Wandering Stars author Tommy Orange and Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar teamed up for a Bay Area book tour this month, stopping at six independent bookstores and the East Bay Innovation Academy, a school in Oakland. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
On April 23, Aspen Words announced the winner of the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 each year to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” This year’s winner, chosen by a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-04-24 14:11:14 UTC ]
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After the Senate minority leader’s decision to help Trump avert a shutdown of the GOP’s own making, Bluesky erupted with anger and savage memes. What was perhaps the least timely book tour in American history has been postponed. Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-03-17 21:10:00 UTC ]
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Brandeis University Press will publish 'Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes' by former PW bookselling editor Judith Rosen, which profiles 24 couples who proposed, or held their weddings, at independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookstores in more than 30 cities across six continents will participate in the first synchronized Global Bookstore Crawl on April 26, coinciding with Independent Bookstore Day in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Chin’s memoir, “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” celebrates the cuisine and community of his youth. Now he’s paying it forward. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-12-18 10:00:53 UTC ]
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December is finally here, the final month in a year in which time has sometimes felt more like a labyrinth than a line through calendar days, a year of sudden twists and turns. And the year to come will be dense with, if not outright defined by, uncertainty. And that is precisely why the things […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-12-02 09:55:17 UTC ]
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The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominees discuss the wry maturity and singular strangeness of two writers whose work inspired their own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka embarked on a public library book tour from June 21–August 2, billing his New England stops as “JJK’s Summah Readin’ Roadtrip.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The ABA has unveiled "Indies Take The Gold," an Olympics-themed marketing campaign encouraging people to shop at independent bookstores on Amazon Prime Days, July 16 and 17. The Paris summer Olympics begin July 26. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Today's links include the continued rise in independent bookstores, a master bookseller on bookselling, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-24 19:41:49 UTC ]
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The American Booksellers Association has filed a motion with the Federal Trade Commission seeking to fix a hole in the FTC’s antitrust complaint against Amazon that many in the industry agree needs correcting: that it did not specifically include what Amazon’s practices have done to book... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tommy Orange follows his 2018 debut, ‘There There,’ with ‘Wandering Stars,’ #8 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Peter Schweizer, Dr. Phil, and C.J. Box are among the week’s big debuts, and longtime Silicon Valley journalist Kara Swisher comes out swinging with ‘Burn Book.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The veteran tech journalist is promoting her memoir with tech bros like Sam Altman. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2024-03-06 10:50:00 UTC ]
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Books to read in March include "James" by Percival Everett, "Wandering Stars" by Tommy Orange and "Age of Revolutions" by Fareed Zakaria. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-03-01 11:02:40 UTC ]
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Today's new releases include a follow up to Tommy Orange's THERE THERE, a memoir of grief, a secret, anti-Confederacy spy society, and more. Which ones will you TBR? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-02-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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