Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, to leave position by year’s end
PRH president and COO Nihar Malaviya will become interim CEO as of January 2023.
The demise of Astra magazine after only two issues bodes ill for the prospects of lit mags in the future
There are – for the moment, at least – publishers willing to try innovative approaches to keeping literary periodicals alive in one form or another.
Kid lit non-profit We Need Diverse Books initiates anti-censorship effort Books Save Lives
The campaign includes a grant to schools as well as grassroots organizing and support for affected writers.
Greek mythology, feminism, and body horror collide in Martine Desjardins’s intriguing Gothic fantasia
By melding elements of Greek mythology, nature, and body horror, Desjardins has created something unique and enticing.
The auteur as film geek: Quentin Tarantino delivers a vulgar love letter to the films that inspired him
Cinema Speculation is a good primer on the groundbreaking cinema that influenced one of the savviest, most provocative filmmakers of his own generation.
Margaret Atwood and Rupi Kaur among signatories on an open letter condemning Missouri law that encourages school library book bans
The bill makes it more likely that school boards will ban or pull books from their shelves to avoid potential charges.
Emma Smith’s Portable Magic is a conversational meander through the use and abuse of books in history
Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.
Issues with UTP’s order fulfillment system lead to missed shipments and other concerns during busy holiday selling season
UTP is working on a fix for the system, which needs to be stress tested before going live.
Paramount Global cancels deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House after antitrust ruling
PRH reiterated its belief that Judge Pan's decision was wrong and that it had intended to appeal.
Tell me a story: Two recent books examine the human impulse toward narrative, for better and worse
"Never trust a storyteller," Gottschall warns, although he also points out that we do, all the time, and it's probably inevitable.