Last Week’s Top Reviews
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From the Newsletters
Caroline Fraser, author of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, shares 10 things you probably didn’t know about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
At a panel given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, agents gave tips to aspiring writers about a perennial topic of interest—how to sell their work.
Macmillan has announced the closure of Pronoun, a self-publishing platform it acquired in May last year.
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Podcasts
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese looks at the NYPL’s new $317 million renovation plan for its historic main library—and why the project might still face a few hurdles.
Calvin Reid interviews the creative team behind Marley’s Ghost, a graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, originally planned and thumbnailed by legendary comics editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1954 but unproduced until now.
Joanna Scutts discusses her new book, The Extra Woman: How Marjorie Hillis Led a Generation of Women to Live Alone and Like It. PW senior news editor Calvin Reid recaps the National Book Awards.
Blogs
Kenny Brechner, owner of DDG Booksellers in Farmington, Maine, picks his top 20 titles for the holiday season, which he’ll be promoting in his store.
