Black Garnet Books will open in its own space on University Avenue West in St. Paul, after operating for a year as a pop-up in Merci Tattoo. Owner Dionne Sims will begin renovations in February, and plans to open in summer 2022. The city’s only Black-owned bookstore, it will stock “adult and young adult contemporary literature written by Black and racially diverse authors.”
Archives for December 2021
Distribution: University of Chicago Press, Baker & Taylor Publishing Services
The University of Chicago Press will market and distribute the Grolier Club worldwide starting January 1, 2022. Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will sell and distribute the following clients: Little Feminist, worldwide, effective immediately; Cardinal Rule Press, worldwide, starting January 1; Schaffner Press, worldwide, starting January 1; Tapioca Stories, in the US and Canada, effective immediately, and Feeding Minds Press, in the US and Canada, starting January 1.
PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
Best Of: NYT Critics, Vulture
The New York Times staff critics Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai, Molly Young, Alexandra Jacobs, and former critic Parul Sehgal released their top books of the year, among those they reviewed for the paper.
Library Reads January Picks
Politics & Prose Employees Move Forward With Union
Employees at Washington, D.C.’s Politics & Prose bookstore intend to unionize, DCist reports. Some workers have signed union authorization cards, but owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine will wait to recognize the union until after a vote through the National Labor Relations Board. An estimated 55 of the store’s 100 workers across three locations are eligible to join. In unionizing, the employees want “a contract that secures a living wage instead of a minimum one, as well as pay transparency and a standardized pay scale;” “to improve scheduling;” “shape health and safety policies, and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion training.” […]