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Into the Underground: PW Talks with Julia Gfrörer
Julia Gfrörer’s 'World Within the World' (Fantagraphics, Nov.) collects a decade’s worth of comics from the Ignatz nominee.
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'Every Line Is a Little Stained': PW Talks with Bruna Dantas Lobato
National Book Award–winning translator Bruna Dantas Lobato discusses her debut novel 'Blue Light Hours,' bringing the immigrant experience to the page, and translating her own fiction into Portuguese.
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Q & A with Bruce Hale
Prolific children's book creator Bruce Hale's new series of illustrated chapter books—the Outer Space Mystery Pizza Club, illustrated by Luke Séguin-Magee—begins with intergalactic space adventure 'Elvis Is Missing.'
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Q & A with Christopher Denise
Sometimes, really annoying friends turn out to have hidden virtues. That’s the discovery Knight Owl makes in 'Knight Owl and Early Bird,' the sequel to Christopher Denise’s solo debut 'Knight Owl,' which won a 2023 Caldecott Honor.
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Finding Freedom One Breath at a Time: PW Talks with Jasmine Marie
The author of ‘Black Girls Breathing’ discusses how mindful breathing and other practices can help heal chronic stress and generational trauma.
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Intuition Meets Hard Science: PW Talks with Siddharth Ramakrishnan
Neuroscientist and biology professor Siddharth Ramakrishnan analyzes the brain to offer a scientific explanation of intuition in ‘Neuroscience of Tarot: From Imagery to Intuition to Prediction.'
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Sex, Drugs, and Techno: PW Talks with Aria Aber
In 'Good Girl' (Hogarth, Jan.), poet and debut novelist Aria Aber follows a club kid’s coming-of-age in Berlin’s underground scene.
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The Kingmakers: PW Talks with Preston Lauterbach
In 'Before Elvis' (Hachette, Jan.), music journalist Preston Lauterbach examines Elvis Presley’s debt to the Black artists who launched the rock ’n’ roll revolution.
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Spirited Away: PW Talks with Nuzo Onoh
In the horror tale ‘Where the Dead Brides Gather,’ the Nigerian British author takes readers to the afterlife and back again.
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‘We’re Not Very Serious People’: PW Talks with Fantoons’ David Calcano
The cofounder of the Los Angeles–based independent publisher and production studio Fantoons talks about combining his passions for music, comics, and comics through the company's signature illustrated books centered on musicians.
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Alan Moore on Magic, Storytelling, Fascism, and His New Not-Quite-a-Comic
Don’t call it his farewell to comics! The prolific and influential author of 'Watchmen,' 'V for Vendetta,' 'Jerusalem,' 'The Great When,' and many more discusses fascism, superheroes, and 'The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic.'
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In Conversation with Mel Hammond, Teghan Hammond, and Magdalene Visaggio
Sisters/collaborators Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond and author Magdalene Visaggio discussed writing about navigating girlhood, their shared experiences of online hate, and the importance of portraying trans girls for young people today.
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Q & A with Ryan Seacrest and Meredith Seacrest Leach
Television host Ryan Seacrest and his sister Meredith Seacrest Leach discussed their new picture book, 'The Make-Believers,' illustrated by Bonnie Lui, and the power of one's imagination.
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Ghost in the Machine: PW talks with Erika Swyler
A scientist creates an android to assist her with organ transplants in Erika Swyler’s dystopian 'We Lived on the Horizon' (Atria, Jan.).
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A Library of One’s Own: PW Talks with Andrew Hui
In 'The Study' (Princeton Univ., Dec.), Andrew Hui, a humanities professor at Singapore’s Yale-NUS College, chronicles the emergence of the personal library.
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Four Questions for Jill Tew
Can the chase for productivity ever go too far? Afronauts podcast host and debut author Jill Tew explores an inescapable work culture in her dystopian sci-fi debut 'The Dividing Sky'. We spoke with Tew about becoming the first Black sci-fi author to be published under the Joy Revolution imprint, and about exploring the pressures of productivity.
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Try a Little Tenderness: PW Talks with Jason Reynolds
We spoke with Jason Reynolds, former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and a 2024 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship, about his latest YA novel, 'Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…,' and the importance of centering tenderness in romance for young people.
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Four Questions for Robin Benway
Robin Benway, author of the National Book Award-winning YA novel Far from the Tree, makes her first foray into middle grade with 'The Girls of Skylark Lane'.
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Kingpin of Queens: PW Talks with Michael Sears
In Michael Sears’s 'Love the Stranger' (Soho Crime, Dec.), Ted Molloy tries to clear his girlfriend’s name after she lands in the crosshairs of a shady real estate developer.
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Art for Politics’ Sake: PW Talks with Amber Massie-Blomfield
In 'Acts of Resistance' (Norton, Nov.), theater producer Amber Massie-Blomfield argues that art is a powerful political force.
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