An investigation by The Guardian and ITV News found 30 first-hand sources who spoke out about children’s author and TV presenter David Walliams’ sexual misconduct. The investigation was made public on Tuesday, writes The Guardian, “after a court rejected a legal attempt by Walliams aimed at preventing publication.” After accusations were first reported, Walliams made two suicide attempts, and his lawyers said if the allegations were published, he would likely do it again. The Guardian is now publishing the allegations, which claim Walliams “abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on [young women and teenage girls] for […]
Publishers Win Suit Against WeLib
On Monday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of 13 publishers in a suit against pirate website WeLib for copying and distributing their books and articles. The ruling is a default judgement since WeLib didn’t respond to the suit, and orders the site to pay damages of $19.5 million and destroy all copies of the plaintiffs’ works. Domain name registries and international providers must also take the site offline. The ruling mirrors that of the case against Anna’s Archive, which in May was ordered to pay $19.5 million to the same […]
Graywolf, One Story, The Porch Win New $250K Prizes
Graywolf Press, One Story, and The Porch Writers’ Collective in Nashville will each receive an unrestricted award of $250,000 from the inaugural Stylus Prize from the Literary Arts Fund. The prize aims to “honor literary arts nonprofits for making significant and essential contributions to writers creating new work and engaging readers.” Writers across the country anonymously nominated organizations for the consideration, with the Fund making the final selections. The Literary Arts Fund “plans to award the prize annually in each of the subsequent four years to three literary arts nonprofits per year.” “Literary arts nonprofits make great writing possible. They […]
Distribution: Open Road
Open Road has signed a printing and distribution contract for its print books with Lakeside Book Company, moving distribution in summer 2027. As part of a “multi-faceted partnership,” Lakeside Book will offer Open Road’s Ignition ebook marketing program to its over 150 distribution clients, and will use the service through its Dover Publications division as well.
New Books Publishing November 10
This week’s fiction releases include new titles by Annie Proulx, David Baldacci, and Janet Evanovich, while nonfiction includes work by LeVar Burton, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, and Willie Nelson. 33 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-10 28 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-10 Also publishing this week are new books by Carter Wilson and Anna Lembke, which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2026: Fall/Winter anthology. We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out November’s 90 fiction releases, 65 works […]