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WI14: Feeling like Cassandra: PW Talks with Margaret Atwood
Following the success of 'The Handmaid’s Tale' on Hulu and a Netflix miniseries of her novel 'Alias Grace,' Atwood spoke with PW in 2017 about the resurgence of interest in her work.
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WI14: Talking Murder: PW Talks with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
True crime enthusiasts Karen Kilgariff, a stand-up comedian and television writer, and Georgia Hardstark, a writer and host for the Cooking Channel, launched their true crime podcast, will have something new to share with their fan base next year: their first book.
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WI14 Turning a World into a Novel: A Q&A with Erin Morgenstern
Novelist Erin Morgenstern’s newly announced sophomore effort, 'The Starless Sea' (Doubleday, Nov.), tells a love story set in a secret underground world. Morgenstern talks about which comes first, the novel or the world, and how she translates her vision.
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WI14: Igniting a Bravery Revolution with Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani’s new book, 'Brave, Not Perfect: How to Fail More, Care Less, and Live Bolder' (Currency, Feb.), is an extension of her work with teenage girls to close the gender gap in technology.
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WI14: Looking at Our Cultural Moment with Hanif Abdurraqib
Over the past three years, Hanif Abdurraqib has earned a reputation for his poetry and cultural criticism. Now he's poised to publish 'Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest' (Univ. of Texas, Feb.), a book-length essay about the seminal rap group.
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WI14: Indies Work Better Together
Indie publishers and indie booksellers believe that face-to-face meetings lead directly to increased sales.
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WI14: Bookselling in The Land of Enchantment
New Mexican booksellers serve a diverse community.
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Authors and Books to Watch for at WI14
PW’s reviews editors select well-known and up-and-coming adult and children’s authors to meet at the institute, whose books are either just out or due by summer 2019.
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WI14: Five of ABA’s Past Presidents on Changes to Bookselling in the Past Decade
A focus on the customers, community, and bottom line is key.
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Bookstores Launch New Program to Facilitate Open Political Discussions
The Open Discussion Project, a joint initiative of the National Coalition Against Censorship, the ABA, and the National Institute for Civil Discourse, is designed to get conservatives and liberals to engage in dialogue with each other through book conversations, and debuted this month.
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WI14: Experiencing the Albuquerque High
The ABA’s leading educational conference heads to one of the country’s most elevated major metropolitan areas, known for its diverse cultures.
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Select Book Conferences, Festivals, and Fairs in 2019
Here’s our roundup of some of the big stops on the publishing meeting circuit for 2019.
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Tapping the Power of Influencers
During a November 14 PubTechConnect breakfast event, which was organized by Publishers Weekly and the NYUSPS Center for Publishing, panelists explored how publishers are using social media stars to expand their digital marketing efforts.
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is PBS's 'Great American Read'
Harper Lee's 1960 classic was voted as America's best-loved novel by PBS viewers of 'The Great American Read,' which wrapped Tuesday evening.
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MPIBA 2018: Authors and Their Politics Energize Bookseller 'Family Reunion'
The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's trade show in Denver was a lively gathering of a close-knit community of booksellers, made more energetic by featured authors injecting politics into their presentations.
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Heartland 2018: An Energized Gathering of 'Strange Capitalist Librarians'
While focusing upon authors and books, Midwest indie booksellers and Great Lakes region indie booksellers also praised the format and logistics of this year's Heartland Fall Forum in Minneapolis.
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PNBA Has a Solid, if Somewhat Subdued, Show
In charged political times and with the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings just ended, attendees at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association looked to books for clarity, diversity, and escape.
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At AAP Annual Meeting, Association Shows Off New Focus
In addition to protecting copyright and free expression, the AAP has added backing regulations and policies that can led to a robust and innovative industry to its mission statement.
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Critics Weigh In on Art In #MeToo Era at PEN America's BKBF Panel
At the September 16 Brooklyn Book Festival, four critics and curators tackled one of the most hotly-debated topics in the book and arts worlds in the era of #MeToo: how should the public reckon with the works of abusive artists?
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ReedPop's Anime Fest at NYCC Faces Controversy
News of the fest’s revival has generated mixed reactions due to the history of the original New York Anime Festival, which had its share of ups and downs over the five years of its existence.
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