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, […]
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National Book Award winners! (This week in books)
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 […]
The week everyone was talking about a kidney (This week in books)
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! […]
National book award winners! (This week in books)
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 […]
What are the worst endings in books? (This week in books)
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 […]
What does it mean when a book gets optioned? (This week in books)
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 […]
