House of Anansi Press adds Leigh Nash as publisher in a move to take the house to the “next stage”
“In everything I aspire to do as a publisher, excellence is the thing I’m chasing,” Nash says.
Alfred A. Knopf announces two new novels from Cormac McCarthy, the first in eighteen years
The novels will be published individually in October and November, followed by a box set in December.
Barnes & Noble’s strong sales in 2021 credited to in-store renovations, revamped inventory management, and the influence of #BookTok
A spike in readership among the cohort driving #BookTok, as well as in-store renovations and innovations in ordering, have resulted in a profitable year for America’s one remaining mega-chain.
Canada Council cancels all funding for Russian-aligned arts projects in solidarity with Ukraine
The blanket move affects all state-run Russian arts organizations and individual Russians applying for funding in Canada.
“There are probably people getting away with such things right now”: Sarah Weinman discusses her new book, about a con artist who convinced a right-wing pundit to save him from death row
Edgar Smith, the convicted murderer of a fifteen-year-old girl, found some powerful advocates in conservative writer William F. Buckley, Jr., and Alfred A. Knopf editor Sophie Wilkins.
Flight paths: Susan Glickman’s selected essays address poetry, criticism, and taking up art study in her sixties
Glickman’s focus on technique on a granular level reveals her to be a deeply knowledgeable and highly erudite reader of a wide range of poets.
Simon & Schuster Canada expand their domestic operation with the introduction of the Scribner Canada imprint
The expansion at S&S is meant to telegraph to authors and agents that the house is broadening the scope of its publishing, says president and publisher Kevin Hanson.
“We are in the epicentre of hell”: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine spurs condemnation from writers and publishers in Europe and abroad
Groups of writers and publishers from Europe and elsewhere gather together in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion of February 24.
Freedom to Read Week 2022: From Plato to fake news, Eric Berkowitz provides a concise and nuanced history of censorship in the West
The history of censorship is inextricable from the history of power and in a changing world, it behooves us to consider how to balance speech and security.
Freedom to Read Week 2022: Notes against the resurgence of censorship in North America
This year, more than most in recent memory, it is essential to stand up for the right to read and to oppose those who would try to infringe upon that basic freedom.