- 2023 Sep 22
Michigan Welcomes a New Bookstore
Next Chapter Books is opening in Detroit this weekend.
South Dakota Indie Raises Cash
Henry's Books in Rapid City is running a Kickstarter to raise $45,000 to open a bricks-and-mortar storefront.
Ohio Loses a Bookstore
Duttenhofer's in Cincinnati is closing after nearly 50 years in business.
Indiana Bookstores Battle Bans
Book banning efforts are spurring sales at Black and LGBTQ stores in Indiana.
- 2023 Sep 21
Center for Fiction Honors Graywolf Press
Graywolf has received the Center for Fiction's 2023 Medal for Editorial Excellence, the first time a press has received it rather than an individual.
FT Business Book of the Year Shortlist
The shortlisted titles for the £30,000 award, which will announce a winner on December 4, include Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk.
Weston Writers' Trust Prize Finalists
Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, which comes with a C$75,000 purse.
- 2023 Sep 20
From the Washington Post
Texas teacher fired after assigning graphic novel based on Anne Frank's diary.
From Time
Author and poet Elizabeth Acevedo has been named one of Time's 2023 Latino Leaders.
From the Associated Press
Author Marc Tyler Nobleman said "gay" in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit.
From Deadline
Animated Feature Adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Twits Set at Netflix.
From Teen Vogue
The Hunger Games Is Coming Back to Theaters.
From NPR
The Care and Keeping of You, American Girl's guide to puberty, turns 25.
From Popverse
Dr. Seuss's world is expanding into comics.
From the New York Times
Nic Stone recommends some of her favorite YA books about mental health.
From the Jewish Chronicle
Author Liz Kessler battled long Covid to pen book about Jewish Resistance fighters.
From Words Without Borders
World Kid Lit Month: Read Around Asia.
From Brightly
Uplifting Children's Books About Black Hair.
A Love Made in Comics
The 'Washington Post' takes a look at 'Married to Comics,' a new documentary on the trials and illustrations of the longtime marriage between comics creators Carol Tyler and Justin Green.
Philip Pullman to Receive Bodley Medal
Author Philip Pullman will be awarded the Bodley Medal from the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries on November 9.
Global Cities Book Award Winner
'Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias' has won the inaugural Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize.
2023 German Book Prize Shortlist
The €25,000 German Book Prize for fiction has shortlisted its six titles in advance of its October 16 awards ceremony.
2023 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
The winners of the annual prize, established in 2017 and honoring American women book collectors aged 30 years and younger, have been announced.
- 2023 Sep 19
A Windfall for Book and Comics Shops
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, Humble Bundle, and 17 publishers have raised more than $1 million over six years to support owners and workers at bookstores and comics shops across the country.
R.I.P. Joe Matt
The cartoonist, known for his brutally honest autobiographical comic 'Peepshow,' has died at 60, reports the 'Beat.'
A New Publishing Triangle Award
The Publishing Triangle and author Jacqueline Woodson have launched the Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Children’s/YA Literature.
Will Fables Comics Become Public Domain?
Creator Bill Willingham has declared that he’ll make the beloved series public domain amid a conflict with DC Comics, reports the 'Beat.' How would that work? That's a very good question.
The Avengers and X-Men Turn 60
The 'Saturday Evening Post' looks back at how these two Marvel teams grew into media juggernauts.
A Major New Political Cartoon Collection
A world-class collection of political cartoons and caricatures created between 1690 and 2022 has been donated to UCLA Library by Michael and Susan Kahn.
'Hilda' Returns for One More Season
The celebrated animated adaptation of Luke Pearson's graphic novel series will return to Netflix for a final season this December, reports 'Deadline.'
The Business of Comics Publishing
'Bleeding Cool' takes a look at Gamal Hennessy's new book, 'The Business of Freelance Comic Book Publishing.'
What It Takes to Be a TikTok Poet
On its newly updated website, the 'Millions' publishes a personal account of finding success on TikTok as a poet.
Literary Adaptations Hitting Your Screen
'Literary Hub' rounds up 38 movies and TV shows adapted from books that are coming this fall.
Jann Wenner's Controversial New Book
The cofounder of 'Rolling Stone' magazine talks with the 'New York Times' about the legacy of boomers and why he chose only white men for his book on rock's "masters."
A Wild Tale of Mid-Century Pulp Fiction
A fascinating new feature in 'Harper's' centers on 'Paperback Parade' editor Gary Lovisi, a deeply dedicated collector of midcentury noir and sci-fi.
2023 American Poets Prize Winners
The Academy of American Poets has announced the winners of the 2023 American Poets Prizes, including Afaa Michael Weaver and Major Jackson.
2023 Voice of the Heartland Award
Janet Webster Jones, the owner of Source Booksellers in Detroit, is the recipient of this year's award, presented by GLIBA and MIBA.
- 2023 Sep 18
From the Washington Post
Red states quit ALA amid culture war over books.
From NPR
What Kenyan kids talked about with Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft.
From Variety
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Trailer: The Half-Bloods Begin Their Quest for Zeus’ Lightning Bolt.
From Teen Vogue
The Hunger Games is Coming Back to Theaters.
From the Mary Sue
Night of the Witch Shows What Happens When Publishing Insists on Catering YA Lit to Adult Audiences.
From School Library Journal
30 Picture Books to Celebrate the Diversity of Latinx Heritage.
Turmoil at Indigo Concerns Canada
Indigo Books & Music is in a state of upheaval unlike anything the company has seen before, causing worry in the Canadian publishing industry.
- 2023 Sep 15
Rhode Island Store on the Move
Stillwater Books has moved to a new location in West Warwick.
California Bookstore Is Closing
Kelly's Books in Watsonville is closing after 12 years in business.
Kentucky Welcomes a New Store
Scarlet Rose Books & Vintage Boutique has opened in Ludlow.
- 2023 Sep 14
IBPA Innovative Voices Program Finalists
Twenty indie book publishers have been announced as finalists for the Independent Book Publishers Association's Innovative Voices Program.
- 2023 Sep 13
From Harper's Bazaar
Every book banned in America, broken out by state.
From USA Today
"Don't give an inch on this": Lawmakers argue over book bans in heated hearing.
From the Associated Press
Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children's books are challenged.
From New York
New York City public schools are wrestling with the question of how to teach children to read
From The Hollywood Reporter
Lion Forge Entertainment, Penguin Young Readers Set TV and Film Development Deal.
From CrimeReads
When Teens Play Detective: The Influence of Golden Age Detective Fiction on YA Mysteries.
From Harper’s Bazaar
Maggie Tokuda-Hall on Refusing to Censor Herself.
From CrimeReads
Celebrating the Iconic Suspense of Lois Duncan.
From People
Julie Andrews and Daughter Emma Walton Hamilton Pen a Love Letter to Music and Nature.
From NPR
Matthew McConaughey's picture book Just Because is judgment-free.
From the New York Times
Do You Know These Recent Screen Adaptations of Popular YA Novels?
From Book Riot
8 Picture Books Featuring Multicultural and Mixed-Race Families.
Farmer Wins WWB Translation Grant
Samantha Farmer will receive the inaugural Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators, presented by Words Without Borders.
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists
James Hannaham, Adam Hochschild, and Vauhini Vara are among the 12 authors shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Sandra Cisneros will receive a lifetime achievement award.
- 2023 Sep 12
MacDowell Announces Latest Fellows
Among the 163 artists chosen for the most recent MacDowell Fellowship are authors Curtis Sittenfeld, Andrew Sean Greer, Mary Gaitskill, Tess Gunty, and Tomo Obaro.
British Academy Book Prize Shortlist
The six shortlisted authors for the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural include Tania Branigan and Nandini Das.
- 2023 Sep 11
From the New Yorker
What Kate DiCamillo Understands About Children.
From Slate
Op-Ed: "I thought book bans were all hysteria. Then I opened one of the most-challenged titles."
From the Mary Sue
Indie Publisher Levine Querido Hosts Auction to Stay Open Amid Book Bans Targeting POC, LGBTQ+ Youth Lit.
From the Guardian
Uncorrected Harry Potter proof found at U.K. primary school sold in 'fairy tale' auction.
From Indie Wire
WGA Members Wrote a Children's Book to Explain the Writers Strike to Their Kids.
From Animation Xpress
Disney+ to bring animated movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever this December.
From Book Riot
"Frog and Toad Knew I Was Gay Before I Did."
From Book Riot
9 Great Graphic Novels for Preteens.
American Library in Paris Award Noms
The five finalists for the American Library in Paris Book Award include Trica Keaton and Joel Warner.
2023 Poetry Foundation Awards
Kimiko Hahn is the winner of the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, while Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady are the recipients of the Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry.
- 2023 Sep 08
CBC Nonfiction Prize Longlist
38 writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize, which comes with a writing residency and a C$6,000 purse.
UNESCO Int'l Literary Prize Winners
UNESCO has awarded its 2023 International Literacy Prizes to six literacy programs from Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Finland, Pakistan, South Africa, and Uganda.
- 2023 Sep 07
Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist
The longlist for the U.K.'s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction includes David Grann, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Tiya Miles.
Books-A-Million Partners with Walmart
Teaming with Walmart GoLocal, Books-A-Million will offer same- and next-day delivery for customers nationwide.
- 2023 Sep 06
From the Associated Press
This summer, state libraries in Montana, Missouri, and Texas announced they're leaving the ALA, and Republican lawmakers in at least nine other states are demanding similar action.
From the Guardian
More than half of U.K. children do not read in their spare time, survey reveals.
From the New York Times
An Unexpected Hotbed of YA Authors: Utah.
From Smithsonian
The Revolutionary Influence of the First English Children's Novel.
From WBUR
Illustrator for A Wrinkle in Time gets long-overdue credit.
From Here Is Oregon
A Beverly Cleary mystery unfolds at a Portland middle school.
From the Guardian
Australia's biggest writer Andy Griffiths on ending the Treehouse books.
From El Paso Matters
"It's a wonderful movie," Benjamin Alire Sáenz says of the Aristotle and Dante film adaptation of his novel.
From the New Yorker
Author Amanda Stern on You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah and those awkward teen years.
From UPI
Goosebumps reboot gets teaser, October premiere date.
From School Library Journal
"What I Need Is a Break": Kyle Lukoff Finds Welcome Respite from Censorship.
From Fatherly HQ
60 Years Ago, One Simple Book Changed the Way Kids Read Forever.
From the New York Times
Book Review Quiz Bowl: Can You Find These 14 Hidden Children's Book Titles?
From Book Riot
How to Get Students Back into Reading After Summer Break.
BPL Book Prize Longlist
Longlisted authors for this year's Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize include Nicole Chung, Catherine Lacey, Clint Smith, and Alice Wong.
Holland-Batt Wins Top Aussie Lit Prize
Australian poet Sarah Holland-Batt won the top prize at this year's Queensland literary awards for her collection 'The Jaguar.'
From School Library Journal
15 Joy-Filled Latinx Books for Emerging and Independent Readers.
- 2023 Sep 05
The Ignatz Awards Will Be Streamed
For the first time ever, the Ignatz Awards will be presented live in person at SPX 2023 and online on Small Press Expo's YouTube channel.
Wizards and Orcs on Death Row
For men awaiting execution in Texas, according to this stunning investigation from the 'Marshall Project,' illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.
RIP Arleen Sorkin, AKA Harley Quinn
The original voice of the iconic Batman villain had died at 67, writes the 'Hollywood Reporter.'
Jeff Smith Cancels His Tour
The creator of Bone, RASL, and Tuki has cancelled his 2023 book tour following a cardiac arrest on August 13, reports the 'Beat.'
The Animated Action Movie Is Here
2023’s most exciting and successful animated movies all share one big thing, according to 'Polygon': they all have unusually daring, innovative, exciting fight sequences.
