Dr. Seuss museum opens in Springfield, MA.
An Amazing World of Dr. Seuss museum opened in Springfield, MA last weekend. Springfield is the home town of Theodor Geisel better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss - who wrote and illustrated dozens...
View ArticleFinding the Right Balance Between BookExpo and BookCon
For many years, the publishing industry's major annual event, BookExpo, was aimed at publishing insiders only. A few years ago, organizers ReedPOP, started experimenting with allowing in more readers,...
View ArticleTracy K. Smith named poet laureate of the United States
Tracy K. Smith has been named the 22nd poet laureate of the United States. Smith's poetry has won her such top awards in her field as the James Laughlin Award, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship,...
View ArticleStories about disability don't have to be sad
The term "thought provoking" is over-used but that does describe eighth grader Melissa Shang's opinion piece in the New York Times in which she asks why "there are very few stories about kids in...
View ArticleHeaviest users of public libraries are Millennials
Millennials in the U.S. are more likely to have visited a public library in the past year than any other adult generation. In a Pew Research Center survey from fall 2016, 53% of 18 to 35 year-olds said...
View ArticleOprah picks Behold the Dreamers for book club
Imbolo Mbue's debut novel Behold the Dreamers is the latest "summer" pick for Oprah's Book Club. In a statement first available at Amazon, Winfrey says, "It's about race and class, the economy,...
View ArticlePaddington Bear creator Michael Bond dies aged 91
Michael Bond, the genial British author who created Paddington Bear, the polite, good-natured but disaster-prone little hero of children's novels, picture and activity books, television series, and...
View ArticleLost Maurice Sendak picture book to be published next year
An unpublished picture book by Maurice Sendak has been found hidden deep in his archives, five years after his death. The typewritten manuscript and illustrations, co-authored by Sendak's longtime...
View ArticleSpencer Johnson, author of "Who Moved My Cheese" and "The One-Minute...
Spencer Johnson, a onetime physician and children's book author, whose best-selling books on business management, including "The One-Minute Manager" and "Who Moved My Cheese?," sold millions of copies...
View ArticleBertelsmann ups PRH stake to 75%
In a move that had been expected, Bertelsmann has increased its stake in Penguin Random House. After the deal is completed in September, Bertelsmann will have a 75% share of PRH with Pearson...
View ArticleLiu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident who won Nobel Peace Prize while in jail dies...
Liu Xiaobo, the renegade Chinese intellectual who kept vigil at Tiananmen Square in 1989 to protect protesters from encroaching soldiers, promoted a pro-democracy charter that brought him a lengthy...
View ArticleBeatles Mark 'Yellow Submarine' 50th Anniversary With Comic Book
For the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, the Apple Corporation is authorizing a comic book adaptation of the classic film with Titan Comics. The book is slated for release in 2018.
View ArticleThe Drifter wins International Thriller Writer's First Novel Award
This year's International Thriller Writers' annual awards have been presented to: Hardcover: Before the Fall, Noah Hawley First Novel: The Drifter, Nicholas Petrie Paperback Original: The Body Reader,...
View ArticleNovelist Junot Díaz to publish a picture book
By his own admission, the novelist Junot Díaz is an agonizingly slow writer and a chronic procrastinator. Over the past two-plus decades, he has published just three books: two short-story collections...
View ArticleA ray of optimism from Washington for library budgets
The budget battle is kicking up again in Washington, but this time with a note of optimism for libraries and library supporters. Last week, a House Appropriations subcommittee voted to recommend level...
View ArticleBritish Library will publish two new Harry Potter books in October
The Hogwarts universe is set to expand by an additional two new Harry Potter books, published by Bloomsbury in the UK (and presumably Scholastic in the USA) in conjunction with a British Library event,...
View ArticleWomen's National Book Association awards Second Century Prize to the Little...
As a part of the celebration of its centennial this year, the Women's National Book Association has awarded the WNBA Second Century Prize to the Little Free Library. The award, which carries a $5,000...
View ArticleBuild a Black literature library of your very own one month at a time
Call Number is a library-inspired monthly book subscription box that celebrates Black literature and authors. Started by Jamillah Gabriel to mesh her two great lovesBlack literature and librariesCall...
View ArticleLegendary book critic Michiko Kakutani to leave The New York Times
Michiko Katkutani, one of the most formidable book critics in the history of The New York Times, is leaving her post as chief book critic at The Times. A replacement has not been announced but the odds...
View ArticleSecond quarter Amazon sales up 25%, income down 77%
In the second quarter ended June 30, net sales at Amazon rose 24.8%, to $38 billion, while net income fell 77%, to $179 million. As the Wall Street Journal put it, "Amazon's ever-increasing clout is...
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