Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, and Denene Millner publish new novels this week (with stories from Yiyun Li), while new nonfiction includes work from Maria Bamford and Melissa Etheridge. September’s children’s books include novels from Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Chloe Gong, plus a new Grinch story. Also out this week are new books by Fran Littlewood, Etaf Rum, Kim Coleman Foote, Vanessa Miller, and Anise Vance, all of which are excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023 collections. 27 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-5 10 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-5 31 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-august […]
Archives for September 2023
September Picks
Obituaries: Robert Abrams, Edith Grossman, Sarah Young
Co-founder and president of Abbeville Press, Robert E. Abrams, 80, died on August 28. He created Abbeville in 1977 along with his late father, Harry N. Abrams. “Publishing,” Bob wrote, “is about deciding what content, ‘speech,’ is sufficiently meaningful to try to bring it to the attention of others. It is about trying to diminish ignorance and share the grace of human consciousness.” The company notes, “He had a profound sense of the significance, and the responsibility, of the publisher’s vocation…. Colleagues and friends alike can attest that stepping into Bob’s office was stepping into a lively, sometimes hours-long conversation […]
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Cristina Garces has joined as executive editor at Ten Speed.