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  • BEA 2013: John Lewis: A Graphic March

    A longtime congressman and legendary civil rights veteran, John Lewis is at this morning’s Book and Author Breakfast to talk about his new graphic autobiography March, the first of a three-volume work to be published by Top Shelf in August.

  • BEA 2013: Peter Lerangis Enjoys His Craft and Fans

    Peter Lerangis may be a bestselling author with more than 160 books under his belt, but he’s still ecstatic about being a writer, especially one for children.

  • BEA 2013: Jim Gaffigan: Writing While Standing

    Jim Gaffigan has a wildly successful career as a standup comic, more than a million Twitter followers, and his just released first book, Dad Is Fat (Crown), offers his take on everything from cousins (“celebrities for little kids”) to growing up in a big family (“I always assumed my father had six children so he could have a sufficient lawn crew”) and changing diapers in the middle of the night (“like The Hurt Locker, but much more dangerous”).

  • BEA 2013: Kris Miller: A Lesson in Finance

    There are things about money that Kris Miller wants you to know.

  • BEA 2013: Sarah Dessen: Summertime Is the Best Time

    Ah, summer. It’s Sarah Dessen’s favorite season.

  • BEA 2013: Chris Matthews: The Clash of Political Titans

    You can hear longing for the old days when MSNBC Hardball anchor Chris Matthews talks about his latest book, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (Simon & Schuster, Nov.).

  • BEA 2013: Gennifer Albin: Weaver of Stories

    Gennifer Albin explains that her inspiration for Crewel, the first novel in her YA Crewel World trilogy (2012), was sparked by the painting Embroidering the Earth’s Mantle by the Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist Remedios Varo.

  • BEA 2013: Neil Gaiman: Fortunately, Making Good Art

    Neil Gaiman is scheduled to speak this morning, 10 a.m.–11 a.m., on why he thinks fiction is dangerous, but since he’s an old hand at attending BEA, he knows he’ll have a “captive audience of booksellers” in conference room 1E12–1E13.

  • BEA 2013: Diana Gabaldon: Wrinkles In Time

    Each of her Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon emphasizes, contains enough backstory that it can be read either as a stand-alone or as part of the series—which she recommends, however, is best read in chronological order.

  • BEA 2013: Spotlight on Children: Buddhist Principles

    Wisdom Publications has seen increased interest in books for children that teach Buddhist principles.

  • BEA 2013: Spotlight on Children: Timmy Failure is Back

    The self-confident yet clueless young detective Stephan Pastis, introduced in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, will return in a second misadventure, Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done, whose title and cover are revealed here for the first time. Candlewick will release the illustrated middle-grade novel in February 2014.

  • PW BEA Show Daily, June 1, 2013

    Read the complete June 1, 2013 PW BEA Show Daily to keep up with all the goings-on at Book Expo America: the notable books of the show, author interviews, coverage of the big events, and much more.

  • BEA 2013: The Big Books of the Show

    What books were everyone talking about? Many were written by big-name authors, some of them returning after years of silence, with everyone hoping for a repeat blockbuster.

  • BEA 2013: Audible Takes Top Audie Awards

    Audible grabbed the two biggest prizes at the 2013 Audies Gala, with Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair winning Audiobook of the Year and Bram Stoker’s Dracula taking home the award for Distinguished Achievement in Production.

  • BEA 2013: Is E-book Lending Good for Authors?

    The big question at a panel on Thursday was whether e-book lending led to lost book sales or increased discoverability.

  • BEA 2013: Getting Behind the Common Core

    At a panel, participants stressed that the Common Core is moving beyond "the cut-and-paste" methods of previous generations.

  • Jeff Kinney to Open a Bookstore?

    Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney is keeping himself busy with a new project: a possible bookstore and cafe in downtown Plainville, Mass.

  • BEA 2013: Indie Bestsellers Meet Fans

    Among the rows of booths for publishers and digital companies on the BEA show floor, Booth 966 stood out for the camera crew and the lines of attendees, all of whom seemed a bit more excited than the routine showgoer.

  • PW BEA Show Daily, May 31, 2013

    Read the complete May 31, 2013 PW BEA Show Daily to keep up with all the goings-on at Book Expo America: author interviews, coverage of Thursday's events, and much more.

  • BEA 2013: Middle-Grade Buzz Is Fantasy

    Educational but entertaining stories about larger-than-life characters who live in fantastical worlds dominated the Middle Grade Editors' Buzz panel.

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