Little Free Library launches Indigenous Library Program Jan 25 2023 Little Free Library continues to fulfill its mission of providing access to books to underserved communities. Its latest initiative, the Indigenous Library Program, which launches this spring, will provide book-sharing boxes for installation on tribal lands, as well as in …
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YA author Meg Medina is the country’s first Latina ambassador for young people’s literature Jan 18 2023 The Library of Congress named Meg Medina the national ambassador for young people’s literature for 2023-24. Medina is the first Hispanic named to the position, which will take her around the country to …
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Digital Book World 2023: The future of AI writing and audio Jan 18 2023 Digital Book World, a conference focusing on publishing innovation, offered insight into how technologists, and some publishers, are planning to implement AI into their workflow. Asked about AI and the use of ChatGPT, which automates writing, …
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Who wins in the HarperCollins Union labor dispute? Jan 18 2023 As the HarperCollins labor dispute rolls into a new year, the company’s unionized employee strike is now the longest in the union’s more than 80-year history at the top publisher. Since the initial employee walkout on November 10, the …
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Debut author talks about conflicted feelings being published by HarperCollins while employees are on strike Jan 17 2023 Today, my first novel is being published. It’s the culmination of seven years of work and, uh, a large number of years of dreaming of writing a novel. Publication day for a …
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The HarperCollins Strike Approaches 50 Days: ‘$45K Is Just Not Enough to Live on in NYC’ Jan 17 2023 When Wednesday arrives, 200-odd members of the HarperCollins union will have been on strike for 50 days, the latest action in an industry that has in recent years seen workers call …
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“Spare” breaks sets new first day sales record for Penguin Random House Jan 12 2023 The English-language edition of Spare, the memoir by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, sold more than 1,430,000 million units in all formats and editions in the United States, Canada, and the U.K. on January …
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Obituary: Russell Banks Jan 09 2023 Russell Banks, “whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling with issues of poverty, race and class placed him among the first ranks of contemporary novelists,” died January 7, the New York Times reported. He was 82. The author of 21 works of fiction and …
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