26 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In the UK, Lex Croucher won the 2024 YA Book Prize for Gwen and Art are not in love (Bloomsbury YA), reports the Bookseller. Described as a “masterclass in teen romantic comedy,” the novel is set several centuries after the time of King Arthur and follows the title characters Gwen […]
It is not wrong to say that America gave birth to CS Lewis. Lewis’ 1942 book Instructions for a sub-devil was popular in Britain but was initially rejected by American publishers until Macmillan took a chance in 1943. It was a great success. Macmillan quickly brought out his The problem of pain And Arguments for […]
By LaKeshia N. Myers Rep. LaKeshia Myers Women make up fifty percent of the American population, yet their views have been ignored in the past. In my quest to read more this summer, I focused on books by female authors. The women’s liberation movement had a bevy of female authors whose works brought about change […]
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David Ignatius is an experienced journalist and opinion columnist for the WashingtonPostwhere he has been in office for a long time and where he provides a much-needed voice of reason at a time when the paper seems to have lost its way. (See, for example, his column last fall arguing that Biden should not run […]
Following the example of our long-standing supplement Series made easyThe new publication will include 500 titles of the series literature. Responding to the needs of the audience, SLJ created a new resource. Fiction series made easy will be released in December 2024. Following the example of our long-standing supplement Series made easy (Direct Mail), the […]
15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing Readings has announced the shortlist for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2024. The six books on this year’s shortlist are: A way home (Emily Brewin, Midnight Sun) Blind spot (Robyn Dennison, lyrics) Little Bird (Sharon Kernot, lyrics) The spider and her demons (Sydney Khoo, Penguin) We didn’t think about […]
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15 August 2024 Books+Publisher @booksandpublishing In Aotearoa, New Zealand, Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for young adult fiction at the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Nine girls (Penguin). Gregg also won the Esther Glen Junior Fiction […]
