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‘In the Dream House’: Carmen Maria Machado Wins the Rathbones Folio Prize
Author Carmen Maria Machado wins the Rathbones Folio Prize, which honors influential voices from American LGBTQ literature.
NPD: 2020 Was the US’ Bestselling Year for Print in a Decade
One-third of 2020 growth in US print book sales was driven by juvenile fiction, NPD BookScan reports, with overall sales of 751 million units.
Richard Charkin: ‘Thank Goodness for the Rule-Breakers’
‘Maybe there are lessons to be learned from rule-breaking,’ writes Richard Charkin, with a new memoir as his case in point.
Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Breaks NPD BookScan’s Nonfiction Records
Year’s End: An already exceptionally busy year for nonfiction gets even hotter as US adult nonfiction print sales move 257 million units.
PEN America, Penguin Random House Partner on ‘Book the Vote’
First rolled out during the 2018 US midterm elections, the ‘Book the Vote’ program offers voter information and political literature.
PRH Announces World Release of Barack Obama’s Memoir, Vol. 1, to 25 International Markets
Penguin Random House plans its worldwide release of A Promised Land, volume 1 of this presidential memoir by Barack Obama, on November 17.
Comics and Graphic Novels: Interview with Russia’s Dmitry Yakovlev
The chief of St. Petersburg’s comics and graphic novels publisher Bumknigo says it’s unlikely the sector will find the traction it has in France or the US.
Icelandic Books to Film: Joni Sighvatsson in Hollywood Buys Bragadottir’s ‘Blood Ties’
A bestseller in Iceland, the nonfiction family saga ‘Blood Ties’ by Ásdís Halla Bragadóttir has been acquired for television by Sigurjon Sighvatsson in Los Angeles.
Wellcome Book Prize’s 2018 Shortlist: Five of Six Titles Are by Women
Themed on medical science and society’s relationship to it, the Wellcome Book Prize announces a shortlist for 2018 that includes four debuts. One title is a novel, one is a memoir, and four are nonfiction.