‘Retire Inspired’ by Chris Hogan, a Dave Ramsey protégé, is the #1 book in the country. Plus ‘Olive Kitteridge’ author Elizabeth Strout hits #1 in Hardcover Fiction with her new novel, a picture book about the real-life origins of Winnie-the-Pooh gets a boost from its Caldecott win, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Hebdo contributor's graphic memoir to Two Roads

Two Roads has acquired the international bestselling graphic memoir The Arab of the Future, by former Charlie Hebdo contributor and cartoonist Riad Sattouf. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jennifer Hayden Tells 'The Story of My Tits'

Jennifer Hayden's graphic memoir, 'The Story of My Tits', is not just a history of surviving breast cancer, it's the story of her life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Graphic memoir 'Arab of the Future' takes a look back to the author's childhood in Libya and Syria

The French cartoonist Riad Sattouf spent the earliest years of his life in three dictatorships. One dictator was Col. Moammar Kadafi, the "supreme leader" of Libya, where Sattouf and his parents moved when he was 2. Another was President Hafez Assad of Syria, where they relocated when he was 4.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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This Week's Bestsellers: September 7, 2015

Bryan Stevenson’s Carnegie Medal–winning ‘Just Mercy’ get a big bump this week, landing at #8 overall. Plus Sue Grafton knocks Harper Lee from the #1 spot in hardcover fiction, Brené Brown debuts strong in hardcover nonfiction, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Comics Win Big at ALA’s 2015 Youth Media Awards

Jillian and Mariko Tamaki's 'This One Summer' is the first graphic novel to receive both a Caldecott Honor and a Printz Honor; while Cece Bell's graphic memoir 'El Deafo' received a Newbery Honor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Handler Apologizes for Woodson Remarks

National Book Awards host Daniel Handler used Twitter to issue an apology for remarks he made about Jacqueline Woodson, who won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature award for her YA novel "Brown Girl Dreaming." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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BEA 2014: Jacqueline Woodson: Remembering a Brown Girl’s Childhood

Even though Jacqueline Woodson’s latest release, Brown Girl Dreaming (Penguin/Paulsen, Aug.), is set during the 1960s and ’70s, its themes are still relevant today, especially after a controversy erupted last month over the lack of diversity in BookCon’s initial lineup of authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Alison Bechdel's memoir 'Fun Home' runs into trouble with the South Carolina House of Representatives

After the College of Charleston assigned the graphic memoir 'Fun Home' as summer reading, members of the South Carolina House of Representatives voted to cut funding to the school. The budget will be decided on by the general assembly in March. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Bechdel Reacts to 'Fun Home' Controversy in So. Carolina

Alison Bechdel responds to the cutting of government funding to a South Carolina college that assigned her graphic memoir, "Fun Home," calling the move "sad and absurd." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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