- 2024 Apr 23
O. Henry Prize Winners
Jai Chakrabarti, Kate DiCamillo, and Allegra Goodman are among the winners of this year's O. Henry Prizes for Short Fiction.
- 2024 Apr 22
L.A. Times Book Prize Winners
Roxanna Asgarian, Claire Dederer, Ed Park, and Ivy Pochoda are among the winners of this year's Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.
Georgia Store Hosts Kids' Book Fest
The inaugural Decatur Children’s Book Festival, presented by Little Shop of Stories, will be held May 3–5.
Minnesota's Newest Store to Open
Well Read Books in Elk River will host a grand opening on April 27.
- 2024 Apr 19
Paul Yamazaki on Indie Bookselling
The legendary City Lights bookseller reflects on the important work of running an independent bookstore.
Joudah Wins $100K Jackson Poetry Prize
Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah has won the 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize, awarded annually by Poets & Writers to "an American poet of exceptional talent." This year's judges were Natalie Diaz, Gregory Pardlo, and Diane Seuss.
- 2024 Apr 18
NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and C Pam Zhang are among the five finalists for the New York Public Library's 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award.
Bomb Threat Targets Ithaca Bookstore
A bomb threat last Sunday led to the evacuation of an upstate New York mall, with Buffalo Street Books and five individuals linked to the store specifically targeted.
- 2024 Apr 17
From Axios
DeSantis signs bill limiting Florida school book challenges.
From USA Today
“I'm an adult and I just read the Harry Potter series. Why it's not just for kids.”
From Vanity Fair
Against All Odds, John Green and Hannah Marks Made a Movie of Turtles All the Way Down.
From USA Today
How Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert shaped a generation of women.
From the Nerd Daily
Growing Pains: H.E. Edgmon on the Tricky Gray Area of Upper YA.
From the New York Post
Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print, and its famous NYC author, are being honored at the Whitney.
From People
Chris Pine to Publish Debut Children's Book That He Hopes 'Resonates with the Child in All of Us.'
From Fangoria
R.L. Stine Announces New Comic The Graveyard Club.
From the New York Times
Picture book author Natalia Sylvester on why some words feel truer in Spanish.
From Brightly
Enthralling Historical Fiction Audiobooks for Tweens.
Washington Bookstore's New Chapter
The new owners of Page 2 Books in Burien are putting their focus on booksellers.
2024 AJL Award Winners
The Association of Jewish Libraries has announced the winners of its Judaica Reference and Bibliography Awards.
- 2024 Apr 16
Kessler Wins Sami Rohr Prize
Oren Kessler's 'Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict' is the winners of the the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature's nonfiction award.
CrimeFest Award Shortlists
The finalists for the U.K's crime book awards have been announced.
- 2024 Apr 15
From the Washington Post
Red states threaten librarians with prison—as blue states work to protect them.
From New Lines Magazine
China's Picture Book Market Has Exploded, But Is It Fun for Children?
From the Associated Press
Marisha Pessl's Darkly, her first novel in six years, to come out November 12.
From Variety
Film Adaptation of J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig in Early Development
From the New York Times
Picture book author Natalia Sylvester on why some words feel truer in Spanish.
From Brightly
Queer YA Romance Reads Teens Will Love.
Arizona Bookstore Receives Bomb Threat
The queer-focused Mosaics Community Bookstore & Venue in Provo was the target of a bomb threat on Saturday morning.
Gotham Book Prize Finalists Announced
Tyriek White and Colson Whitehead are among the 11 finalists for this year's Gotham Prize, which honors books set in or about New York City.
Kushner to Receive PEN Award
Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner will receive the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award at this year's PEN America Literary Awards.
- 2024 Apr 12
2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Ned Blackhawk, Jamel Brinkley, Beth Nguyen, Tracy K. Smith, Justin Torres, and Ed Yong are among the writers to receive this year's Guggenheim Fellowships.
- 2024 Apr 11
PublisHer Excellence Awards Winners
The winners of the inaugural awards, which "celebrate women who have brought positive change to the international publishing industry," were announced at the 2024 Bologna Children’s Book Fair this week.
- 2024 Apr 10
Carol Shields Prize Shortlist
Eleanor Catton and Claudia Day are among the five women authors shortlisted for this year's Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
Raleigh Store Defends Decision to Close
The owners of Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in North Carolina, are confronting skepticism from white commentators about their decision to close due to "numerous threats."
Upper Midwest's First Romance Bookstore
Tropes & Trifles in Minneapolis will be the first romance-only bookstore in the region when it opens on Saturday.
SoCal Bookstore Faces Abuse, Uncertainty
The owners of the LGBTQ-focused Underdog Bookstore in Monrovia announced plans to close up shop following repeated incidents of verbal and online abuse.
Oregon Book Award Winners
Patrick de Witt and Erica Berry are among the winners of the 2024 Oregon Book Awards, hosed by Portland's Literary Arts.
- 2024 Apr 09
From School Library Journal
BIPOC Representation in Children’s Literature Continues Its Slow Rise, According to CCBC’s Diversity Statistics.
From NEA Today
It's a golden age of nonfiction books for younger readers.
International Booker Prize Shortlist
'Kairos' and 'Crooked Plow' are among the six works of fiction shortlisted for this year's International Booker Prize. The winner will be announced on May 21.
From the Telegraph
The Twits are back as celebs write spin-off Roald Dahl stories for ‘rights owner’ Netflix.
PEN America Literary Award Longlists
Mary Jo Bang, Maya Binyam, Catherine Lacey, and Christina Sharpe are among the authors longlisted for for PEN America's six literary awards, with winners to be announced on April 29.
Plutarch Award Shortlist
Jonathan Eig and Howard Fishman are among the shortlisted authors for the Biographers International Organization's 2024 Plutarch Award.
B&N Teams with Rhino Records
Barnes & Noble will feature a classic album from the Rhino Records catalog every week at retail locations across the country.
Sophie Castille Awards Expand
The second annual Sophie Castille Awards, recognizing the best translation of graphic novels into English, will be held this fall, and Italy, Poland, and Slovenia are launching their own iterations of the prize.
Ed Piskor Dies at 41
The death of the Eisner Award–winning author of the Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design series followed allegations of sexual misconduct, reports the New York Times.
More Turnover at IDW
Troubles at the comics publisher continue, with COO Amber Huerta, who was promoted to the position last may, among five staffers laid off.
Sophie Castille Awards Expand
The second annual Sophie Castille Awards for graphic novels translated into English will be held this fall, and Italy, Poland, and Slovenia are launching their own iterations of the prize.
Glénat Éditions Foreign Rights Change
The Grenoble, France–based publisher of comics, graphic novels, and manga will roll its comics and graphic novels representation for world English rights into its foreign rights division.
Webtoon Originals Under Fire
Webtoon's contracts for comics creators in its Originals program are being criticized over their terms, reports the Beat.
Skybound Makes Some Big Hires
Ben Abernathy joins from DC, Blake Kobashigawa and Alex Hargett come aboard, and more, reports the Beat.
$6 Mil for the First Superman
An issue of Action Comic No. 1, which introduced the world to the Kryptonian hero, has sold at auction for a record $6 million, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
Valiant Plots Its Resurgence
The new creatives behind the Valiant Universe are teasing the property's return in a big way, reports ComicBook.com.
3-Body Problem Comes 2 Comics
Yen Press will publish the English translation of the graphic novel adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem in 2024, reports Bleeding Cool.
Empyrean Series Gets Its Third Title
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros will hit shelves next January, the author announced on Good Morning America.
A Visit to Bryan Talbot's Basement
The BBC spent an afternoon in the studio of British graphic novelist Bryan Talbot, who will be inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year.
The Apocalyptic Systems Thriller
A new kind of disaster fiction is serving as scenario planning for real global crises, reports the New York Times.
An X-Men Movie Comics Ban
Collider details how actors smuggled X-Men floppies onto the set of Bryan Singer's 2000 film adaptation despite an on-set ban of the comic books.
Supergirl Gets Its Director?
Cruella and I, Tonya filmmaker Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl for Warner Bros’ DC Studios, reports Deadline.
A Dragon Ball Paradise in Saudi Arabia
Qiddiya Investment Company plans to build the world’s first Dragon Ball theme park, reports Cartoon Brew.
Jujutsu Kaisen Is the Tops
Guinness World Records has announced that Jujutsu Kaisen is officially the world’s most in-demand anime series, reports Animation Magazine.
The 10 Best Simpsons Style Shifts
The best animation shifts on The Simpsons maintain the show’s distinct visual style and bittersweet characters while showcasing the flexibility of the show's titular cast, argues ScreenRant.
Could a Video Game Win the Nobel?
Is a video game developer eligible to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? The Conversation is asking.
- 2024 Apr 04
Walter Wins First Poetry Book Award
Robin Walter’s debut poetry collection 'Little Mercy' is the winner of the Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award.
- 2024 Apr 03
From WRAL News
Black-owned children's bookstore in Raleigh, N.C., moving after threats, owner says.
From Chalkbeat
Banned books make up the sophomore English curriculum at this N.Y.C. high school.
New Voices New Rooms Opens Registration
Registration is now open for the joint conference for NAIBA and SIBA, slated for August 8-11 in Arlington, Va.
From Deadline
Nisha Ganatra Tapped to Direct Freaky Friday Sequel for Disney.
Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl Returns
The 10th annual Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl will be held starting April 20 and culminating with Independent Bookstore Day on April 27. A group of 25 independent bookstores in the borough will participate in the week-long event.
From NPR
Black girls have the spotlight in horror anthology The Black Girl Survives This One.
From Parents
Olympian Aly Raisman's New Book Teaches Kids About Consent: 'They Deserve to Feel Safe.'
From the New York Times
Inside the Bestseller List: John Schu's Louder Than Hunger.
From School Library Journal
Defending the Canon: SLJ and NCTE Review 15 Banned Classics.
From the New York Times
Jon Agee reviews three illustrated children's books in which the parents are the problem.
From the New York Times
6 YA Novels That Open Conversations About Teen Chronic Illness.
Jiménez Wins 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award
Claire Jiménez’s 'What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez' has been selected as the winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
North Carolina Store Moves After Threats
The Black-owned children's bookstore Liberation Station is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened due to receiving "numerous threats."
Boston Co-Op Celebrates Anniversary
Rozzie Bound Co-Op in Roslindale remains the only cooperative bookstore in Massachusetts. It has 235 co-owners and celebrates its one-year anniversary this month.
'Bookseller of Kabul' Rebuilds
After the Taliban destroyed his shop, Shah Muhammad Rais is now sending books to Afghanistan via the internet.
- 2024 Apr 02
Hong Kong Loses Beloved Bookstore
Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong over the weekend to say goodbye to indie bookstore Mount Zero, after weekly government inspections spurred by anonymous complaints forced it to close.
Ukraine's Biggest Chain to Expand
Bookstore Ye, Ukraine’s largest bookstore chain with 57 current stores, plans to expand to 100 stores by 2024.
- 2024 Apr 01
From Axios
Ohio book ban attempts on the rise.
From Essence
Bills Fighting Book Bans May Have Unintended Consequences—Library Penalties.
From the New York Times
Picture Books Come to Life: Inside the opening of the Rabbit hOle museum in Kansas City.
From the Guardian
Holly Jackson on being Britain's top selling female crime author.
From the New York Times
How the bunny became the reigning star of children's literature.
From Slate
Sandra Boynton on why her hippos have gone from berserk to, suddenly, calm.
From Deadline
Stars Collective Takes Film/TV Rights to Shawn M. Warner’s YA Bestseller ‘Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor.’
Georgia B&N to Close
On May 7, Clayton County will lose its only Barnes & Noble location.
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Finalists
The finalists have been announced for the 36th annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, with winners in each category to be announced on April 26.
Hugo Award Finalists
The finalists have been announced for this year's Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
Arizona Bookstore Celebrates 50 Years
Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix is celebrating 50 years.
2024 Philip K. Dick Award Winner
'These Burning Stars' by Bethany Jacobs (Orbit) has won the award, honoring a "distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2023 in the U.S.A."
- 2024 Mar 28
Kunzru Wins Chowdhury Prize
Hari Kunzru is the winner of the $20,000 Chowdhury Prize for Literature, awarded by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Kansas City Sees Bookstore Surge
Two new bookstores have opened in Missouri's largest city within the last month—just blocks away from each other.
Westchester County Gets a New B&N
A new Barnes & Noble location will open in downtown Mount Kisco this fall.
- 2024 Mar 27
From Rubryka
Ukrainian woman opens children's publishing house Le Petit Canard in France.
From Book Riot
2024 Barnes & Noble Children's and Young Adult Book Awards Finalists Announced.
