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Batting Cleanup, #7…
The Mick, civil rights pioneers and a horse named Barbaro.
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When a First Novel is the Last
It's never easy to promote a debut book. But Little, Brown has an even greater challenge with a forthcoming novel based on the life of Emily Dickinson--the author died ten years ago.
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Scottoline Shares Her Chic Wit
Thriller writer Lisa Scottoline will show her softer side in a new lifestyle column in the Philadelphia Enquirer.
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Audio Renaissance Launches Children's Division
Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck, makes its debut April 3 with the release of The One and Only Shrek!
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Author Says "No Thanks" to Tour
Novelist Karen Quinn figured her last author tour hadn't been very effective. So this time, she asked her publishers if she could stay home and use the cash on an online contest..
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Four Reviews Coming in Publishers Weekly on Monday, March 26:
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Bestseller Bytes
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Primitive Polytheism or Misunderstood Monotheism?
In today's culture war pitting secularism versus religion, Eastern religions usually get a free pass from atheist authors and other foes of faith.
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Sharon Ewell Foster: Defending Black Cherokees
The news March 3 that the citizenship of 2,800-plus freedman descendants of African-American slaves in the Cherokee Nation will be revoked came as a personal blow to Bethany House novelist Sharon Ewell Foster, who is an unofficial descendant.
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Aya Comes to America
Drawn and Quarterly has published the English-language version of Aya, a charming, award-winning graphic novel written by Marguerite Abouet and illustrated by Clément Oubrerie, that follows a group of young people coming of age in Ivory Coast in the 1970s.
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Sons Against Fathers In Elk's Run
For fans of the Elk's Run comics series, the release of all eight issues in one volume for the first time is a long-awaited prize.
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Media Blasters Drops Shonen; Adds Yaoi
After meeting with little enthusiasm for their non-yaoi titles, Media Blasters will drop its line of shonen manga and increase the number of yaoi titles on its list.
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A Year of Yaoi at Iris Print
Last winter, Kellie Lynch, founder and managing editor of the American yaoi (boys' love) publisher Iris Print, launched the newcompany in an effort to expand the genre of boys' love in the U.S. and gain recognition for the genre.
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Captain America's Death Captures Attention, Sells Comics
Some of the biggest stories in comic book history have revolved around the death of a beloved character.
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A Chance to Be Heard
Poetry magazines scout the new talent.
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London vs. Bologna, 2007
This year, due to scheduling issues, the London Book Fair will be held just a week before the Bologna Fair, causing problems for children's publishers who have in the past attended both.
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 3/5/2007
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Kids’ Comics on the Rise @ New York Comic Con
With Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese winning the 2007 Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature and Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto, Volume 7 getting a Quill Award last fall for graphic novels, coupled with recent announcements like Scholastic's, that it will release lesson plans for its graphic novels starting this spring, it's clear that the market for graphic novels for kids is expanding rapidly.
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The Climate Challenge
PW Talks with Mayer Hillman and Sudhir Challa Rajan
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 2/26/2007



