Publishers Weekly

The eight winners span the categories of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, and each will receive a purse of $175,000. Since their establishment in 2013, the Windham-Campbell Prizes have awarded more than $19 million in prize money.

The Canadian Independent Booksellers Association and Indigo Books have sent a joint letter asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to exempt books from the 25% counter-tariffs scheduled to take effect on April 2, saying they would have “devastating consequences.”

In a March 24 letter, the National Museum and Library Services Board laid out the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ statutory obligations for its acting director, Keith Sonderling, as supporters continued to speak out on behalf of the embattled federal agency.

The longtime executive director of the Virginia Library Association will succeed Alan Inouye as associate executive director of the American Library Association’s Public Policy and Advocacy office on April 21.

The biggest library show in Texas hightails it to Big D, with a theme of ‘Library Renaissance: The Quest for Renewal’

Presentations from household-name authors and professional panels for light-bulb moments are on the schedule in Dallas.

In 2024, Union Square & Co. introduced its Everyone Can Be a Reader series, a line of books specially designed for struggling readers and using dyslexia-friendly tools including different paper tones and a proprietary font.

Hogarth hauls in a haunting tale of 1980s New York City, Wednesday and Saturday ink deals for a pair of romantasies, and more in this week’s book deals.

An inside look at the publication process for the author’s debut novel.

The biggest library show in Texas hightails it to Dallas, with a theme of ‘Library Renaissance: The Quest for Renewal’

Parents and educators nationwide are seeking out the best teaching methods, as well as fonts and formats, to help struggling readers succeed.

Despite Meta’s best efforts, former Facebook exec Sarah Wynn-Williams lands at #4 on our hardcover nonfiction list with Careless People. Plus Oprah’s Book Club taps The Tell by Amy Griffin, and LitRPG author Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series levels up.

Growing consumer caution and uncertainty surrounding federal government support for education resulted in results falling below expectations at the children’s book publisher’s last quarter.

Following a March 14 executive order to scale back the Institute for Museum and Library Services, Keith Sonderling was sworn in as the grant-making agency's leader on March 20, accompanied by DOGE personnel.

Hanif Abdurraqib, Anne Carson, and Hisham Matar are among the winners of the 50th annual National Book Critics Circle Awards, presented at a ceremony in Manhattan on March 20.

One of the most prominent and influential figures in children’s book publishing for decades will step down as president and publisher of RHCB on May 1. Random House Books for Young Readers Group EVP and publisher Mallory Loehr will succeed her.

Wandering Stars author Tommy Orange and Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar teamed up for a Bay Area book tour this month, stopping at six independent bookstores and the East Bay Innovation Academy, a school in Oakland.

A Hymn to Life, by the French woman who made headlines worldwide last year when she waived her right to anonymity in a sexual assault lawsuit filed against her husband and 50 other men, is slated to hit shelves next January.

Freet worked in several positions at HarperCollins before becoming an agent, first with Foundry Literary + Media and most recently with Folio Literary Management.

The amorously adventurous protagonists in these stories take bold approaches to finding a mate.