Check out our exclusive sneak preview of fall 2013 children’s books.
From the Newsletters:
Tip Sheet
The hardest math problem in the world, explained.
Religion Bookline
A conversation with the editors of Beyond Belief (Seal Press), a collection of essays written by women who left the strict religious communities they had joined or been born into.
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Tip Sheet
The hardest math problem in the world, explained.
Religion Bookline
A conversation with the editors of Beyond Belief (Seal Press), a collection of essays written by women who left the strict religious communities they had joined or been born into.
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PW Radio:
Sirius XM channel 80
Thursdays at 3 p.m.
This week, bestselling author and New York Times columnist Bruce Feiler joins hosts Mark Rotella and Rose Fox to discuss his new book, The Secrets of Happy Families (Morrow). Plus, Rotella recaps the 2013 Paris Cookbook Fair.
Publicists: Interested in having your authors on PW Radio? Drop us a line at pwradio@publishersweekly.com.
Blogs:
Beyond Her Book
Barbara Vey kicks off the annual Beyond Her Book anniversary bash, with tons of prizes. The party runs all week, so check in every day starting today.
PWxyz
How 50 Shades of Gay (Magnus/Riverdale Avenue) became an overnight e-bestseller.
ShelfTalker
Random House’s Mallory Loehr talks about bringing back into print all 29 books by middle-grade fantasy author Ruth Chew.
The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was Taipei by Tao Lin (Vintage).
Podcasts:
FaithCast
Our podcast about religion books and publishing premieres with an interview with bestseller Karen Kingsbury.
KidsCast
Listen in on Tuesday when our newest KidsCast goes live, featuring an interview with Alaya Dawn Johnson about her first YA novel, The Summer Prince (Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine).
The Week Ahead
Senior writer Andrew Albanese examines a very big week for Barnes & Noble, as founder and chairman Len Riggio offered to buy the bookseller’s retail stores, while its digital division lagged.
Listen to these and other podcasts here.
Authors:
An interview with Marisa Silver, whose new novel, Mary Coin (Penguin/Blue Rider), hinges on a famous Dorothea Lange photo.
Current calls for information
-Art & photography books
-Sports books
Events
Going to SXSW? Join PW at our two panels: “Self-Publishing in the Age of E,” on Sunday, March 10, at 11 a.m.; and “Publishing Graphic Novels in the Kickstarter Era,” on Monday, March 11, at 12:30 p.m. And check publishersweekly.com for ongoing coverage of the show.
We’ll also be at AWP, where PW digital director Craig Teicher is moderating “Breaking Digital Ground: E-Book Strategies for Small Publishers” on Friday, March 8, at 3 p.m.
PW president George Slowik Jr. will be inducted into the Books for a Better Life hall of fame on Monday, March 11, at the 17th annual Books for a Better Life Awards.
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