Starting in August, children’s nonfiction publisher Inquisitive Press will be distributed exclusively by Lerner Publisher Services in the US and Canada.
Appeals Court Lifts Block On Iowa Book Banning Law
On Monday, the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a block on Senate File 496, Iowa’s book banning law. The injunction has been reversed and reinstated multiple times since the law, which removes books with LGBTQ themes and references to sex acts from school libraries, first passed in 2023. Just weeks ago in March, U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher reinstated an injunction against the law, after an Iowa Eighth Circuit panel reversed the original injunction in December 2023. Penguin Random House vp and associate general counsel Dan Novack said in a statement on behalf of the plaintiff group: “While […]
Obituary: John Flanagan
Australian fantasy author John Flanagan, 81, has died. He wrote the bestselling Ranger’s Apprentice series for children, as well as thrillers and historical novels for adults. His books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, according to Penguin Young Readers. “His work has had a lasting impact on a generation of readers and Penguin Young Readers is grateful to have had the joy and privilege of working with him for over 20 years,” the publisher said in a statement.
Forthcoming: ‘Regime Change’ by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Simon & Schuster will publish REGIME CHANGE: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by NYT White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan on June 23. S&S writes: “Regime Change covers the first year of Trump’s second presidency—a term liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him ‘no’ are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles. He has ignored court orders and claimed powers that Congress once checked. What remains is a President willing to take enormous risks that have toppled heads of state and taken the country to war again […]
New Books Publishing April 7
This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Ben Lerner, Caro Claire Burke, and Rachel Khong, while nonfiction includes work by Patrick Radden Keefe, Ada Limón, and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. April’s children’s releases include books by Brandon Mull, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Beth Durst, as well as the graphic novelization of The Princess Diaries. 41 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-7 23 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-7 15 children’s titles https://bookshop.org/lists/april-2026-children-s-releases Also publishing this week are AMERICAN FANTASY by Emma Straub and THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF by Evelyn Clarke, aka Cat Clarke and V.E. Schwab, excerpted in our […]