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Pennypacker Supports New Novel at Fall Regionals
Sara Pennypacker's forthcoming novel, 'Pax,' features a relationship between a boy and a fox during wartime. The author talked with PW about her new book and the themes that motivate her.
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Rights Report: Week of September 21, 2015
New deals for Varian Johnson, Catherynne M. Valente, Mitali Perkins, Matthew Cordell, Oliver Jeffers & Sam Winston, and A.G. Howard.
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Canadian Publishing 2015: Publishers Find Mixed Bag in Falling Loonie
With the Canadian dollar having sunk to 75¢ U.S. by mid September—the lowest it’s been against the U.S. dollar in more than 10 years—publishers north of the border are struggling with how to price their books, many of which are still priced at parity.
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Galley Talk: 'The After-Room'
Emily Hall, co-owner of Main Street Books in St. Charles, Mo., shares words of praise for 'The After-Room,' the conclusion to Maile Meloy's Apothecary trilogy, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr. The bookseller looks forward to introducing the novel, which is due from Putnam in November, to her young customers.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of September 21, 2015
Hitting shelves this week is a nonfiction work from a bestselling author, a middle-grade novel about a heavy subject with a magical twist, a debut middle grade in which a girl mourns her best friend, a dystopian YA in which humanity must fight back against an AI, a historical YA fantasy in which a girl can sense gold during the gold rush, an absurdist YA novel that deals with teens' struggles, a collection of undead short stories, a Christmas picture book from a popular TV personality, and a book that alternates publishing parody with high fantasy.
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Moving On Up: 'Throne of Glass'
Judging by the stellar sales and solid fandom of the books starring Celaena Sardothien – the Throne of Glass series – author Sarah J. Maas knows her way around fantasy writing.
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'Zeroes' Puts a Novel Spin on the Notion of Heroes
When a high-stakes crisis changes their world, six California teens with unusual abilities are catapulted from zero to hero status in a new trilogy that meshes superhero and crowd-sourced themes
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Rights Report: Week of September 14, 2015
New deals for William Alexander, Jonathan Follett & Matthew Holm, Barney Saltzberg, Christina Farley, and Lilliam Rivera.
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A Magical Start for 'The Wonderling'
Some publishing stories should begin with a cautionary aside to aspiring writers: This is not the way things usually happen. This is one of those stories.
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Unwanteds Series Closes One Door, Opens Another
At the end of 'Island of Graves,' the sixth volume in Lisa McMann's The Unwanteds series, fans will get an early peek at the cover and title of the seventh and final novel.
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Knopf to Unleash 'The Illuminae Files'
After an unusual meeting involving the IRS, Australian authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff collaborated on The Illuminae Files, a science-fiction series that launches with 'Illuminae,' due out from Knopf on October 20.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of September 14, 2015
Hitting bookshelves next week is an abundant spread of fall treats, including the latest opus from a Caldecott winner, the launch of two new series, and some long-awaited YA novels from bestselling authors.
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Rights Report: Week of September 7, 2015
New deals for David Leviathan, Fonda Lee, Emily Lloyd Jones, Susan Tan, and Jessica Brody.
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Rights Report: Week of August 31, 2015
New deals for Mira Bartok, Trenton Lee Stewart, and Eric Litwin & Tom Lichtenheld.
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RH Children's Buys Self-Pubbed Phenom 'Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep'
The self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep,' which shot to the top of Amazon's U.K. print list a few weeks ago, has been acquired by Penguin Random House. The publisher took world English rights to the book in a joint deal between Random House U.S. and Penguin Random House UK.
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A Slightly Peculiar Tour for Ransom Riggs
Ransom Riggs is tapping friends and family members to join him on his forthcoming "Library of Souls #StayPeculiar" tour, to promote the third volume of his Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.
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Novel About School Shooting Tells Story from 17 Perspectives
For years Shaun David Hutchison had toyed with the idea of telling the story of a violent crime from multiple points of view; when, in 2013, he began working with Amy Boggs of Donald Maass Literary Agency, he started exploring what it might mean to illustrate a school shooting in such a way.
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Photographer and Authors Offer Hope to Terminally Ill Children
'True Heroes: A Treasury of Modern-day Fairy Tales Written by Best-selling Authors' is an anthology of original short stories and photographs based on the dreams of children who are cancer patients.
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Hot Off the Presses: Week of August 31
Bookshelves next week will groan under the weight of many big fall releases, including new picture books from the authors of classic books, a debut middle-grade in which three kids set out for Antarctica, several YA novels full of history, gold, and magic; body positive beauty pageants; teens defying doctor's orders to pursue a relationship; and a bestselling author’s novel about one group of teens that unfolds over their high school years.
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Galley Talk: 'Future Perfect'
Drew Durham, co-manager at Linden Tree Books in Los Altos, Calif., talks up 'Future Perfect' by Jen Larsen, a debut YA novel that he is eager to share with his customers.
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