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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: René Peña-Govea
In the author's debut novel, 'Estela, Undrowning' (Quill Tree, Mar.), a Latina student at an elite public high school finds herself at the center of a citywide debate about merit-based admissions.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Cassie Miller
The author’s debut YA rom-com, 'Meet Me Under the Lights' (Viking, Mar.), is a love letter to small towns and two of the things their residents hold dear: baseball and community theater.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Anna Monders
After reading an article in the 'MIT Technology Review,' the author, an alumna of the school’s planetary science master’s program, found the spark for her dystopian middle grade novel, ‘Tested' (Aladdin, Mar.).
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Ama Ofosua Lieb
Growing up in Ghana, the author of 'Goldenborn' (Scholastic, June) loved listening to stories about Anansi, the trickster spider of legend.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Bobuq Sayed
In the author’s debut novel, 'No God But Us' (Harper, May), two gay men from the Afghani diaspora cross paths in Istanbul in 2015.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Emeline Atwood
At the beginning of the author’s debut novel, 'A Real Animal' (Catapult, July), the protagonist wakes up in her college dorm room to find herself transformed into a leopard.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Lisa Lee
In the author’s debut novel, 'American Han' (Algonquin, Mar.), two Korean American siblings buckle under impossible standards.
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Rebecca Novack
A sex worker assassinates a presidential candidate and tries to set the record straight on her favorite podcast in the author’s incendiary debut, ‘Murder Bimbo’ (Avid Reader, Feb.).
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Anna Kovatcheva
The Bulgarian-born author portrays a charlatan vampire slayer in her folkloric novel, 'She Made Herself a Monster' (Mariner, Feb.).
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Spring 2026 Writers to Watch: Portia Elan
‘Homebound' (Scribner, May), the author’s intricate debut novel, addresses contemporary concerns while indulging in nostalgia for the early days of computer gaming.
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A Singular Utterance: PW Talks with Peter Conners
The publisher of Boa Editions, which turns 50 this year, is making the case for protecting small presses amid widespread cuts to arts funding.
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How ‘Leaving Home’ by Mark Haddon Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s illustrated memoir.
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Authors File New Lawsuit Against AI Companies Seeking More Money
Six authors who opted out of the the proposed Anthropic settlement have filed individual lawsuits against Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI, seeking $150,000 for each title from each defendant per the Copyright Act.
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Chaos in Washington, Distribution Turmoil Made for a Tumultuous 2025
The Trump administration targeted several book-adjacent government agencies, while libraries and comics publishers reeled over Baker & Taylor’s closure and Diamond’s bankruptcy, respectively.
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Bill Ames Launches Sports-Focused Literary, PR Agency
After 16 years acquiring and publicizing sports titles at Triumph Books, the publishing veteran has launched Ames Sports Literary & Publicity Agency, a combined literary agency and book publicity and marketing company.
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Trump-Aligned Law Firm Files Civil Rights Complaint Against PRH
America First Legal, founded by Stephen Miller, has asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate Penguin Random House’s DEI policies and programs, which it called “apparent race- and sex-based discrimination.”
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Ablaze Publishing Buys NBM
The Portland, Ore.–based Ablaze has acquired the venerable graphic novel publisher’s nearly five-decade backlist, all current contracts, and its imprint brand, with NBM founder Terry Nantier staying on as a consultant and packager.
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Patriotism and Profit at Random House During World War II
A new biography by Gayle Feldman, Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built, straddles 20th-century American cultural history. The following excerpt focuses on changes that would transform publishing and Cerf himself.
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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format—credited with democratizing book buying and reading—will largely disappear next year.
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