Global Kids Connect
PW’s first Global Kids Connect Conference was a big success, with two days of spectacular programming about how to engage the children’s and young adult book markets on a global scale. But don’t worry: if you didn’t make it, you can still tap into the great information shared, from insight into worldwide distribution and tech developments, to our can’t-miss one-day intensive on doing business in China. As a subscriber, you get full access to our video archive of the event. Just go to publishersweekly.com/gkcsubs and enter password GKC2015China.
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Writing tips from MWA Grand Master James Lee Burke.
Computer programming is child’s play, or at least that’s what a wave of new books that teach kids to code would have you believe.
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A survey of new and forthcoming books on ISIS and violent religious extremism.
The lowdown on the winner of this year’s Finlandia Prize and a German bestseller that recently got picked up in multiple territories.
Tips on DIY book publishing from a veteran graphic designer.
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Blogs
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Talking with Will Walton, the “subscription sultan” behind Avid Bookshop’s gift-subscription program.
Podcasts
Chef and writer J. Kenji López-Alt discusses his first book (one of PW’s best books of 2015), The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (Norton). And PW news director Rachel Deahl profiles Sonny Mehta, our person of the year.
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese discusses another disappointing quarter for Barnes & Noble, and why Penguin Random House’s new terms for library e-books have drawn a lukewarm response from librarians.
Heidi MacDonald talks to cartoonist/educator Frank Santoro about his planned comics school in Pittsburgh (complete with free lasagna), comics craft, and teaching the next generation of cartoonists.
The 2015 Children’s Starred Reviews Annual Is Here!
Every starred review we gave a 2015 children’s book is now available in one handy volume. Read the digital edition for free at publishersweekly.com/csr2015.
