Victor Lavalle, Kelly Link, Lisa Scottoline and Jeannette Walls publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction releases include work by Sarah Bakewell and Clancy Martin. Also out this week are novels by Rachel Heng and Chantel Guertin, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer and Buzz Books 2023: Romance collections respectively. 13 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-28 9 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-28 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 three months through this reference page. But […]
London Book Fair May Move 2024 Dates to Avoid Bologna
The London Book Fair is “investigating” moving their 2024 dates, after the Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced it would hold its fair less than a week before, the Bookseller reports. LBF announced in October that the next fair would be April 16 – 18, 2024. BCBF announced this month that it would hold its 2024 fair April 8 – 11. A change to the LBF dates would be contingent on availability of the venue, the Olympia London. “In any event, we will strive to ensure minimal disruption to our visitors,” LBF director Gareth Rapley told The Bookseller. “It is a shame that […]
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Scholastic Lowers Guidance as Seasonally Soft Quarter Is Softer Than Expected
On Thursday Scholastic announced earnings for their fiscal third quarter ending February 28, with sales down from last year, resulting in a lowered outlook and a falling stock price. They now expect full year sales growth of 4 percent rather than the previously expected 8 to 10 percent, and adjusted EBITDA of $175 million to $185 million, down from a forecast of $195 million to $205 million. The stock fell sharply, down over 20 percent in the first hour of trading on Friday, on the reduced expectations. Sales for the quarter, which president and ceo Peter Warwick was quick to […]
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
The Watersones Children's Book Prize went to Nadia Mikail's The Cats We Meet Along the Way. It will be published in the US with the title At the End of the World by Feiwel & Friends in October.
Imprints: Questlove’s AUWA Books
MCD, an imprint of Farrar, Straus, will launch AUWA Books with author, musician, and filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Questlove will lead AUWA Books as publisher and editor in chief, with his manager Alexis Rosenzweig as svp and editorial director, plus executive editors Malaika Adero and Ben Greenman. The imprint’s first book will be a memoir by Sly Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), out on October 17 and co-written with Greenman. Forthcoming books include Questlove’s own Hip-Hop Is History, also co-written with Greenman (2024); a book by TikTok and podcasting personality Drew Afualo (2024); Josh Luber’s Building the […]