Last Week’s Top Reviews

The most-read reviews on publishersweekly.com last week were...

#1: The Female Persuasion

#2: Before We Were Yours

#3: A Million Drops

#4: Unbroken

#5: The Strangeness of Beauty

From the Newsletters

Tip Sheet

Nafkote Tamirat, author of the debut novel The Parking Lot Attendant, talks with her editor, Caroline Zancan, about the editing process.

Children’s Bookshelf

The children’s literature community rallies around #kidlitwomen.

BookLife Report

A bestselling author embraces diverse voices and a new “golden era” of sci-fi and fantasy fiction.

Podcasts

Week Ahead

PW senior writer Andrew Albanese talks about last week’s PubTechConnect conference and the importance of innovation in the media space.

More to Come

Heidi MacDonald reports on the annual meeting of ComicsPro, the comics retailers association, in Portland, Ore., and on Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con. The MTC crew discusses the departure of IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall; the launch of Dead Reckoning, the Naval Institute Press’s graphic novel imprint; and PW’s annual Comics Retailers Survey. And PW’s new graphic novel editor, Meg Lemke, shares three recent starred reviews.

PW Radio

Elaine Weiss discusses her new book, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. PW senior news editor Calvin Reid recaps the PubTechConnect conference.

Blogs

ShelfTalker

The ups and downs of redesigned book jackets.