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In Conversation: Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead

| 04/24/2025 @ 04:00PM

We invited Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead to discuss their Newbery-winning books, both of which were inspired by another Newbery winner, Madeleine L’Engle's 1964 classic 'A Wrinkle in Time.'
Q & A with Frederick Joseph

By Amanda Ramirez | 04/24/2025 @ 03:00PM

Frederick Joseph—poet, philanthropist, and author of 'The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person'—makes his solo fiction debut with contemporary YA novel 'This Thing of Ours.'
In Conversation: Natalie Naudus and Jenna Voris

| 04/22/2025 @ 03:00PM

Audiobook narrator turned author Natalie Naudus and YA author Jenna Voris share unexpected common ground: both have books forthcoming about queer girls navigating their relationship with religion.
Four Questions for Calista Brill

By Amanda Ramirez | 04/22/2025 @ 03:00PM

Calista Brill—picture book author and editorial director at First Second Books—makes her graphic novel debut with middle grade comic 'Creaky Acres,' illustrated by Nilah Magruder.
Between the Covers at 50: PW Talks with Jennifer Ball

by Claire Kirch | 04/18/2025 @ 07:00PM

Half a century in, the Telluride, Colo., independent bookstore remains a local staple. Co-owner Jennifer Ball explains why.
Lean on Me: PW Talks with Marie Rutkoski

by Isabel Montero | 04/18/2025 @ 07:00PM

While trapped in an abusive marriage, a woman reunites with her first love in the YA bestseller’s first adult romance, ‘Ordinary Love’ (Knopf, June).
Correcting a Caricature: PW Talks with A’Lelia Bundles

by Emily Colucci | 04/18/2025 @ 07:00PM

The biographer’s ‘Joy Goddess’ (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and heiress to the Walker hair care fortune.
In Conversation: Roman Muradov and Dasha Tolstikova

| 04/17/2025 @ 03:00PM

Twentieth-century author and educator Gianni Rodari is considered by many to be the father of the modern Italian children’s book; Roman Muradov and Dasha Tolstikova recently spoke with each other about their approaches to illustrating two new English translations of his work.
In Conversation: Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

| 04/15/2025 @ 04:00PM

Sisters and collaborators Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite take philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s popular adage about class conflict to its furthest extent in their latest YA novel, 'The Summer I Ate the Rich.'
Q & A with Anna James

By Sally Lodge | 04/15/2025 @ 03:00PM

Pages & Co. author Anna James returns with a new middle grade fantasy, 'Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment,' first in a four-book series.
Be Yourself, Joyously: PW Talks with Tourmaline

by TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

The author of two forthcoming books on LGBTQ+ icon Marsha P. Johnson—Marsha, for adults, and One Day in June, for children—discusses bringing her revolutionary subject to life.
It’s All In Your Head: PW Talks with Pria Anand

by Will Boisvert | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

In ‘The Mind Electric’ (Washington Square, June), the neurologist explores the roots of neurological disease and the narratives that shape medicine.
Tomorrow Is a New Day: PW Talks with Molly Jong-Fast

by Henry Carrigan | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

In ‘How to Lose Your Mother’ (Viking, June), the journalist recalls caring for her mother, novelist Erica Jong, as she succumbed to dementia.
Culinary Chops: PW Talks with Raquel Pelzel

by Nathalie op de Beeck | 04/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

At the Little, Brown cookbook imprint Voracious Books, the former Clarkson Potter editorial director and Tasting Table recipe developer hungers for global fare.
Walkin’ the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel

By Tobias Carroll | 04/09/2025 @ 12:00PM

Pioneering counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb finally gets his due in Crumb (Pantheon, Apr.), a new biography from the Picturebox Comics founder and former Comics Journal editor.
Earth Day 2025: Q & As with Picture Book Authors

By Iyana Jones | 04/08/2025 @ 03:00PM

In celebration of Earth Day, we spoke with the creators of three picture books highlighting underappreciated processes of nature and the conservationists fighting to protect the environment.
Q & A with Shifa Saltagi Safadi

By Linda Lowen | 04/08/2025 @ 03:00PM

Safadi follows up her National Book Award-winning middle grade novel 'Kareem Between' with the new chapter book series Amina Banana, featuring a STEM-minded protagonist who solves everyday problems using the scientific method.
Two Sides of the Same Coin: PW Talks with Yrsa Daley-Ward

by Laura Berlinsky-Schine | 04/04/2025 @ 07:00PM

In the poet’s debut novel, ‘The Catch’ (Liveright, June), twin sisters in London believe they have reconnected with their long-deceased mother.
Into the Wild: PW Talks with Adam Weymouth

by Suzanne Shablovsky | 04/04/2025 @ 07:00PM

In ‘Lone Wolf’ (Crown, June), the journalist recounts following a wolf’s winding journey from Slovenia to Italy.
A Rich Literary Community: PW Talks with Cristóbal Pera

By Ed Nawotka | 04/04/2025 @ 07:00PM

The U.S. division of Barcelona-based Grupo Planeta launched in 2021 and has grown quickly after striking gold both stateside and in Puerto Rico. Its VP and publisher tells us how.

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