Today, the indomitable Ukrainian Library Association celebrate All-Ukrainian...
Today in Moscow, Vladimir Putin is pretending he can annex four chunks of his western neighbor, but nothing can deflate the spirit of All-Ukrainian Library Day. The national holiday on Sept. 30...
View ArticleCourt dismisses 'implausible' price-fixing suits against Amazon, Big Five...
A federal judge in New York has officially dismissed price-fixing claims against Amazon and the Big Five publishers following a magistrate judge's finding that the cases lacked sufficient evidence to...
View ArticleVolodymyr Zelenskyy to speak at Frankfurt Book Fair
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, will speak by video at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 20, at 12:30 p.m. The global publishing community has shown support for Ukrainian, banning...
View ArticleHave we forgotten what a public library is for?
In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Deborah E. Mikula, executive director of the Michigan Library Association and Loren Khogali, executive director of the ACLU of Michigan, respond to the...
View ArticleAnnie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel prize in literature
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to Annie Ernaux "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory"....
View ArticleUkraine's Lviv BookForum free online Oct 7-9
The Lviv BookForum, Ukraine's largest literary festival, has opened with messages of support from President Volodymyr Zelensky and participants including Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman. The aim of...
View ArticlePeter Robinson, 1950 – 2022
Peter Robinson, the prolific British Canadian crime novelist and creator of the popular Alan Banks series of books, has died, his publisher confirmed on Friday. The Toronto-based Robinson died on Oct....
View ArticleMobilization causes massive teacher shortages in Russia
The independent Russian media outlet Verstka ("Layout") has published a noteworthy piece on the devastating effect that mobilization is having on Russia's schools because thousands of teachers have...
View ArticleMacArthur "Genius" Awards
The MacArthur Foundation have announced their annual "genius" awards with 25 recipients receiving grants of $800,000. Among their number are the writer Kiese Laymon, awarded for "bearing witness to...
View ArticleHow a tiny British publisher became the home of Nobel laureates
When Jacques Testard started his own publishing company in 2014, he wanted a name that suggested a crazy endeavor. Testard called the imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions, a reference to ?the 1982 Werner...
View ArticleThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (to be published in the US on Nov 1) was named the winner of the 2022 Booker Prize in a ceremony in London tonight He was presented with his...
View ArticleNg named ABA's inaugural Indie Bookstore Ambassador
The American Booksellers Association announced Wednesday that Celeste Ng is the organization's inaugural ambassador and will represent its new Indie Bookstore Ambassador Program, which will promote...
View ArticleNotes from Frankfurt: Ukraine's Zelensky tells book world to 'make people know'
An unofficial theme of the Frankfurt Book Fair this year is support for Ukraine, which has manifested itself in a variety of ways. The most dramatic came yesterday when Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
View Article17-hr bus ride no barrier For Ukrainians at Frankfurt Book Fair
About forty-six Ukrainian publishers took part in last week's five-day Frankfurt Book Fair. Ukrainian officials see high-profile events such as the fair as key to pushing back against Russia's...
View ArticleSalman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand, says agent
Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after the attack he suffered while preparing to deliver a lecture in New York state two months ago, his agent has confirmed. The...
View ArticleCourt blocks Penguin Random House, S&S merger
A Federal Court has blocked Penguin Random House's acquisition of rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster. At press time, Judge Florence Y. Pan's opinion was not yet public as the parties still...
View ArticleJulie Powell, food writer behind 'Julie & Julia,' dies at 49
Julie Powell—the writer who chronicled a year cooking her way through the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, leading to popular food blog, and later a biopic starring Amy...
View ArticleObituary Note: Thomas Cahill
Thomas Cahill, "a multilingual scholar who wrote a surprise 1995 bestseller demonstrating to the world how a small band of Irish monks collected and protected the jewels of Western civilization after...
View ArticlePermacrisis chosen as Collins word of the year
Brexit, Covid, war, climate disasters, a tanking economy, political instability, global insecurity, a sense of impending doom. There's a single word for this, and it has just become Collins...
View ArticleIn written opinion, Judge Florence Pan delivers knockout blow to PRH, S&S...
On November 7, Judge Florence Pan released her memorandum opinion blocking Penguin Random House from acquiring rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster—and in the final analysis, after a year of...
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