Happy last Friday of August, everyone! It’s wild to me that we’re almost in September and summer is coming to an end. Where does the time go?! I know a lot of our authors are also parents and are gearing up to either send their kids back to school or start up remote learning again, and we’re thinking of you as you being to navigate these new challenges.
Printing companies for trade books are almost running at capacity. Between the number of spring books that have been moved to a fall release date, and an increase in sales in specific categories, printers are feeling the pressure.
At the Book Manufacturers Institute’s check-in webinar on August 26, representatives from across the book manufacturing spectrum confirmed something that has been widely discussed in publishing circles for many weeks: printing capacity for trade books is tight.
Canadian publishers ECW Press and Annik Press have announced a new partnership.
Two Toronto publishing houses are working together in a unique way to ensure a smooth transition to new ownership. Independent publishing house ECW Press, a publisher of adult books, and Annick Press, a publisher of children’s and YA titles, have announced a new partnership that will see them begin closely collaborating on January 1, 2021.
Wattpad and Spain’s Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial have formed a new partnership, granting PRH Grupo Editorial translation rights for Wattpad Book’s English titles.
PRH Grupo Editorial gets translation rights to English-language titles from Wattpad Books in the deal, comprising a world Spanish exclusive for Grupo Editorial. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Strong Pool of Diverse New Voices’ In a statement from Barcelona this morning (August 27), Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial has described a new partnership with Toronto-based Wattpad, establishing an imprint to publish Spanish-language Wattpad stories in Spain and in other Spanish-language markets.
Kuwait has relaxed their book censorship laws after banning thousands of titles in recent years.
After banning almost 5,000 books in the last seven years, Kuwait’s government has relaxed its book censorship laws in a move that has been welcomed by writers and free speech activists. Kuwaiti state media reported that the country’s parliament had voted 40 to nine in favour of lifting the Ministry of Information’s control over books imported into the country.
After months fraught with controversy and accusations of racism, Bon Appetit has announced that Dawn Davis has been brought on as the new editor-in-chief as the magazine attempts to rebuild.
Publishing executive Dawn Davis will lead Bon Appétit magazine through a period of rebuilding as its editor-in-chief, amid ongoing claims of racism and toxicity that led former editor Adam Rapoport to resign.
Speaking of controversy, JK Rowling continues to make headlines as she returns a human rights award given to her in 2019, after the president of the organization criticized her transphobic comments.
JK Rowling is returning the Ripple of Hope award given to her last year by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) organisation after its president, Kennedy’s daughter, criticised her views on transgender issues. The award, which is for people who have shown a “commitment to social change”, was presented to Rowling in December for her work with her children’s charity, Lumos.
A big topic this week across several publications has been how writers will portray 2020 in years to come. One piece asks if post-9/11 fiction can guide our expectations of literature post-Covid-19 literary world?
Someday soon, we are going to be turning the pages of the newspaper and will spot a review for a book about the pandemic spring of 2020. Already, the nonfiction accounts are on their way, with their chronicles of the virus’ spread across the globe and the missed opportunities to contain it.
And this article asks how crime writers will tackle the pandemic in their books?
It’s not just Covid-19 that will be remembered in literature; how we remember the protests against racial injustice will also be influenced by how authors write about them.
Lisa Foad, David Huebert and Jessica Johns are on the shortlist for the 2020 Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. The annual $10,000 award is given to the best short fiction published in a Canadian magazine. It is geared toward writers in the early stages of their careers.
The 29-year-old Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has become the youngest author ever to win the International Booker prize, taking the award for their “visceral and virtuosic” debut novel, The Discomfort of Evening.
For the nature writers our there: Helen Macdonald has shared some excellent advice to anyone looking to write about the natural world.
A not-too-serious and also quite serious list that is entirely non-prescriptive, and is absolutely not a set of instructions. Your mileage will vary wildly. There are as many ways to write about the natural world as there are kinds of beetles.
If you’re in the process of creating a marketing plan for a new title, take a look at this piece on how Bookstagrams have changed the way books are reviewed and read.
Culture Books Book blogging has always existed on the internet, but on Instagram it collides with the influencer economy, writes Zamira Rahim Wednesday 25 September 2019 13:47 Let me talk to you about this book, because I have a lot of emotions going on,” begins one Bookstagram caption.
Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day! It’s a great time to support your favourite local indie shop, and to make sure you’re supporting them in the right way.
As the novel coronavirus takes its toll on businesses all over the world, many well-meaning consumers have flocked to local community bookstores. However, increased demand on these small shops has put a strain on business owners. Even worse, some have received backlash from impatient and disgruntled customers for slow shipping or sold out inventories.
Who are your favourite independent bookstores?? Let us know in the comments, and have a great weekend!
Staff Pick Rachel, Author Engagement Intern “I’ve been on a bit of a literary fiction kick as of late, and the last book I finished (at around 10pm last night) was Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel. I’m a big fan of her work (Station Eleven has been haunting me since mid-March), and her latest novel is no exception. This book, in large part, is about the 2008 financial crisis, which isn’t usually my genre of choice, but between the stunning prose and captivating characters, I found myself unable to put it down.”
Read “The Glass Hotel A Novel” by Emily St. John Mandel available from Rakuten Kobo. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A Time Magazine Must Read Book of 2020 A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the …
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