‘Blackness beyond borders’ is surfaced in the work of Afro-Italian writers in a culture often assumed to be white.
Penguin Random House: New Stories of Social Impact
Penguin Random House’s site focused on the publisher’s social outreach has a 2020 update on international projects and growth in diversity.
Scholastic Signs Multi-Book Deal with Colin Kaepernick
The former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick writes in his first book in the series about differences between himself and his adoptive family.
NPD Books: US Sales of Social Justice and Race Books Soar in 2021
In the first five months of 2021, books on race and social justice sold 700,000 more units than in the same part of 2020.
AAP’s Annual Meeting: Publishing as ‘Essential,’ and What’s Next
‘Publishing drives political accountability,’ the Association of American Publishers’ Maria A. Pallante says in her address.
AAP Annual Meeting Speakers: Lemon, Klobuchar, Stone
Three speakers were heard on issues of racial and social justice, monopoly power, and the evolution of very big tech in book retail.
AAP Honors Amy Klobuchar With Its 2021 Distinguished Public Service Award
Amy Klobuchar is the first woman to have been elected to the US Senate from Minnesota. Her new book ‘Antitrust’ was released in April.
Simon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence
Again, Simon & Schuster’s zeal for expanding its strong political books list in nonfiction finds the Big Five house under fire.
Translators in the UK Call for Racial Equality in Literary Translation
The UK’s Translators Association issues a statement on debates about who should translate whom–and ‘institutional barriers.’
University Presses’ Self-Assessment: ‘An Extremely White Industry Segment’
‘Do we practice what we publish?’ is the key question in the Association of University Presses’ new look at workforce diversity.