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Twilight is back! (This week in books)

May 8, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Twilight is back! Stephenie Meyer revealed that there will indeed be a new Twilight novel on August 4, Midnight Sun, which will retell the series from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective. I for one am quite curious how he felt attending high school when he was over one hundred years old. I have […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Colson Whitehead, coronavirus, Dan Blank, David, DIYMFA, Pulitzer Prize, Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, Writing and Sports

“American Dirt” stirs controversy (This week in books)

January 24, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! The 2010s were a strange decade for book publishing, and n+1 really nailed this assessment of the changes, key players, and foibles. Definitely give it a read. Huge news over at Knopf, who announced that Reagan Arthur would be stepping into the role vacated by the late Sonny Mehta. Arthur was his […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: American Dirt, n+1, Rachelle Gardner, Reagan Arthur, Suzanne Collins

The new “Hunger Games” book title (This week in books)

October 4, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! It was a distracting week if you pay attention to our unraveling democracy but I still caught some books links this week and will be sharing them with you… now. Well, speaking of dystopias, Hunger Games is coming back! The new prequel now has a title and cover: The Ballad of Songbirds […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Jessica Faust, Kristen Lamb, Mike Shatzkin, Philip Pullman, Suzanne Collins

Kids Books Are Not Just For Kids Anymore

June 2, 2011 by Nathan Bransford

Hansel und Gretel One of the interesting aspects of watching my pal/novel Jacob Wonderbar enter the world has been the reaction of the people who reside outside of the book blogosphere. I’ve been living/virtual-breathing in the book world for so long I forget there are adults out there who don’t make a habit of reading […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book recommendations, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Jacob Wonderbar, John Green, Suzanne Collins, Twilight, Young Adult Literature

This Week in Publishing 10/22/10

October 22, 2010 by Nathan Bransford

This Week in Publishing Normal This Time Whew! I may have missed a few items in publishing news this week as I chipped away at the mountain that sprouted in my office while I was out, but here are a few of the many things that happened over the past week. Don’t forget about Page […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: iPad, Kindle, Lord of the Rings, Old Spice Guy, Suzanne Collins, Young Adult Literature

Professionalism (It’s not what you think it is)

October 14, 2010 by Nathan Bransford

By: Hannah Moskowitz This post has nothing to do with writing and absolutely everything to do with being a writer. The stereotype of a writer–the middle-aged man pounding feverishly at a typewriter, cigarette in his mouth, sending hard-copy manuscripts to his agent and protesting the change of every word–has yet to catch up with the […]

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Dan Brown, guest blog, How to Promote a Book, Life of a Writer, Lord of the Rings, Suzanne Collins, Twilight, Twitter

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