Archive Deep Dive
National Poetry Month begins on Friday. To kick things off, we’re looking back to a time before NPM, perhaps before there was even a need for such a celebration. According to PW’s bestsellers lists published a century ago, on Apr. 1, 1916, two poetry books were bestsellers: The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, from the British poet famous for his sonnets about World War I (and for his good looks), and the seminal Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, an enduring collection of poems about an imaginary small town. If you’d like to celebrate NPM by reading some of this year’s best poetry, check out our list of the most-anticipated spring 2016 poetry titles.
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Kelly Kerney, author of the novel Hard Red Spring (Viking), which spans 100 years of Guatemala’s history, writes about the impossibility of writing historical fiction.
See who made the cut on our ranking of children’s and young adult books that sold more than 100,000 copies in 2015.
Recapping the PW religion publishers summit.
Booklife’s panel of self-pub experts field reader questions on whether to write to literary trends, and how to market literary fiction.
Blogs
An appreciation of offbeat, weird, quirky, and dark classic children’s books that probably wouldn’t make it past an acquisition committee today.
Podcasts
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese weighs in on the latest industry sales figures, including another decline in e-book sales.
PW senior editor Calvin Reid talks with Stephane Metayer, the writer, designer, and creative mastermind behind Tephlon Funk, a hip-hop and manga/anime–influenced graphic novel set in the Queensbridge housing projects of New York City.
Events
Going to AWP in LA? PW and Booklife will be there. Come visit us at booth 1637.
Glen Weldon discusses his new book, The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (S&S). PW senior writer Andrew Albanese previews the London Book Fair.
PW Star Watch 2016 Is Open for Nominations
We’re looking for the next generation of publishing-industry leaders. Do you work with someone who is going to make a big impact on the business? Nominate that person for PW Star Watch, or you can nominate yourself. A panel of judges including members of PW, the Frankfurt Book Fair, and noted industry leaders will pick 50 up-and-coming stars and select five top honorees and a Superstar who will get an all-expense-paid trip to the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair. Find out more.
The most-read review last week on publishersweekly.com was A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury).
