- 2019 Nov 15
Mysterious Galaxy Likely to Close
The venerable bookstore in San Diego is losing its lease and looks likely to close after 26 years in business.
Texas Gets a New Japanese Bookstore
Kinokuniya opened its latest U.S. location in Katy.
Missouri Bookstore Commits to Stay Open
BookMarx in Springfield has abandoned plans to close and will remain open for business.
Virginia Store Is on the Move
Never Enough Books has closed its Richmond storefront and is reopening in Mechanicsville.
Illinois Bookstore to Close
Market Fresh Books in Evanston, a store that sold books by the pound, is closing after 10 years in business.
- 2019 Nov 13
From Entertainment Weekly
Laurie Halse Anderson on rebooting Wonder Woman’s origin story through a real-world lens.
From the Washington Post
A principal who banned LGBTQ books, calling them inappropriate, now faces child porn charges.
From the Sun
John Lewis accused of ‘ripping off’ children’s book character Zog in its Christmas ad.
From Entertainment Weekly
Laura Dern to voice Louisa May Alcott in new Little Women audiobook.
Beloved Theater Store to Reopen
The Drama Book Shop will open in March of next year a few blocks from its previous Manhattan location.
From Book Riot
Learning from Choosing Inclusive Books for Our Children.
New York City's Newest Bookstore Bar
Book Club, a new bookstore and bar, has opened on E. Third St. in Manhattan.
From Book Riot
Gaining a Newly Found Love for Comics Through Hilda.
Maryland Gets a New Bookstore
Charm City Books, a new bookstore, has opened in Baltimore.
From Bookish
Embracing the Dark: Heidi Heilig on Grappling with the Past, Present, and Future in Her Fantasy Series.
A Frenchman's Mobile Bookstore Dream
Take a look inside a mobile bookstore in Alsace, fulfilling one man's #vanlife ambitions.
From Brightly
Bullies Be Gone! 8 Middle Grade Books on Bullying.
From Book Riot
7 Young Adult Books with Unconventional Narrative Structures.
- 2019 Nov 11
From the Washington Post
Angry parents protest LGBTQ books in Virginia classrooms.
From the Daily Herald
Read author Robin Stevenson's letter to a Wheaton, Ill., school district after her school visit was canceled.
From Romper
Why Do Toddlers Love Books? Experts Explain Your Mini Bookworm.
Cash Mob Hits Upstate New York Store
A group of 100 people shopped at River's End Booktstore in Oswego as a show of support.
From School Library Journal
‘Holding History in My Hands’: Authors, Illustrators, and Artifacts.
Stores Seek Cash Lifeline Online
The 'Wall Street Journal' looks at stores seeking cash on GoFundMe, including NYC's Books of Wonder.
From Fuse #8
Beyond 3 Percent: Translated Children’s Literature in the U.S.
A Canadian Bookstore Ahead of Its Time
Toronto's Another Story has focused on marginalized voices for 30 years.
From the Washington Post
Green Eggs and Ham showed us how to get along with people we don’t understand.
Bookstore to Attempt Guinness Record
Russell Books on Vancouver Island will attempt to win a world record for the highest book stack this Thursday.
From Entertainment Weekly
Check out Hallmark's new Harry Potter ornaments.
New Ontario Bookstore Gets Free Rent
Someday Books in St. Catharine's has won a free year of rent, worth C$40,000, in a contest for startups.
From Book Riot
YA Cover Trend: Realistic Illustrated Covers.
- 2019 Nov 08
Oklahoma Gets a New Bookstore
Eleanor's Bookshop, a new children's and YA bookstore, is opening in Tulsa.
New York's Newest Children's Bookstore
Busy Bee Bookstore, a bookstore for children and young adults, has opened in Lockport.
California Bookstore Rebrands
Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena is celebrating its 125th anniversary by dropping the word "bookstore" from its name.
How Daunt Can Save B&N
A variety of U.S. publishers and booksellers offer James Daunt advice on how to revive B&N.
- 2019 Nov 07
ABA Gets a New CFO
P.K. Sindwani is the new chief financial officer of the American Booksellers Association.
New Borders Opens in UAE
The expansion of the Dubai Mall includes a new outlet of Borders Books, which still exists in the UAE.
Atlanta Bookstore Hits Milestone
A Cappella Books is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Mallorca Loses a Longstanding Bookstore
The MM bookshop in Palma is closing after 40 years, with the owner blaming the internet for sale declines.
California Kids' Store Reopens
The Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in Richmond is reopening this weekend after a move.
- 2019 Nov 06
From the New York Times
How Harry Potter Illustrator Jim Kay Brings the Magical to Life.
From Publishing Perspectives
The U.K.’s Tom Fickling, a ‘Sudden’ Publisher of Philip Pullman.
From the New York Times
New NYC Library Is $41.5 Million Masterpiece. But About Those Stairs: “It’s chaos,” said one of the children’s librarians.
From the Guardian
Moving stories: inside the book buses that are changing children's lives.
From the Bookseller
Richard Curtis signs deal to adapt children's book series into 'Love Actually for kids.'
From the New York Times
Harry Potter’s Sophomore Slump: Cursed Child Loses Steam on Broadway.
From the Guardian
'Last year 362 Lyras were born': why we love Philip Pullman's heroine.
From Broadway.com
Musical Adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's Children's Book She Persisted to Debut Off-Broadway.
From the New York Times
Asterix and the New Translated Editions.
From the New York Times
How to Get the Most Out of National Novel Writing Month.
From Book Riot
20 Must-Read Children’s Books About Family.
Wisconsin's Newest Bookstore
The Lion's Mouth Bookstore, which sells new and used books, has opened in Green Bay.
From Romper
8 Thanksgiving Children's Books That Aren't Problematic for a Change.
Pennsylvania Welcomes a New Store
The Crooked Shelf bookshop in Lewistown hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday.
Colorado Store to Reopen Next Year
The Book Cellar, formerly in Louisville, will reopen in Old Town Lafayette.
From A Mighty Girl
14 Feminist Board Books for a Mighty Girl Baby Shower
California to Lose a Bookstore
Main Street Books in St. Helena is closing. It has been in business since 1982.
From Book Riot
Here Are All 56 Original Nancy Drew Books, Ranked Worst to Best.
Italian Anti-fascist Bookstore Attacked
Arsonists attacked La Pecora Elettrica (the Electric Sheep) in Rome for a second time this year.
From Book Riot
50 Best Harry Potter Gifts in 2019.
- 2019 Nov 05
Upstate New York Store Rebrands
Explore! the Bookstore in Clifton Springs is being renamed Sulfur Books and is under renovation.
Canadian Poetry Store Finds Success
Knife Fork Book, an all-poetry bookstore in Toronto, has moved and business is booming.
Seoul's Feminist Bookstore Attracts Fans
Dali Bom bookstore, which translates to "look differently" in Korean, focuses on books by and for women.
The Life of a Chicagoland Bookseller
The owner of Bookie’s Bookstore in Homewood discusses his day-to-day and his favorite books.
California Bookstore Renamed, Reopens
Book Tales in Encinitas has been renamed Artifact Books and had a grand re-opening this past weekend.
Girl Gone Graphic
Bestselling YA novelist Meg Cabot has written a lot of books (about 50) aimed at teen girls. Now she’s talking to Entertainment magazine about writing her first comics work, Black Canary Ignite, a new graphic novel (with artist Cara McGee) starring a teenaged version of DC’s popular superhero Black Canary.
Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019
Comic Arts Brooklyn, an indie and self-published comics and graphic novel festival held on the campus of Pratt Institute, has grown: There’s more tables, more floor space and more artists. Plus the show had its usual stellar line up of great programming, including onstage interviews with Chris Ware, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Frank Santoro and more.
This Reading Requires You
Rion Amilcar Scott, author of the much-praised short story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, will be interviewed onstage by Jennifer Baker, Teacher College Press editor and PW Star Watch Superstar, at the Center for Black Literature. The event is part of the John Oliver Killens Reading series and will take place November 14 at the CBL at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn
Liar, Liar?
Over on The Millions, novelist Ayelet Gundar-Ghosen discusses her new novel, The Liar, the story of girl who lies about having been sexually assaulted—the nightmare scenario of every feminist and every victim supporter—and explains why she would write such a book in the midst of the #MeToo era.
Showtime at the Apollo on HBO
The Apollo: The Soul of American Culture, a documentary film on the iconic, landmark Harlem theater, and its unmatchable influence on American popular culture, will premier on HBO on November 6. Directed by Roger Ross Williams, the documentary uses archival film along with interviews of a litany of African American entertainment superstars (among them Smokey Robinson, Patti Labell, and Jamie Fox) to tell the history of the Apollo. Ted Fox, the author (along artist James Otis Smith) of Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater, a graphic adaptation of his original prose history of the Apollo, is interviewed on the documentary; and Abrams ComicArts is releasing the paperback of Showtime, today.
- 2019 Nov 04
From School Library Journal
Middle Grade Is Too Young, YA Too Old. Where Are the Just-Right Books for Tweens?
From Carnegie Greenaway
Nominations announced for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal and the 2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
From the Guardian
Why the books we read as children are the ones that shape our psyche.
From the Washington Post
Marie Kondo has a new book to help your kids find the joy of tidying up. Hers have.
From the New York Times
Review: His Dark Materials Adaptation Paints a Vivid Children’s Crusade.
From HuffPost
NaNoWriMo Has the Writers to Solve the Book Industry’s Diversity Problem.
North Carolina Store Opens
Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews, a new store in Chapel Hill, hosted its soft opening over the weekend.
From the Washington Post
Op-Ed: There’s now an e-reader just for kids, and it misses what children love about books.
How to Find Rare Books in Pakistan
The old bookstores of Karachi are a source of hard-to-find books in the country.
From Cheddar
Barbershop Books Founder Says Student Inspired Him to Mix Reading and Haircuts.
Blackwell's Annual Sales Top £58 Million
Blackwell's bookstore chain in the U.K. reports a third year of growth.
From Electric Literature
Frog and Toad Are Queer Relationship Goals.
Denver Bookstore Hits Milestone
Second Star to the Right Books has turned five years old, and its staff reflects on then and now.
From People
IHOP Has an Entire Elf on the Shelf-Themed Holiday Menu This Year.
From Book Riot
25 Places to Buy Personalized Books for Kids in 2019.
- 2019 Nov 01
Dallas Store to Reopen After Disaster
Interabang Books, which was destroyed by a tornado, will reopen in a new location nearby.
South Carolina Store for Sale
Joe's Place Bookstore in Greenville, S.C., open for five years, is up for sale
Ohio Bookstore to Close
The Booksellers on Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio is closing.
Pennsylvania Store Opens Holiday Pop-up
Cupboard Maker Books in Enola is opening a temporary store through the holidays at a local mall.
New Cincinnati Store is Owner's Dream
Downbound Books, opened last week, is 500 sq.-ft. that reflects the owner's passion for small press publishing.
- 2019 Oct 30
From Biography
Why Dolly Parton Has Devoted Her Life to Helping Children Read.
From Book Riot
Fighting Fear Off the Page: Why We Need Horror in Kid Lit.
From the Washington Post
650 people formed a human chain to move children’s books from one library to another.
From Romper
Meta Children's Books for Tiny Intellectuals.
From Literary Hub
How to Resist Late-Stage Capitalism—and Other Lessons from Charlotte’s Web
From NPR
When in Doubt, Pretend to Be Todd Parr.
From People
'Trick or Read'! New Jersey's 'Book Lady' Draws Thousands of Kids with Her Free Books on Halloween.
From Tablet
Where Are All the Scary Jewish Children’s Books?
From 100 Scope Notes
‘Let’s Play Two!’: Newbery Winner Sequels.
From Bookish
Full Disclosure Author Camryn Garrett’s Favorite Sex-Positive YA Books.
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