- 2022 Dec 08
One of Boston's Newest Bookstores
Boston TV offers a profile of Hummingbird Books, which opened earlier this year in Chestnut Hill.
Alabama Gets a New Bookstore
Books-a-Million has opened a new location in Huntsville.
A New Bookstore Comes to Mississippi
Dog Ear Books & Wild Fox Coffee opened in Brookhaven last month.
- 2022 Dec 07
Noor Naga Wins Center for Fiction Prize
The winner of the 2022 First Novel Prize is Noor Naga, author of 'If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English' (Graywolf Press).
London Loses Venerable Middle East Store
Al Saqi Bookstore, Europe's largest Middle East specialist bookstore, is closing after 44 years.
- 2022 Dec 06
'Chip War' Is Business Book of the Year
Chris Miller has won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award for his account of the global battle for semiconductor supremacy.
Chicago Bookstore Is Moving
Semicolon Books is returning to the store's original location in Wicker Park.
Connecticut Gets a New Bookstore
Possible Futures bookstore has opened in New Haven.
Massachusetts Used Bookstore Expands
The Used Book Superstore in Burlington has expanded and now has 13,000 sq. ft. of retailing space.
U.K. Indies Balk at Price Hikes
Indie booksellers in the U.K. say that the rising cost of fiction is driving away some customers.
Moscow Forces Stores to Pull LGBTQ Books
A Russian anti-LGBTQ law is forcing bookstores to stop selling books support or depict gay relationships or characters.
My Personal Hip Hop Visionary
Spotify has launched a new podcast series called Fresh Era, “a guided audio journey into the lives and careers of hip hop’s pioneers,” among them Christopher “Kid” Reid, who along with his partner Christopher “Play” Martin, is one half of the famed duo of Kid ‘n Play. Besides being a cultural icon and groundbreaking musician and performer, Kid is also the brother of the editor of this newsletter (take note of the last name), and I couldn’t be more proud of him. The series also features audio profiles of Roger “King Tee” McBride, Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones, and many other hip hop musical visionaries.
Keep Supporting Puerto Rico!
Created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, La Borinqueña is the celebrated Puerto Rican woman superhero comics series founded to support Puerto Rico and raise awareness and support of the island. In 2018, Miranda-Rodriquez and his partner Kyung Jeon-Miranda, under their studio Somos Arte, launched the La Borinqueña Grants Program to support local non-profit organizations in Puerto Rico with micro grants. The grants are designed to support sustainable developments in the areas of child development, women’s health, agriculture, the arts, and to support the preservation of Puerto Rican heritage. Somos Arte has issued a call for applications for the next round of grants to be awarded in 2023.
A Year In the Reading Life
The Millions has posted the 18th annual A Year In Reading, a listing of books read by a select group of authors over the previous year, this year featuring such writers as Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies), Jessamine Chan (The School for Good Mothers), and Garth Greenwell (Cleanliness). Edited this year by PW’s Sophia Stewart, The Millions posts the recommendations of three new authors each day through December 22. “Over the last two decades, Year in Reading has grown into a beloved Millions tradition, an annual gathering of writers and thinkers to share the books that shaped their year. What makes YIR special is that it’s not just a roundup of book recommendations (as if we needed to add anything more to our TBR) but a celebration of the books that move us—and, in many cases, a thoughtful and intimate look at why they move us.”
- 2022 Dec 05
From the New York Times
The Teen Romance Novel That Russia's Politicians Just Can’t Bear.
From Literary Hub
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness.
From People
Noodle the Pug, known for TikTok 'Bones or No Bones' predictions and star of his own picture book, has died at 14.
From NPR
Mac Barnett and Marla Frazee on their picture book The Great Zapfino.
From the Guardian
‘I love writing for children’: Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler on their picture book collaboration.
From Country Living
The Most Popular Children's Book The Year You Were Born.
From the Washington Post
Opinion: to build a delightful library for kids, start with these 99 books.
From the Guardian
The best children's books of 2022.
Jacinda Townsend Wins 2022 Gaines Award
Jacinda Townsend has won the 2022 Ernest J. Gaines Award, sponsored by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, for her novel 'Mother Country' (Graywolf).
- 2022 Dec 02
Tiya Miles Wins Cundill History Prize
The director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard has won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for 'All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake.'
California Welcomes a New Store
The Best Bookstore, a new indie store, has opened in Palm Springs.
Indie Bookstore Opens on Long Island
The Next Chapter will host a soft opening on Saturday in Huntington, N.Y., filling the hole left by the Book Revue, which shuttered last year after 44 years in business.
New York's Newest Bookstore Opens
Athenaeum at Amityville Apothecary, a new mind, body, and spirit bookstore, has opened in Amityville.
Alabama Is Getting a New Bookstore
Book Betty Bookstore and Coffee Shop is opening in Vestavia Hills.
Canadian Booksellers' Christmas Windows
The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association showcased Christmas-themed windows on its Facebook page.
- 2022 Nov 30
From Deadline
We Were Liars Series Adaptation in the Works at Amazon.
From BBC
Harry Potter fans have listened to the books for one billion hours.
From NPR
Author Jas Hammonds on their new book, We Deserve Monuments.
From PBS News Hour
How the author of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie hopes to help inspire a new generation of authors.
From iHeart Radio
R.E.M. to Publish Children's Book Adaptation of Famous Song.
From 100 Scope Notes
How to Do Just About Everything: what children's books taught us in 2022.
From American Songwriter
10 Songs You Didn’t Know Shel Silverstein Wrote.
From Science Friday
From Tiny Krill to Concrete Jungles: 2022's Best Science Books for Kids.
From Book Riot
20 Must-Read Picture Books of 2022.
- 2022 Nov 28
From the Darien Times
Darien, Conn., school board says Julián Is a Mermaid is appropriate for second graders despite some parents upset by gender message.
From the Washington Post
Jacqueline Woodson stretches her creativity with a new play at Kennedy Center.
From Mental Floss
First It Was Winnie the Pooh—Now Bambi Is Being Turned into a Bloodthirsty Killer in Bambi: The Reckoning.
From Literary Hub
''In My Opinion, Seven Is the Pinnacle of Life'': Annie Barrows on Creating Ivy and Bean.
From Book Riot
The Controversy of The Rabbits' Wedding by Garth Williams.
From Book Riot
The Most Popular U.K. YA Books as Chosen by Students.
- 2022 Nov 23
Wattpad Announces Watty Award Winners
Thirteen stories have won publishing and adaptation opportunities with Wattpad Webtoon Studios.
Hudson Names Best Books of 2022
'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' by Gabrielle Zevin earned the distinction of Book of the Year.
How to Attend Bologna Book Fair for Free
Applications are open until December 9 for U.S. booksellers to be sponsored to attend Bologna in a program from the EIBF.
South Carolina Is Getting a New Store
More than 500 people have backed a crowdfunding campaign to open All Good Books in Columbia.
New Prize for U.K. Indie Booksellers
Bookshop.org in the U.K. has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Indie Champions Award.
- 2022 Nov 21
From School Library Journal
Children's Literature World Mourns Author Marcus Sedgwick, Who Has Died at 54.
From Kansas Reflector
Alex Gino, author of book that sparked effort to close Kansas town's library, speaks out.
From Texas Highways
Texas Kidlit Showcases Diversity of Character and Place.
From AZ Central
How Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books started with a vivid dream and shaped a generation.
From NPR
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Free to Be... You and Me.
From the Guardian
Recently discovered Wind in the Willows illustration to be sold at auction.
From Fuse#8
A Lost Hero: The Rediscovery of Mildred Batchelder.
From the LA Review of Books
Stine Still Scares: A Conversation with R.L. Stine.
From People
Questlove Announces Children's Book Debut with Middle-Grade Time Travel Novel.
From Book Riot
No, Books Should Not Have Content Ratings Like Movies.
From Literary Hub
Too Smart or Too Pretty? The Anne of Green Gables Paradox.
From Book Riot
2023 YA Book Title Earworms.
Texas Loses a Bookstore
Malvern Books in Austin is closing following the death of its owner earlier this year. The store opened in 2013.
Illinois Gets a New Bookstore
Maze Books has opened in Rockford, selling primarily used books.
New Jersey B&N on the Move
Barnes & Noble is moving its store in Homdel and will implement an updated design.
Los Angeles Has a Plethora of Alt Stores
All Power Books is the latest in a growing list of L.A.'s self-described alternative bookstores.
- 2022 Nov 18
2022 Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize
Katherine Rundell's 'Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne' has won the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.
- 2022 Nov 16
From the Guardian
Marcus Sedgwick, celebrated children's author, has died at 54.
From the Hollywood Reporter
New Princess Diaries Movie in the Works at Disney.
From the Guardian
Inspirational passion or paid-for promotion: can BookTok be taken on face value?
From Literary Hub
Black Culture as Design and Lifestyle: At Home with Jason Reynolds.
From the New York Times
Lit Trivia: Do You Know These Award-Winning Picture Books?
From Book Riot
YA and Middle Grade Native and Indigenous Graphic Novels and Comics.
From Brightly
Note-Worthy Children's Books About Music and Musical Instruments.
From Book Riot
10 Picture Book Biographies of Authors to Show Kids How to Use Their Words.
2022 Sisters in Crime Pride Award
Sarah St. Asaph has won Sisters in Crime's 2022 Pride Award for emerging LGBTQ+ crime writers.
- 2022 Nov 15
B&N's Big Pick: 'Lessons in Chemistry'
Bonnie Garmus's 'Lessons in Chemistry' is the 2022 Barnes & Noble Book of the Year.
No, And Loving It
Over at The Millions, Evan Allgood interviews Elissa Bassist, essayist, humor writer, and editor of the “Funny Women” column on The Rumpus, about her new feminist memoir. Allgood writes: “Having read her feminist memoir, Hysterical, it’s easy to imagine Elissa Bassist, a la Arya Stark, sharpening her pen and reciting the names of all the men who’ve wronged her.There’s the on-again, off-again boyfriend/fiancé/nemesis—dubbed Fucktaco—who sporadically ghosted her over a tortured decade. The bosses who berated and belittled her. And the parade of doctors who tuned her out, downplaying her suffering, then prescribing drugs that compounded the pain until it throttled every part of her body. That may not sound like fodder for comedy, but Bassist is a brilliant humorist who knows how to balance weight with wit.”
- 2022 Nov 14
From USA Today
Only library in Michigan town to close after voters defund it for refusing to ban LGBTQ books.
From the Guardian
Mindfulness books for children are a runaway publishing trend.
From People
Mary J. Blige Announces Her Debut Children's Picture Book, Mary Can!: 'Nothing Is Impossible'
From Gothamist
The Brooklyn Public Library announced its most borrowed books of all time.
From Electric Literature
Betsy Cornwell on writing her Jane Eyre-inspired revenge YA novel Reader, I Murdered Him in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
From ABC News
Six popular Black authors co-write teen romance Whiteout.
- 2022 Nov 09
From Deadline
The Beatryce Prophecy Film Based on Kate DiCamillo Novel in Works from Amazon.
From Variety
Netflix Orders Series Adaptation of Judy Blume Novel Forever from Mara Brock Akil.
From Collider
The Bad Guys Are Getting a Netflix Holiday Special in 2023.
From the New York Times
The 2022 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Winners at Work.
From People
Jake Gyllenhaal Announces His Debut Children's Book The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles.
From Vulture
The Velveteen Rabbit Was Always More Than a Children's Book.
From Literary Hub
“Let That Dream Die.” Veronica Roth on Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be.
From Electric Literature
My Nostalgia for Enid Blyton Is Complicated.
From Reader's Digest UK
5 Things You Never Knew About Astrid Lindgren.
From Book Riot
Timely Books About Young People Making an Impact.
From Ebony
7 Children's Books on Racism That Help Kids Navigate the World.
From Book Riot
YA Books That Explore Social Media and Online Fame.
Gerald Howard Honored by BIO
This year's BIO Award for Editorial Excellence, presented annually to an outstanding editor following nominations by BIO members, went to the retired v-p and executive editor of Doubleday Books.
- 2022 Nov 08
A New Bookstore for Boston
Beantown's poet laureate and the former director of Haley House are set to open a store next year in the city's Dorchester neighborhood.
NoHo Bookstore Crowdfunds for Future
The owner of the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood received an outpouring of support from customers and neighbors after a fire last week.
America's Culinary Bookstores
Rounding up 11 shops focused on cookbooks and all things culinary.
- 2022 Nov 07
From Variety
Percy Jackson Disney+ Series Casts Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hermes.
