Archives for May 2025
Announcing Our First-Ever Nonfiction Editors & Authors Panel
We’re thrilled to host the first nonfiction Buzz Books panel ever on June 5 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern, featuring: Char Adams, author of BLACK-OWNED: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE OF THE BLACK BOOKSTORE, with her editor Emi Ikkanda Christine Kuehn, author of FAMILY OF SPIES: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF NAZI ESPIONAGE, BETRAYAL, AND THE SECRET HISTORY BEHIND PEARL HARBOR, with her editor Ryan Doherty Rabbi Angela Buchdal, author of HEART OF A STRANGER: AN UNLIKELY RABBI’S STORY OF FAITH, LOVE, AND BELONGING, with her editor Pamela Dorman Dr. Gerta Keller, author of THE LAST EXTINCTION: THE REAL […]
People 5/28
Full Court of Appeals Reverses Previous Rulings, Supports Texas Library’s Book Removals
A full en banc ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned both a lower-court decision and a Court of Appeals ruling that had found a Texas library’s removal of books was a violation of the First Amendment, in a 10-7 decision. Last year, a regular three-person Court of Appeals panel ruled that the Llano County Library could not remove books based on their content, writing that, “Government actors may not remove books from a public library with the intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree.” The titles at issue included books about […]
People 5/27
New Books Publishing May 27
This week’s fiction releases include books by Stephen King, Nora Roberts, and Guy Gavriel Kay, while new nonfiction includes work from Cristina Jiménez and Jay Winik. Also publishing this week are novels by Moira Macdonald, Darrow Farr, and Jessica Stanley, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Spring/Summer sampler. 21 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-27 9 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-27 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ 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 May‘s 119 fiction releases, 70 […]