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Apply for WNDB’s mentorship program! (This week in books)

September 16, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! The fantastic organization We Need Diverse Books has launched its 2023 mentorship program, which pairs aspiring children’s book authors/illustrators with experienced mentors. Applications are free and open to anyone working on a diverse project; you don’t necessarily need to be from a diverse background. The deadline to apply is September 30. Apply, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Chelsea Leu, Derek Thompson, Guy Gonzalez, Kate McKean, Kristen Lamb, Mike Shatzkin, National Book Awards, We Need Diverse Books

National Book Award winners! (This week in books)

November 19, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! I have been notified that is nearly the end of November, and next week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States. Accordingly, the blog will be on a brief hiatus next week, but I’ll be checking email so please feel free to reach out to me if you need […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Arthur C. Brooks, Lincoln Michel, Mike Shatzkin, National Book Awards, publishing industry

How to write a novel in three days (This week in books)

June 25, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Summer is upon us, and I’ll be taking a blog break next week, returning on Wednesday July 7. I’ll be checking email though, so don’t hesitate to reach out to me for editing! In the meantime, summer tends to be a very slow time for publishing news, but I found some good […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Gopnik, Ambrose Bierce, Brad Frazer, Dan Sheehan, Lincoln Michel, michael moorcock, Mike Shatzkin, NFTs, Self-publishing

RIP Norman Juster (This week in books)

March 12, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Sad news this week as Norman Juster, the author of one of the most beloved and influential children’s books of all time, The Phantom Tollbooth, passed away at the age of 91. Smithsonian has a fascinating adaptation of Angus Fletcher’s new book, which breaks down eight important literary innovations and the neuroscience […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Abby Craden, Amazon, Angus Fletcher, Art, Artificial Intelligence, Beeple, Blockchain, Jessica Faust, John Self, June Thomas, Mary Shelley, Mickey Rapkin, Mike Shatzkin, NASA, Norman Juster, Octavia Butler

S&S cancels Josh Hawley’s book deal (This week in books)

January 8, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 4 Comments

This week! Books! This week has been a heck of a decade. I don’t really know what to say about the incredibly distressing events of this week that others haven’t said more forcefully and eloquently, so I’m just going to move on to the books links. One consequence of the insurrection at the Capitol this […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Copyright, Jessica Faust, Josh Hawley, Mike Shatzkin, publishing industry, Spiegel & Grau

This year in books 2020

December 18, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

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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