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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

The week everyone was talking about a kidney (This week in books)

October 8, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Everyone in publishing this week was talking about a kidney. Here’s why. I personally couldn’t get through it, but consider yourself alerted that this story managed to overshadow all other publishing news this week. And it was a week where National Book Awards finalists and the Nobel Prize for Literature were announced! […]

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National book award winners! (This week in books)

November 20, 2020 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! It was a big week in the book world! Congrats to the National Book Award winners! Fiction: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Nonfiction: The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Tamara Payne and Les Payne Poetry: DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi Translated literature: Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Charles Yu, Don Mee Choi, Donald Trump, Douglas Stuart, Jessica Faust, Kacen Callender, Kate McKean, Les Payne, Morgan Giles, National Book Awards, publishing industry, Tamara Payne, Walter Mosely, We Need Diverse Books, Yu Miri

What are the worst endings in books? (This week in books)

October 23, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 9 Comments

This week! Books! I have tons and tons of great links for you this week, but real quick, I have two brand new pages that I want to make sure you see. I have a new blog landing page that makes the categories and search bar a little more prominent to help you find what […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Christopher Brown, Cory Doctorow, Janet Reid, Kate McKean, Kyle Chayka, Lauren D. Woods, Mike Shatzkin, Molly Stern, National Book Awards, publishing industry, Ron Charles

What does it mean when a book gets optioned? (This week in books)

October 9, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! Quick note that I’ll be away on a brief holiday the week of October 12 and back with fresh content on October 19. Feel free to contact me if you need editing! It’s book award season, and congrats to American poet Louise Glück for winning the Nobel Prize, to this year’s MacArthur […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Beverly Cleary, Dan Blank, DongWon Song, Jacqueline Woodson, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Louise Glück, N.K. Jemisen, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, Science, Star Wars, Tracy Marchini

Are you willing to stand out from the crowd? (This week in books)

September 18, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting these past few weeks on what’s next for my creative life and where I want to devote my energy, so this post on the Freelancers Union blog by Justine Clay was just the right thing at the right time: Are you really willing to stand […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Barack Obama, Colin Hester, Diversity, Donald Trump, Justine Clay, literary agents, Macmillan, Matthew Salesses, National Book Awards

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