Category: News & Notes

News & Notes – 2/02/2019

News & Notes – 2/02/2019

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News The Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King, and Alex awards were announced at the ALA’s   Midwinter Meeting in Seattle this week, along with a… Read more »

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News & Notes – 1/26/2018

News & Notes – 1/26/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Dolly Parton donated her 100 millionth book to the Library of Congress this week. Through her Imagination Library program, the singer has donated books to… Read more »

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News & Notes – 1/19/2019

News & Notes – 1/19/2019

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase Drama Book Shop (New York Times) The Largest J.R.R. Tolkien Exhibit in Generations Is Coming to the U.S.:… Read more »

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News & Notes – 12/29/2018

News & Notes – 12/29/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Worth Reading/Viewing Unplugged: what I learned by logging off and reading 12 books in a week (Lois Beckett, The Guardian) 2018 Proved Black Kids Read (And White… Read more »

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News & Notes – 12/01/2018

News & Notes – 12/01/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Unknown John Donne manuscript discovered in Suffolk (The Guardian) Linda Fairstein: literary group rescinds honor over role in Central Park Five case (The… Read more »

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News & Notes – 11/24/2018

News & Notes – 11/24/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Bookstore’s Tweet On The Sale Of A Children’s Book After 27 Years Goes Viral (NPR) B&N to Open Up to 15 Stores in… Read more »

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News & Notes – 11/17/2018

News & Notes – 11/17/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Amazon’s Grand Search For 2nd Headquarters Ends With Split: NYC And D.C. Suburb (NPR; NBC also takes a look) The 2018 National Book… Read more »

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News & Notes – 11/03/2018

News & Notes – 11/03/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News To Kill a Mockingbird wins top spot in The Great American Read. The Outlander series, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, and The Lord of… Read more »

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News & Notes – 10/20/2018

News & Notes – 10/20/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Midnight Ink to close doors in August 2019, after its Spring/Summer 2019 season. (Publishers Weekly) Pam Stack of Authors on the Air posted… Read more »

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News & Notes – 10/13/2018

News & Notes – 10/13/2018

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News The National Book Award finalists were announced. The winners will be announced tomorrow (Oct. 14, 2018.) The deadline to vote for ‘The Great… Read more »

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