October 18, 2024
'Freedom to Read Day of Action' Takes On Book BansOn Saturday, October 19, libraries, bookstores, and other partners and advocates across the country will be holding community events and rallies against book banning, organized by the American Library Association, the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, Queens Public Library, and the ALA's Unite Against Book Bans initiative. more
Jeff Kinney's 'Hot Mess' Tour Champions the Freedom to ReadIf it's fall, legions of young readers have come to expect that a new Wimpy Kid book and tour is in the offing. And Jeff Kinney is right on schedule with next week's rollout of 'Hot Mess,' the 19th entry in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. more
The University of Cincinnati Press to Shut Down OperationsJust seven years after its founding, the University of Cincinnati Press will shut down operations in June 2025 with university officials deeming the press's financial future "not tenable." more
PW Talks to Hachette CEO David Shelley PW caught up with Shelley ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair to talk about his expanded role and to get his take on the state of the publishing business. more
Highlights of Next Week's Stars
The Suicides Antonio Di Benedetto, trans. from the Spanish by Esther Allen. New York Review Books, $16.95 trade paper (168p) ISBN 978-1-6813-7886-2
What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of 'Paradise Lost' Orlando Reade. Astra House, $28 (288p) ISBN 978-1-6626-0279-5
The Sustainability Class: How to Take Back Our Future from Lifestyle Environmentalists Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan. New Press, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-62097-743-9
Children's Books
Space for Everyone Seina Wedlick, illus. by Camilla Sucre. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-64763-9
Raven's Ribbons Tasha Spillett, illus. by Daniel Ramirez. Little, Brown, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-31-642216-1
One Day: A True Story of Survival in the Holocaust Michael Rosen, illus. by Benjamin Phillips. Candlewick Studio, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-3894-5
Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail Niña Mata. HarperCollins, $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-06-321628-0
New Books and More
New Kids' and YA Books: Week of October 21, 2024Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book detailing the life of a sea creature, a middle graphic novel about a tall tween navigating life, a YA anthology featuring diverse creators, and more. more
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Karp, McIntosh, Shelley Take the StagePublishing executives are rarely far from the podium at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but this year, things looked a bit different: Simon & Schuster was joined onstage by its new owner, Hachette in the U.S. and U.K. was represented by just one CEO, and the former head of Penguin Random House U.S. extolled the virtues of disrupting the publishing model. more
Kids' Authors Tour the Fall RegionalsFrom New Voices New Rooms in August through the double-billed Heartland Fall Forum and Mountains and Plains FallCon in mid-October, this fall's trade shows introduced booksellers to a wide range of children's authors and exciting fall 2024 and spring 2025 releases. more
Agent-Author Duo Elena Giovinazzo and Jason Reynolds to Start New AgencyAgent Elena Giovinazzo and author Jason Reynolds are teaming up to found Heirloom Literary & Media, a new literary agency. Heirloom will be opening its doors to a variety of writers across ages and formats, ranging from children's, middle grade, YA, graphic novels, as well as adult books and nonfiction. more
'Honor, Strength, and Courage': PW Talks with Christopher DeniseSometimes, really annoying friends turn out to have hidden virtues. That's the discovery Knight Owl makes in 'Knight Owl and Early Bird,' the sequel to Christopher Denise's solo debut Knight Owl, which won a 2023 Caldecott Honor. PW spoke with Denise from his home in Rhode Island about excavating the story, working with digital charcoal, and paring down dialogue to a single sentence. more
Random House to Publish Memoir by Pope Francis'Hope' will be published by Random House in the U.S., and simultaneously in more than 80 countries, on January 14, with Italian publisher Mondadori managing world rights. Random House is touting the book as "the first memoir written by a sitting pontiff." more
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