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Heartland Fall Forum Turns 10
The first in-person Heartland Fall Forum since 2019 will be used to mark the first decade of the partnership between the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, which resulted in HFF.
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Fall Bookseller Gatherings Preview
This season’s regional shows mark the first time that many booksellers have been able to get together in person since the start of the pandemic.
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Authors for Abortion Access Launch Auction
The auction, running July 12–26, will benefit two grassroots abortion funds and includes donated items from Neil Gaiman, Chloe Gong, and V.E. Schwab.
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San Diego Comic-Con Is Back
The massive show returns in-person to San Diego this summer after a three-year hiatus.
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Children's Institute 10: Charlie Jane Anders Says ‘Magical Portals Exist, and Adults Aren’t Real’
The science fiction author drew a standing ovation from the Ci10 audience as she discussed her childhood and start as a writer.
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How Big Can the Fall Regional Bookselling Conferences Get?
Executive directors at regional bookseller associations across the country believe that conditions are right for big turnouts at their in-person fall shows.
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S.A. Cosby Big Winner at Thrillerfest
Dry humor, moving tributes to those who provided award winners with practical and emotional support, and honorees with differing approaches to the thriller genre highlighted ITW's 17th Annual Thriller Awards Banquet, where S.A. Cosby took home his second Best Hardcover Novel award.
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From the Archive: June 3, 2019
We look back at our coverage of the 2019 BookExpo, which would turn out to be the last installment of the long-running annual book conference.
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Congress Holds Second Hearing, Focuses on Censorship in Classrooms
The U.S. House subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on Thursday to discuss the trend in some states to restrict discussion in public school classrooms relating to race and LGBTQ issues that some speakers, including PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel, described as authoritarian tactics.
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Best Mystery Writers Honored at In-Person Edgars Ceremony
The mood was celebratory as mystery publishers and authors honored the best in the genre, live and in-person, for the first time since 2019 at a ceremony last night at New York Marriott Marquis Times Square.
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Michael Pietsch on Publishing at BISG: 'Best of Times, Worst of Times'
Some 130 people, as well as others listening online, attended the Book Industry Study Group’s first in-person annual meeting in three years held April 22 in New York City. The event focused on the impact of the pandemic and continuing efforts to make the industry more inclusive, among other topics.
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Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl Returns to the Borough
For the first time since 2019, 21 Brooklyn bookstores are inviting readers on a borough-wide crawl in the week leading up to Independent Bookstore Day.
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U.S. Book Fairs Show the Pulse of the Book Biz
Book fairs in the U.S. evolve alongside the industry, and while some have declined in the digital age, others have thrived through embracing regionality and technology, writes ‘PW’ Midwest correspondent Claire Kirch.
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Literacy Partners Annual Gala Returns to NYC
At the April 11 gala for the NYC-based literacy nonprofit, attendees included Simon & Schuster senior v-p and publisher Dana Canedy and author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Sisters in Crime Announces DEI Initiative
The Equity Project will offer a slate of programming focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion for Sisters in Crime members.
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Welcome from the BookLife Indie Author Forum!
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Percival Everett and Tina Fey Are 2023 PEN Lit Award Winners
'Dr. No' by Percival Everett (Graywolf) received the evening's top prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and Tina Fey won the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award at the March 2 event in midtown Manhattan.
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Snow Days 2022: The ABA’s New Show Makes Its Debut
The American Booksellers Association’s virtual bookselling retreat looks to the future.
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BookLife Indie Author Forum Set for March 19
BookLife, PW’s subsidiary devoted to helping self-published authors, will hold the first BookLife Indie Author Forum on March 19 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. The forum will cover the writing and publishing of adult and children’s books.
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Toy Fair New York Canceled
After reiterating its resolve, as recently as January 5, to go ahead with an in-person Toy Fair New York on February 19–22, the Toy Association has canceled the 2022 edition.
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