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Global Kids Connect, a daylong conference presented by Publishers Weekly and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, is the only U.S. conference exclusively dedicated to international insights and global solutions for children’s publishers. Speakers include leading figures from companies such as Alloy Entertainment, Curtis Brown, Goodreads, the Gotham Group, HarperCollins, Random House, Wattpad, Workman, and Writers House. Capping the day is a celebration of the authors and illustrators whose books received starred reviews this year. Don’t miss it!
Dec. 7, 2016 Conference: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Celebration: 6–8 p.m. New York City
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From the Newsletters
Alex Beam, author of The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship (Pantheon), takes us inside one of the greatest feuds in literary history.
Inside the publication and creation of Arrivederci, Crocodile (Atheneum/Dlouhy), the sequel to the late Fred Marcellino’s picture book I, Crocodile.
Announcing the finalists for the BookLife Prize in Fiction, with contenders in six categories: fiction, romance, mystery, science fiction, young adult, and middle grade.
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The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona (Beacon).
Blogs
M.G. Hennessey, author of The Other Boy (HarperCollins), offers a reading list of transgender lit for kids.
Podcasts
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese takes an early look at how the holiday season is shaping up for booksellers, following record totals spent on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday.
Recapping shows in New Jersey and Miami, plus discussions on the new Dr. Strange movie and the closing of Double Take Comics.
Thomas J. Ward Jr. discusses his new book, Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty (Oxford Univ.).
