- 2025 Jun 25
Vermont Bookstore Is On the Move
The Burlington location of Phoenix Books is moving to a new location on Church Street, the city's main shopping thoroughfare.
- 2024 Jul 12
Hudson Opens Swanky New Store at GRR
Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., is now home to a new Hudson bookstore featuring a self-serve wine bar.
- 2024 Jul 11
McBride Wins LOC Fiction Prize
James McBride has received this year's Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a lifetime achievement award for American authors of fiction.
Entrepreneur Preps New Store in Michigan
Jerjuan Howard, just 26, is planning to open a new bookstore in a neglected part of Detroit.
Chicago Bookstore Expands, Adds Candy
Semicolon Books is opening a new location in downtown Chicago, where it will sell books and candy. It is the store's second location, with one more in the works.
Aussies Seek Indie Online Booksellers
With bookselling giant Booktopia on the brink of collapse, Australian readers are seeking independently owned alternatives for their online book shopping.
Authors Ask Waterstones to Rehire Worker
Over 500 authors and U.K. book business professionals have signed an open letter asking the bookseller to rehire a worker fired after tweeting about an author critical of “gender ideology.”
- 2024 Jul 10
From Deadline
David Guion and Michael Handelman Tapped to Pen Amazon MGM Adaptation of Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
From Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Romance novels are shaping teenagers' views on love, relationships — thanks to social media.
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina visits schools, her goal is always to "be a book friend to children."
Heat Harms Southern Book Lovers
At least 20 people were treated for heat-related illness during used bookstore McKay's 50th anniversary celebration, which took place at its five locations in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Nonprofit Bookstore Comes to Montana
River Arts and Books—a nonprofit that combines a bookstore, event space, and writing retreat—will open this week in an old post office building in the tiny town of Roscoe.
Niu Wins Inaugural Vanderbilt Prize
Poet Stephanie Niu is the first-ever winner of the Vanderbilt University Literary Prize for her collection 'I Would Define the Sun.'
CWA Dagger Award Winners
Una Mannion, Nicholas Shakespeare, and Maud Ventura are among the winners of the Crime Writers' Association's 2024 Dagger Awards.
New Mexico Library to Host SF Sale
The Friends’ Bookstore at Mesa Public Library is hosting a massive outdoor sale of science fiction books on Saturday.
- 2024 Jul 09
Neil Gaiman Accused of Sexual Assault
The Sandman author has been accused of sexual assault by two women with whom he was in consensual relationships, and is the subject of a police complaint in New Zealand, reports Tortoise.
Dstlry and Diamond, Sitting in a Tree
D-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-i-n-g. The burgeoning comics publisher Dstlry has inked an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide distribution deal with Diamond Comics Distributors, and will no longer be distributing to the direct market via Lunar Distribution, reports ICv2.
Shakeup at Weekly Shonen Jump
Hiroyuki Nakano, editor-in-chief of the world’s most popular manga magazine since 2017, was succeeded by Yu Saito in June, reports the Beat.
How Much Should a Comics Artist Charge?
Comics great Jim Lee charges up to $35,000 for his private art commissions, reports Bleeding Cool—and while some fans are upset, fellow creators are in full support.
Uzamaki Gets Its English Cast
Adult Swim’s adaptation of Junji Ito’s supernatural horror manga has named its English-language voice actors, including Robbie Daymond, Abby Trott, and Cristina Vee, reports Animation magazine.
X-Men ’97 Finds Its Next Writer
Marvel Animation has tapped Matthew Chauncey, a writer on Marvel’s Disney+ animated series What If…?, to pen the third season of its wildly popular X-Men ’97 series, reports the Hollywood Reporter.
A Tune for American Psycho Comic
Comics adapting Bret Easton Ellis’s career-defining novel will be published as a collection this month. To commemorate the occasion, reports Stereogum, an unlikely musical pairing shared a cover of Katrina and the Waves’s classic “Walking On Sunshine,” which was featured in the 2000 film adaptation.
A Why Don’t You Love Me? Film
Jennifer Lawrence will star in the A24 adaptation of Paul B. Rainey’s graphic novel, reports Deadline.
Demon Slayer Gets a Film Trilogy
The final season of the anime, based on the manga of the same name, will debut in theaters worldwide as a trio of films, reports Variety.
Frank Johnson's Decades of Gag Strips
The cartoonist toiled away at his comics in absolute secrecy for 51 years prior to his death in 1979, at the age of 67. The Comics Journal takes a look at a new volume collecting two decades worth of them.
Who’s Entering the Public Domain Next?
Visual Capitalist offers an infographic breaking down when such iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Captain America, Popeye, and Superman will enter the public domain.
The Beat’s 20th Anniversary Tunes
The comics website offers a playlist of some of the music that its editor has played in the background for two decades as she reported on the biz.
- 2024 Jul 08
From People
Are You There, Readers? It's a New Judy Blume Biography.
From People
Ada Limón's New Picture Book In Praise of Mystery Features Poetry Etched on a Rocket.
From Hey Alma
Where the Wild Things Are Author Maurice Sendak Was a Queer Jewish Visionary.
From the Associated Press
Admiral William H. McRaven is collaborating with daughter Kelly on a follow-up to his bestselling picture book.
A New Indie Comes to Washington State
Ridgecrest Books is bringing bookselling excellence to the city of Shoreline.
Remembering Samuel Roth
The notorious New York City bookseller, poet, and publisher defied America’s obscenity laws for decades.
Booktopia Is Not a Trend
Australia’s biggest online bookseller is poised for collapse, but that doesn’t mean bookshops are in trouble.
- 2024 Jul 03
James Daunt Visits Tattered Cover
The CEO of Barnes & Noble, which recently acquired the Denver bookstore, paid a visit to Tattered Cover's employees to talk about its future.
- 2024 Jul 02
Cottrell-Boyce Named Children's Laureate
Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named as the new Waterstones children’s laureate in the U.K., succeeding Joseph Coelho.
Texas Bookselling Dogs on Show
Dogs make customers happy, say four Houston-area booksellers, whose dogs were profiled by Chron.com.
- 2024 Jul 01
From the Guardian
Frank Cottrell-Boyce has been named the Waterstones Children's Laureate in the U.K. for 2024–2026.
From Literary Hub
Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane.
From The Comics Journal
Sara Varon on staying home and drawing comics about her dog.
From Romper
Adam Rubin's Books Have Taken on a Life of Their Own.
From NPR
Emergency Quarters are for pay phones (remember those?) in a new book by '90s kids.
From Book Riot
YA Twists on Sherlock Holmes.
Matar, Longo Win Orwell Prizes
'My Friends' author Hisham Matar and 'The Picnic' author Matthew Longo have won this year's Orwell Prizes for political fiction and nonfiction, respectively.
Ex-B&N CEO to Sell Florida Estate
Former Barnes & Noble chief executive Len Riggio has listed his Palm Beach oceanfront estate for $96 million.
Winn Wins VCU Cabell Prize
Alice Winn is the winner of this year's VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, presented by Virginia Commonwealth University, for 'In Memoriam.'
SinC Pride Award Open for Submissions
The fourth annual Sisters in Crime Pride Award for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Writers is now open for submissions.
Penguin Cover Design Award Winners
Penguin Books UK has announced the winners of its annual Cover Design award for emerging book designers.
California Store Seeks Support
Octavia's Bookshelf, a Black-owned bookstore which opened in Pasadena last year, has raised $64,000 to cover operating expenses and stay afloat.
Massachusetts Store Crowdfunds
The Bookloft in Great Barrington, open since 1974, is trying to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter to stay in business.
- 2024 Jun 28
CLMP Firecracker Award Winners
Author Elizabeth Rush, Words Without Borders, and Holy Cow! Press founding editor and publisher Jim Perlman are among the winners of the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses' 10th annual awards.
Utah Gets a New Bookstore
The Book Box Shop in Draper is opening this weekend. The new general interest indie began as a pop-up.
- 2024 Jun 27
Amazon Literary Partnership Grantees
Archipelago Books, Coffee House Press, Deep Vellum Publishing, the Brooklyn Book Festival, and the National Book Foundation are among the 93 literary organizations to receive grants from Amazon Literary Partnership.
Roy Wins PEN Pinter Prize
Indian author Arundhati Roy has won English PEN's Pinter Prize as she faces prosecution over comments she previously made about Kashmir.
- 2024 Jun 26
From the New York Times
Cover Art for Harry Potter Sold at Auction for $1.92 Million.
From IndieWire
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Trailer: Wednesday Breakout Emma Myers Solves a High School Cold Case.
From the New York Times
Tomi Adeyemi's Books Are Fantasy. What They Taught Her Is Painfully Real.
From Nexus Point News
The Kane Chronicles Series Is in Development at Disney+.
From People
Bindi Irwin Pens Debut Kids' Book About Conservation: 'Thrilled to Share My Passion for Wildlife.'
From CentralMaine.com
A Monty Python sketch inspires the latest book by author Julie Falatko.
From Book Riot
The Best Heroes in YA Fantasy.
From Read Brightly
Eating the Rainbow: 10 Picture Books About Fruits and Vegetables.
Carle Honors Recipients
Uri Shulevitz and We Need Diverse Books are among the recipients of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art's 2024 Carle Honors.
AWP to Launch Indigenous Fellowship
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs will launch the AWP Tribal Colleges and Universities Fellowship Program for Indigenous writers in time for the 2025 AWP conference.
- 2024 Jun 25
Kansas Bookstore Hosts Grand Opening
Middle Ground Books & Gifts, a new and used store, has opened in Emporia, filling a gap left when Ellen Plumb Book Store closed in 2020.
Georgia Film Pros to Open Bookstore
Following the pandemic and SAG-AFTRA strike, two former film professionals have shifted focus and will open Wild Aster Books in Chamblee later this year.
Beloved French Comic Comes to the U.S.
Humanoids has smashed its fundraising goal to publish the first-ever English-language translation of legendary French sci-fi graphic novel Arkadi and the Lost Titan.
Animation Book Database Launches
The Animation Educator's Forum has created an online database of books on animation, animators, animation history, and more.
Graphic Novels Head to Adult Swim
Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain and Super Mutant Magic Academy by J.G. Quintel and Jillian Tamaki are getting series adaptations at Adult Swim, per the Hollywood Reporter.
Proof Gets TV Adapation
Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo's comic book is being turned into a TV series at Fox, reports Deadline.
French Comics Publisher For Sale
Delcourt, one of the largest and most respected comics publishers in France, is up for sale, reports the Beat.
DC Cover Artist Accused of Using AI
Adi Granov has called out DC cover artist Francesco Mattina for using AI in a variant cover for Superman #18, reports the Beat.
Secret Identity Universe Grows
Mad Cave Studios is teaming up with writer Alex Segura and artist Sandy Jarrell on The Legendary Lynx, a new graphic novel set in the world of Segura's prose novel Secret Identity, reports ComicBook.com.
Emily Brooks Millar Kickstarts Comics
Mark Millar's daughter, artist Emily Brooks Millar, is launching her own comic books on Kickstarter, reports Bleeding Cool.
Scholastic Gets Its Sea Legs
Scholastic's Graphix imprint will publish Julie Bakes and Niki Smith's graphic memoir Sea Legs in February 2025, per Bleeding Cool.
Blacula Rises Again
Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander bring the iconic '70s vampire back in a new graphic novel, per Gizmodo.
A Manga Guide to the Eisners
Animation News Network has a guide to all the manga nominated at this year's Eisner Awards.
Comic Book Retailer Award Noms Open
Image Comics has opened nominations for the Summer 2024 Image Select Retailer Award, with a deadline of next Thursday, reports Bleeding Cool.
A Deep Dive into Banned Comics
Book Riot looks at some contemporary comic books that are currently the target of censorship.
Derf Backderf on Campus Policing
The cartoonist behind the 2020 graphic novel Kent State talks with the Comics Journal about the current state of policing on college campuses.
Watchmen Animated Film Confirmed
A two-part animated film adaptation of Watchmen is a go, with the first part scheduled for August, reports Comic Basics.
Elden Ring Manga on Hold
The official Elden Ring manga has been put on hiatus as its creator takes time off to play the expansion Shadow of the Erdtree, reports IGN.
Graphic Novels for Summer
The Washington Post rounds up five new graphic novels that make perfect summer reads.
Netflix Loves Comics
According to Book Riot, 60% of the most popular shows on Netflix currently are based on comics or books.
Bryan Lee O’Malley Honored
The Scott Pilgrim creator was given the Spark Award at this year's IndieWire Honors Event, where he discussed his work.
Brian Cox Joins LOTR Universe
Brian Cox will lend his voice to a king in the upcoming anime-style film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, reports People.
Annecy Festival Winners
Cartoon Brew rounds up the winners from this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, including Memoir of a Snail and Flow.
When Sci-Fi Authors Guess Wrong
The New Yorker considers six predictions that early sci-fi authors got completely wrong.
- 2024 Jun 24
From Popular Imagination
South Carolina poised to impose draconian censorship regime on school libraries.
From Ithaca Journal
Ruth Stiles Gannett, author of the children's book classic My Father's Dragon, died on June 11 at the age of 100.
From the New York Times
A Love Letter to Cricket, the Bookish Child's Bible.
From Literary Hub
How Babies and Young Children Learn to Understand Language.
From Book Riot
8 Celebrity Picture Books Worth Reading.
B&N Takes Over Texas College Bookstore
Barnes & Noble College has opened a new location at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, taking over the school's previous bookstore.
Maine Books-A-Million Relocates
The Books-A-Million in Bangor celebrated its new location with a grand opening last weekend.
- 2024 Jun 21
Vermont Bookstore Relocates
Phoenix Books in Burlington is moving into a new space.
- 2024 Jun 20
Coelho, Becker Win Yoto Carnegies
The U.K.'s Yoto Carnegie Medals for children's literature went to author Joseph Coelho for 'The Boy Lost in the Maze' and illustrator Aaron Becker for 'The Tree and the River.'
Booktopia Enters Share Trading Halt
Australia’s largest online bookseller has entered into a voluntary share trading suspension, just two weeks after axing 50 jobs and losing its chief executive.
Waterstone Debut Fiction Prize Shortlist
Kaliane Bradley and Kaveh Akbar are among the six shortlisted authors for the U.K.-based bookseller's annual £5,000 award.