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Is it time for celebrity kids books to go? (This week in books)

October 25, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Another week, another celebrity children’s book announcement, this time actor Keira Knightley writing a book called I Love You Just the Same for Simon & Schuster UK. Maybe it was the anodyne title, maybe it was a “last straw” that had been building, but for some reason this time around it struck […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Schatz, Alex Barasch, Bang Si-hyuk, Charlotte Levin, Clint Smith, Dan Sinykin, David Barnett, DongWon Song, Ella Creamer, Erin Somers, Evan Friss, Freida McFadden, Genocide, Jessa Crispin, Keira Knightley, Lucy Knight, Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Shardai Smith, Sophie Vershbow, Victoria Strauss

What writers should do when they’ve been scammed (This week in books)

June 24, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m under the weather with COVID today (careful out there!), so I’ll be listing these links instead of summarizing. But here are some of the best writing and books links I spotted in the past few weeks: The Latest Impersonation Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Cheated, Swindled, or Scammed: What’s a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Charlie Jane Anders, Dan Sinykin, Ed Nawotka, Ferris Jabr, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Richard Jean So, Sadie Stein, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

Is literary fiction dead as a genre? (This week in books)

October 13, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

Like many people I am aghast at the recent events in Israel and Gaza and my heart is with everyone affected. In a social media environment where people now feel pressed to make their own statements as if we all have our own personal PR departments and where silence is viewed by some as complicity, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Arundhati Roy, Dan Sinykin, Fantasy, Jasmine Walls, Literary Fiction, Michael Lewis, Teo DuVall

Students and authors sue Florida (This week in books)

June 23, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! A quick programming note: there will be no new posts for the next two weeks as I do some summer traveling. I’ll still be checking email for editing inquiries, and if you’re thinking of booking a consultation call I’m now booked out clear through to August, so try to book early. Now […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alvina Ling, Amber Sparks, Censorship, Dan Sinykin, Grace Lin, Hollywood, Josef Adalian, Lane Brown, Perspective

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