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BookCon is back (This week in books)

June 20, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, I’ll be out for the next few weeks to take a break around the 4th of July holiday, so I will see you again later in July. BookCon Will Return in 2026 – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly – After shuttering during the pandemic, the exposition formerly known as BookExpo will […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: 8th Note Press, A.I., BookCon, Dana A. Williams, Jane Friedman, Jim Milliot, Joshua Rothman, Kate McKean, Kathleen Schmidt, Lincoln Michel, Roger Federer, Rustin Dodd, Toni Morrison

Han Kang wins the Nobel in literature (This week in books)

October 11, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I collected a whole load of links over the past few weeks, so many that I am going to revert to providing the links with limited commentary. (Do you actually prefer this approach? Should I do this more? Let me know in the comments!) Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alex Marshall, Alexandra Alter, Betsy Lerner, Cal Newport, Choe Sang-Hun, Dan Blank, Han Kang, Hope Corrigan, Joshua Rothman, Julia Eskins, Justine Clay, Ken Whyte, Lincoln Michel, Marisa Charpentier, Motoko Rich, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, R.L.Stine, Ryu Spaeth, Shannon Maughan, Sophia Stewart, Tom Rachman

This year in books 2020

December 18, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

This year! Books! This will be the last “This Week in Books” of our godforsaken year 2020, and I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the year that was in the book world. While I was recovering from COVID in early April, I interviewed publishing industry sage Mike Shatzkin on the effects the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, Bookshop.org, Bookstores, Chris Jackson, Christine Carron, Diversity, Jay-Z, Jennie Nash, John le Carré, Joshua Rothman, Mike Shatzkin, pandemics, publishing industry, Stephen King

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