-
Reed Reaffirms Commitment to BookExpo, BookCon Combo
In an email to exhibitors, ReedPop's Brien McDonald said BookExpo and BookCon will continue to coexist, noting that "one will not grow at the expense of the other."
-
More Graphic Novels than Ever at BookExpo 2017
Although comics publishers were mostly perplexed at the drop in traffic at BookExpo, they were upbeat that graphic novels had a big presence at the show, including an expansion of comics programming and artist appearances.
-
Around the World with Graphic Novels at BookExpo 2017
This year at BookExpo 2017, the Hot Graphic Novels panel featured six creators from all over the world discussing five works that spanned a variety of styles and subject matter.
-
BookCon 2017: Consumers Flock to Javits to Meet Authors—and Publishers
BookCon, which returned to New York City and to a two-day format, drew a strong crowd, continuing to skew towards female readers of YA literature.
-
BookCon 2017: Out of the Shadows: Lemony Snicket
"It is one of life’s bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting." If you can identify that quote as belonging to the mysterious Lemony Snicket, author of the perplexing but bestselling series, A Series of Unfortunate Events (HarperCollins), then we have a surprise for you.
-
BookCon 2017: New Science Guys — and Gal!
Bill Nye has made a career of educating young minds about science, with (most famously) his Emmy Award–winning PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy.
-
BookCon 2017: Kevin Hart: If at First You Don't Succeed, Fail, Fail Again
Even though he is only five foot four, actor, comedian, writer, and producer Kevin Hart has always lived large.
-
BookCon 2017: Fan Favorites Jenny Han and Morgan Matson Are Side by Side
Two favorite YA authors can be found side by side at events today at BookCon.
-
Making Science Explode on the Page
This fall will bring "Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe" by Theodore Gray (Black Dog & Leventhal), the long-awaited third installment in Gray’s popular Elements trilogy.
-
BookCon 2017: First Picture Book from a First Daughter
The former first daughter makes her picture book debut this month with "She Persisted" (Philomel), a collective biography of 13 women whose determined perseverance paved the way for their achievements.
-
BookCon 2017: Happy 20th Birthday, Captain Underpants!
Believe it or not, those imaginative second-grade heroes of Dav Pilkey’s famed Adventures of Captain Underpants series, George and Harold, turn 20 years old this year.
-
BookCon 2017: Charles Brandt: Crime After Crime
There were skeptics when “I Heard You Paint Houses” (Steerforth Press), Charles Brandt’s book about mob hit man Frank “The Irish” Sheeran, came out in 2004 with Sheeran’s claim he pulled the trigger on teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa.
-
Kids Being Kids Get a New Look
In 1942, Gertrude Chandler Warner, a Connecticut grade school teacher, unveiled The Boxcar Children, her first book—she wrote 18 more—in what would become a cherished series of more than 150 titles.
-
BookCon 2017: Attaboy, Jeffrey Tambor!
You may not know the name, but you know the face.
-
BookCon 2017: Heather Graham and Chad Michael Murray Team Up to Thrill
An unlikely meeting brought us together,” says Heather Graham, the bestselling author of more than 100 books and novellas, explaining how she came to write a book with actor Chad Michael Murray.
-
BookCon 2017: Desperate for Good Conversation: Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald
Marc Maron craves good conversation. Since 2009, he has had hundreds of them from his garage, where he hosts his popular WTF podcast.
-
BookCon 2017: Back to Her Beginnings: Marie Lu
Despite two bestselling series under her belt—Legend and the Young Elites, both from Putnam—YA author Marie Lu hasn’t been to BookCon before.
-
BookCon 2017: Gregg Hurwitz Gruesomely Engages with the Rains Brothers
Last year, with the launch of the Rains Brothers, an alien-meets-zombie series from Tor Teen, Gregg Hurwitz, author of the bestselling Orphan X series for adults, made his YA debut.
-
BookCon 2017: Colleen Hoover: Different Endings
It takes courage to ground a book in your family’s private story, especially one involving an abusive relationship.
-
BookCon 2017: Tomorrow Reimagined: Cory Doctorow
Dystopian novels of the future weigh down our bookshelves, and adaptations of those same stories increasingly dominate our cinemas.