News & Notes – 6/27/2020

News & Notes – 6/27/2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the award-winning and internationally-bestselling Spanish author whose books include The Shadow of the Wind, died on June 19, 2020. He was… Read more »

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News & Notes – 6/20/2020

News & Notes – 6/20/2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News Amistad Launches #BlackoutBestsellerList on Social Media (Publishers Weekly) NBCC Board, Down to Nine Members, Begins ‘Difficult Internal Work’. Of the National Book Critics Circle’s… Read more »

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Support Black Authors (reprise)

Support Black Authors (reprise)

Back on June 4, I posted about How You as a Reader Can Help: Read Black Authors. But I wanted to reprise that topic, because this week, publisher Amistad Press initiated a campaign to encourage readers to purchase books by Black authors. The state purpose of the hashtag campaign, featuring… Read more »

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Top Ten Books on My Summer 2020 TBR

Top Ten Books on My Summer 2020 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Books on My Summer 2020 TBR. Already published Riviera Gold (Mary Russell #16) by Laurie R. King (June 2020) Binti (Binti #1)… Read more »

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Sunday Post – 6/14/2020

Sunday Post – 6/14/2020

The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! Last Week Other than some knitting and a little spinning, I didn’t get much accomplished this… Read more »

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News & Notes – 6/13/2020

News & Notes – 6/13/2020

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News [American] Bookstores Go It Alone in Reopening. (Publishers Weekly) Many are being more cautious than their state guidelines require. ‘We’re so nervous’: England’s bookshops… Read more »

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