- 2025 Jun 25
Vermont Bookstore Is On the Move
The Burlington location of Phoenix Books is moving to a new location on Church Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare.
- 2024 Sep 26
Writers' Trust Prize Finalists
Éric Chacour and Conor Kerr are among the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalists. The winner will be announced on November 19.
Texas Store Shares Survival Strategy
Pantego Books, the last indie bookstore in the Greater Arlington area, is getting creative when it comes to staying afloat.
Washington State Book Award Winners
Timothy Egan and Jane Wong are among the winners of this year's Washington State Book Awards, administered by the Washington State Library.
- 2024 Sep 25
From the Comics Journal
The State of Comics and Censorship During Banned Books Week.
From School Library Journal
Another Kid Lit Imprint Lost with the End of Algonquin Young Readers.
From the New Yorker
How Ruth Krauss Made a New Kind of Children's Literature.
From the Associated Press
Sen. Raphael Warnock is working on a children's book inspired by the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000.
From Vogue
Independent Bookstore Owners Share Favorite Banned Books, from The Bluest Eye to The Giver.
From Elle
Chloe Gong's Guide to an Author's (Extremely Online) Life.
UTA, C&W Launch SFF Manuscript Prize
The Andomeda Award for unagented, unpublished debut novels of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction is sponsored by the U.S.-based United Talent Agency and the U.K.-based C&W literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative.
- 2024 Sep 24
Pennsylvania Gets a New Bookstore
Pages and Parchment in Skippack, owned by nurse Becky Fuhry, celebrated its grand opening on September 20.
Virginia Literary Award Winners
Kwame Alexander, Martin Clark, and Angie Kim are among the winners of the 27th annual Virginia Literary Awards, presented by the Library of Virginia.
Boom! Gets a New Head
Following Random House’s acquisition of Boom! Studios this July, Michael Kelly is jumping aboard as publisher.
Comics and Censorship
For Banned Books Week, the Comics Journal takes a look at the state of book banning in the comics and graphic novel space.
A Fantastic Sale
A copy of Fantastic Four #1 has sold for a record-breaking price at auction, per ICv2.
Garth Ennis Gets a Horror Imprint
The creator of Preacher and The Boys will helm Ninth Circle, a shingle at Image Comics that will put out its first title in December, per CBR.
Jules Feiffer Stays Amazing at 95
People interviews the nonagenarian cartooning legend about his first graphic novel for kids, Amazing Grapes.
The Art of Hellboy
The New York Times stops by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola’s new exhibition at the Labaune Gallery in Manhattan.
Two Decades of Scott Pilgrim
The Beat interviews Bryan Lee O'Malley about his enduringly popular series for its 20th anniversary.
Rooney Tunes
The kids are loony for Sally Rooney, per the Times, as the midnight release parties for her latest novel—nearly a gross of them—can attest.
Mystery Masters
Lee Child and Richard Osman discuss their writing lives and the secrets behind crafting compelling narratives for the Guardian.
- 2024 Sep 23
From the New York Times
New state laws are fueling a surge in book bans.
From the Associated Press
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down.
From Slate
Educators' stories about preemptive book bans show how schools are censoring themselves.
From People
Over Eight Decades in, Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Is Still Having Fun: 'I Do What the Book Tells Me.'
From the New York Times
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola came out in 1975, but its title character is finding another life online.
From Literary Hub
10 Great Books with Strong Tween Characters, Chosen by Stuart Gibbs.
Wolfson History Prize Shortlist
The six books shortlisted for the U.K.-based prize for historical writing, which comes with a £50,000 purse, have been announced.
- 2024 Sep 19
Dayton Prize Winners
Paul Lynch and Victor Luckerson are the winners of the International Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction and nonfiction, respectively. Former President Jimmy Carter was also honored with a lifetime achievement award.
Chinese Bookstore Heads to D.C.
Free speech restrictions in China compelled Yu Miao, owner of the previously Shanghai-based JF Books, to reopen his bookshop in Washington D.C.
- 2024 Sep 18
From the New York Times
Katherine Rundell, the Author of Impossible Creatures, Tucks Big Ideas in Tales of Wonder.
From the Cut
Lauren Sánchez Is Being Sued Over Her Children's Book.
From JSTOR
L.M. Montgomery's Plain Jane: Though not as well known as Anne of Green Gables, Jane of Lantern Hill also explores domesticity, freedom, and, yes, Prince Edward Island.
From Words Without Borders
A Tour of Latin American Kid Lit in 15 Translations.
Vulture
Forgotten YA Adaptations, Ranked by Cultural Impact.
Writers' Trust Prize Finalists
The nonfiction finalists for Canada's Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction have been announced.
German Book Prize Shortlist
The six-book shortlist for this year's German Book Prize has been announced.
- 2024 Sep 17
New America Fellows Announced
The 2025 class of New America fellows includes authors Keri Blakinger, Aimee Meredith Cox, Will Hunt, and Sheelah Kolhatkar.
FT and Schroders Business Book Shortlist
The six-book shortlist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year award has been announced.
Love Comes to Connecticut
The state's first romance bookstore, Montgomery & Taggert, opened in Chester.
New Store Is Coming to South Carolina
Jack's Books is opening in Florence later this year.
Philadelphia to Welcome a New Bookstore
50 Watts Books is opening a new storefront in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood next month. The store began online and offers "unusual books from around the world."
- 2024 Sep 16
From the Associated Press
Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement.
From the Associated Press
Not-so-great expectations: students are reading fewer books in English class.
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Grows
The nearly 90-year-old literary prize for works addressing racism and diversity has added a fourth category for memoir/autobiography, as well as three new jurors.
From Paste
The Very Brief Rise and Fall of the Young Adult Cinematic Dystopia.
From the New York Times
Michaela DePrince, Author of Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina, Dies at 29.
From the New York Times
At 95, Jules Feiffer Tries Something New: A Graphic Novel for Young Readers.
Yoshikawa Wins Southern Prize
South Arts has named Yurina Yoshikawa as the inaugural winner of the $25,000 Southern Prize for Literary Arts.
- 2024 Sep 13
Gapinski Wins BOA Short Fiction Prize
James R. Gapinski is the winner of the 14th annual BOA Short Fiction Prize for their collection, 'The Museum of Future Mistakes,' selected by BOA Publisher Peter Conners.
2025 Andy Awards Submissions Open
Submissions for ASJA and Gotham Ghostwriters' award program for nonfiction book collaborations are open September 13 through December 31.
- 2024 Sep 12
Two Bookstores Make a Game of It
New York's Strand Bookstore has partnered with online co-op bookstore Tertulia to create BookLinks, a daily digital puzzle game featuring book covers.
- 2024 Sep 11
From the Washington Post
Katherine Rundell is her generation's J.R.R. Tolkien.
From Deadline
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White to Be Developed into Animated Feature.
From Monthly Portland
Carson Ellis Finds Her Past in an Old Portland Warehouse.
From NPR
"There's a piece of this story that's also about remembering these wonderful women who helped raise me": Meg Medina and Brittany Cicchese on No More Señora Mimí.
From Book Riot
8 Essential YA Books for Hispanic Heritage Month.
WNDB Wins LOC Literacy Award
We Need Diverse Books is the winner of this year's American Prize, awarded annually by the Library of Congress to organizations that champion literacy in the U.S.
Santa Barbara Gets a New Bookstore
The Godmothers bookstore, cofounded by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, current head of worldwide literary at WME and former literary agent, opened in the small community of Summerland, Calif., on September 7.
Academy of American Poets Turns 90
The Academy of American Poets will host a 90th anniversary celebration at New York City's Guggenheim Museum on October 18, featuring readings from such poets as Jericho Brown, Natalie Diaz, and Joy Harjo, as well as the presentation of the 2024 Academy Fellowship and Wallace Stevens Award.
- 2024 Sep 10
Manga Plus Teams with Shonen Jump+
Shueisha's Manga Plus will begin releasing simultaneous English-language translations of one-shots from sister platform Shonen Jump+ starting this month.
American Book Award Winners
R.F. Kuang and Monica Youn are among the winners of the 45th annual American Book Awards, presented by the Before Columbus Foundation.
Binc Awards Bookseller Scholarships
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced the recipients of two scholarships aimed at supporting professional development and diversity in bookselling.
ALP Book Award Shortlist
The shortlisted authors for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award include Claire Messud and Adam Shatz.
U.K.'s Spread the Word Relaunches Awards
Spread the Word in the U.K. is relaunching its London Writers Awards program, supporting underrepresented writers. Funding is available to support 24 writers annually over three years.
Revised Sophie Castille Shortlist
The eight-title shortlist for the English-language edition of the 2024 Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation has been reannounced following an August 22 error.
Orange Launches Manga Platform
Orange Inc. has launched Emaqi, a digital manga store providing exclusive English translations of previously unreleased titles to English-speaking audiences in the U.S. and Canada.
R.I.P. John Cassady
Eisner-winning comic artist John Cassady has died at 52.
Aydin Returns
Andrew Aydin, who coauthored John Lewis’s graphic novel memoir, will return with two new series on U.S. history, reports Axios.
Good Omens Paused
Amazon has hit the brakes on its Good Omens series in light of recent allegations against Neil Gaiman, per Deadline.
Arcane Trailer Drops
The second season of the League of Legends animated series returns to Netflix in November.
Alan Moore's Forgotten Work
The Comics Journal explores I Can Hear The Grass Grow, Alan Moore’s forgotten work of graphic sound.
Japanese Gov't to Preserve Manga, Anime
Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs has launched a committee to create a national facility for collecting, preserving, and exhibiting manga and animation artwork, per the Asahi Shimbun.
HBO Responds to Martin Digs
HBO has addressed George R.R. Martin’s now-deleted blog post criticizing the creative decisions that were made in season two of House of the Dragon, reports Deadline.
Celebrating Mike Mignola
New York’s Philippe Labaune Gallery is hosting an exhibit dedicated to the art of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, reports Forbes.
NY Comics Symposium Schedule
The Fall 2024 schedule for the New York Comics and Picture-story Symposium has been released.
What the End of CartoonNetwork.com Means
Slate unpacks the deletion of the Cartoon Network website, the latest casualty of Warner Bros. Discovery's questionable approach to preserving its properties.
Appraising Rare Indie Comics
ComicBookInvest.com takes a look at some of the rarest, and subsequently most expensive, indie comics to ever release.
Debunking Comics Myths
KQED debunks persistent myths about graphic novels and comics to show how they can teach reading, critical thinking, and more.
Sarah J. Maas: Hollywood’s Next Marvel?
Will romantasy succeed superheroes on top of Hollywood? Bloomberg considers the possibilities.
Shonen Jump Bets Big on New Story
Manga magazine Shonen Jump has recruited from its biggest rival to launch its next big fantasy story, Madan no Ichi, per ScreenRant.
A Romance with Neuromancer
BookBrunch commemorates the impact of William Gibson’s cyberpunk classic.
Animorphing into Comics
The Beat interviews comics creator Chris Grine about his work adapting K.A. Applegate’s beloved Animorphs series into graphic novels.
- 2024 Sep 09
From People
Twilight Saga Novel Midnight Sun Lands an Animated Series Order at Netflix.
From Kidscreen
Trustbridge and BBC Studios collaborate on My Friend Maisy.
From the New Yorker
In Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell extends the rough-and-tumble world of her children's books to a hidden archipelago and the realm of fantasy.
From the Yale Review
Writing in Pictures: Richard Scarry and the Art of Children's Literature by Chris Ware.
From the New Yorker
A Picture-Book Guide to Maine: Children's stories set on the coast suggest a wilder way of life.
From Book Riot
8 Picture Books About Friendship.
From Brightly
Libros en Español: Empowering Stories of Hispanic Women for Kids in Spanish.
- 2024 Sep 06
Connecticut Gets a New Bookstore
Obodo Serendipity Books, whose name honors owner Nikkya Hargrove's Nigerian heritage, opens tomorrow in Hartford.
Spotlight on Semicolon Books
Chicago's Black- and woman-owned nonprofit bookstore wants to close the city's literacy gap.
Abdurraqib Wins Voice of Heartland Award
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association will present Hanif Abdurraqib with their Voice of the Heartland Award at the Heartland Fall Forum on October 7.
Rushdie Wins Halldór Laxness Prize
Salman Rushdie will receive Iceland’s biennial Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize.
Joffe Books Prize Opens for Subs
The U.K.-based prize invites manuscript submissions from unagented crime fiction writers of color through September 30.
- 2024 Sep 05
Cundill History Prize Shortlist
Kathleen DuVal and Stuart A. Reid are among the shortlisted authors for Canada's annual $75,000 prize for history writing.
Nebraska Gets a New Bookstore
Sower Books opened in Lincoln on Labor Day.
Giller Prize Longlist
The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its longlist of 12 titles for this year's prize, which awards C$100,000 to a work of fiction. The shortlist will be announced October 9.
Vermont Bookstore Celebrates Move
Phoenix Books in Burlington is holding a grand opening on September 14 at its new location on Church Street.