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Mary Anne Carter Returns to Chair NEA
Carter, who also led the National Endowment for the Arts during President Donald Trump’s first term, has historically supported the agency’s literacy initiatives as well as funding for creative arts therapies.
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NBCC Announces Award Longlists
The National Book Critics Circle has unveiled the seven longlists for its annual awards. Finalists will be announced on January 20, with winners to follow at a ceremony on March 26 in New York City.
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Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees of the foundation and community members say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to retain the jobs of two staffers set to be laid off.
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Brian O’Leary Receives 2025 Melcher Award
The recipient of PW’s third annual lifetime achievement award is being recognized for his successful 10-year tenure as the head of BISG, in an era when the industry has grappled with massive and near constant change.
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PW Notables 2025: Mary Rasenberger
The longtime Authors Guild CEO has been a leader in the fight against AI companies’ use of copyrighted materials without compensating authors, as well as the ongoing surge in book bans.
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PW Notables 2025: Julie Schaper
The Consortium president, who has been with the company for 30 years and will retire in 2026, is changing book culture one client publisher at a time.
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PW Notables 2025: Mychal Threets
The social media star and PBS “resident librarian” is continuing to spread “library joy” as the host of a Reading Rainbow reboot and, soon, as a children’s book author.
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PW Notables 2025: Carla Hayden
Modeling fortitude and resilience, the former librarian of Congress—who was fired without cause by the White House in March—says “it’s time to regroup” amid uncertain federal funding for literature and the arts.
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PW Notables 2025: Eileen Dengler
The longtime executive director of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association leaves her mark on the entire industry.
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PW’s 2025 Person of the Year: Nihar Malaviya
The Penguin Random House CEO has gone all in on protecting the First Amendment and the freedom to read. For his efforts and those of PRH, he is Publishers Weekly’s Person of the Year.
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