The Kirkus Prize announced finalists across three categories, with winners to be named on October 11.
Distribution: Rockpool Publishing
Simon & Schuster will sell and distribute Rockpool Publishing in the US, starting March 1, 2024.
GMA September Pick
Good Morning America chose Happiness Falls by Angie Kim as its September Book Club pick.
Union Workers Stage Walkout at Barnes & Noble In Hadley, MA
Union workers at Barnes & Noble in Hadley, MA walked out last Friday, to protest staffing issues. The union says the store is understaffed. The walkout lasted from 2 pm to 5 pm. Staffers voted to unionize last May, joining the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459.
Bread Loaf Writers Conference Continues Despite Covid Outbreak
Bread Loaf Writers Conference at Middlebury College in Vermont continues to operate, amid a Covid-19 outbreak that has resulted in 26 cases so far (over 10 percent of its 220 participants). Participants with Covid have been sent home. The organizers wrote in an email to attendees, shared online by a participant that contracted Covid, that the number of cases “seems to be leveling off.” The conference spans ten days. Organizers also explain a lack of daily communication about the number of cases, writing, “In our conversations with Middlebury’s trusted medical advisors, we were strongly urged to turn the emphasis away […]